True spirit of Christmas shows through giving and charity
The piece extols charitable acts during Christmas, highlighting volunteers with the Salvation Army, Christmas Bureau sponsors via ECKAN, toy drives by Franklin County Independent Bikers, and the Angel Tree at Wal-Mart. It emphasizes collective goodwill over personal sacrifice and the joy of helping those in need.
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Santa
Salvation Army
ECKAN
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
Franklin County
Main Street
American Cancer Society
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Wal-Mart
Government contact details for federal and state officials
A compiled list of contact points for President Clinton, U S senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, U S Representative Jim Ryun, and Governor Bill Groves with White House, Washington and Topeka offices, street addresses, and phone numbers for public inquiries and comments.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Fox
Topeka
Frank Carlson
E. Quincy
Sam Brownback
Hon. Senate
Kansas Ave
W. 95Th
Overland Park
Jim Ryun
Cannon, Hob
Washington
D.C
Ryun
Quincy
Bill Groves
Ottawa board spends bond funds on track amid demolition dispute
A columnist questions Ottawa school board decisions to use $300000 from a bond issue for a high school track adjacent to the planned middle school site. With a $1 million cost overestimation and noncallable bonds, funds cannot be returned or redirected to a broader athletic complex, while demolition of the old buildings proceeds.
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Ottawa
Main Street
Ottawa High Spa
Sam Sheldon
Sheldon
Lion
Steve Grogan
Ottawa University
Bob Duffet
University
Harvey Ludwick
Reader Forum Rules for Submissions
Readers are invited to submit opinions to the Reader Forum. All submissions must be hand signed and include the author's address and telephone number. Submissions should not exceed 500 words.
Reader Forum urges tolerance over stereo ordinance
Wanda Durbin of 527 S Locust laments the proposed stereo ordinance and argues for warnings on first offenses, cites teen earnings and noise from trucks, urging Ottawa readers to consider tax spending and official pay hikes, and to remember teen city life in future elections.
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Vickie Whitacre
Ottawa
Bor- Lee
Matthews
Wanda Durbin
If We Overplay Risks Smokers Become Criminal Pariahs
Orlando Sentinel columnist M. Parker argues against outlawing smokers by exaggerating hazards of secondhand smoke. He cites EPA claims as dubious and warns that fear could turn fathers who smoke into targets, prompting worst headlines like Tobacco-addicted dad gunned down as feds rescue crying children.
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Colorado Springs
Utah
EPA
Sqcs
Geoffrey Kabat
The
State University of New York At
Stony Brook
Kabat
Feds
Maneen Parker
Orlando Senmet
Kpai
Aol.com
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Sadona
John D. Montgomery
Ottawa Herald
Environmental Protection Agency
Kathleen
Parker
Tribune Media Services
Doonesbury
Slackme
Mallard Fillmore
Barney
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