Winter Adventures bring family fun to Franklin County
Franklin County Leadership Class started in August to organize Winter Adventures a week of activities for children and parents during winter break. A $1 or less fee covers skating movies crafts karaoke and a carnival culminating Saturday December 30 at OU’s Mabee Center with venues donated by regional partners.
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Ottawa Herald Editorial Forum Promotes Free Press Rights
Reader Forum serves as an open community space for discussion of local impact issues. The Ottawa Herald affirms its institutional voice to honor individual rights and support free press and free speech. Editorials aim to educate readers and persuade toward progressive courses of action.
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Readers' Forum Letters Set Tone for Public Debate
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Roberts Seeks Finance Committee Seat for Kansas Voice
Senator Pat Roberts announces joining the Senate Finance Committee in January with the 110th Congress. He cites trade, health care, tax policy and Social Security as priorities, plans to push for beef exports, oppose the death tax, and continue work on agriculture, HELP, and ethics while leaving the Intelligence Committee. He urges Kansas residents to follow updates on his Senate site.
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Kansas eyes 2008 presidential primary funding plan
Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh aims to seek up to 2.5 million from legislators to revive the presidential preference primary in 2008. Deputy assistant secretary Brad Bryant says an early February date is possible, with lawmakers set to discuss the issue when the session opens in January. The piece notes Sebelius’s rising profile and misstatements by outlets, and mentions upcoming inaugural events in four cities January 4–7 ahead of the January 8 ceremony in Topeka.
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