Ottawa school board approves new track and middle school plans
The Ottawa school board authorized a $25,000 architect contract for a $300,000 project to replace the existing track with an eight lane all weather surface at Steve Grogan stadium and to fund other stadium improvements. Critics say the plan may exceed voter authorization for a new middle school and advocate delaying decisions to consider a community recreation complex with OU and the city.
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Ottawa School Board
Ottawa High School
Steve Grogan
Liberal
Ottawa University
Bob Duffet
11Th and Mulberry
Controversy Over Arlington Burial and Reagan Airport Plans
Don Kaul weighs in on Arlington National Cemetery fallout from the Lawrence saga and GOP attacks, criticizing the Clinton administration for alleged plot selling while linking it to broader political theater. He mocks Reagan’s revived airport renaming push and Heston's Kennedy Center tribute, framing both as ironic national missteps. Links to public figures include M. Larry Lawrence, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Mo Udall
Arizona
Chicago
Larry Lawrence
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Lawrence
Switzerland
Clinton
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Arlington
White House
Merchant Marines
Eoe
Horace Bushnell
Murmansk
Arctic Ocean
Kennedy Center
Charlton Heston
Heston
Arnold Schwarzenegger
National Rifle Association
Larry Gelbart
Artists’ Selection Committee
Frank Rich
New York Times
Congress
Washington National Airport
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan International Cultural and Trade Center
Reagan
Europe
Ambassador Lawrence
Gipper
Marina
Parade prize thanks from Ottawa and Williamsburg groups
Amber Snover and six other children thank the Ottawa chamber of commerce and Town and Country Supply for prizes at the Christmas Parade. The non commercial float Christmas is for Kids placed third, with Williams burg parade also awarding third by the Jayhawk Boosters.
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Aame
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Williamsburg
Jayhawk Boosters
Amber Snover
Kindal Ware
Trevor Wormell
Tyler Wormell
Vanessa Crump
Doran-Ray Wormell
Bobby Snover
Stovall driven tobacco reforms benefit Kansas health efforts
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall and her team push to hold big tobacco accountable, exposing dangers and advancing regulation by the FDA. The campaign aims to curb youth smoking and reveal hidden information on health, research, marketing, and potential legal violations while pledging continued action.
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Kansas
Stovall
Food and Drug Administration
Carla Stovall
One Good Cow Program aids ranchers across plains
A Kansas story recalls a volunteer spirit as ranchers in the Midwest donate cows to help Montana and Dakotas herds damaged by floods and blizzards. Neighbors near Moscow Kansas also helped harvest 200 acres for a widow after a farmer’s death.
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Midwest
Kansas
Montana
Dakotas
Moscow
Kan
One Good Cow ethic urges shared help across communities
The piece recalls people who benefited from aid now returning favors to neighbors, especially farmers and ranchers. It argues city residents misjudge the down and out, urges simple sharing to reduce government demands and philanthropic needs, and frames America as capable of widespread generosity without large state programs.
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America
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University of Arizona
San Diego
Don Kaul
Otcoffee
Aol.com
Tribune Media Services
Michigan Ave
Suite
Donald
KAUL
Gina Marshall
American Lung Association
Sacred Heart School
Perfection Body Shop
Tim Bein
Porter, Spears and
Bundy Insurance
Charlie Porter
LeMaster Aviation
Tony LeMaster
Richard Jordan
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Jim
John Cook
Roger
Beverly Brockus
Wint
Nancy Winter
Matt
Jean Floersch
James
Nancy Bien
Litwin’s
el Jacal
Pizza Hut
Poncho’s
Farm Bureau
Sonic Drive-In
Dodson Aviation
Hotz Business Systems
Fraternal Order of Eagles
National Guard
Aaron
Sheila Bien
Bill
Robin Wright
Sacred Heart
George B. Pyle
THE
Salina Journal
Doonesbury
UIMT
Mallard Fillmore
Tesa Ae
Wer
Union Label
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