New Year’s resolutions touch lives with plans and kindness
A New Year prompts promises to improve health and habits yet many fail without a plan. Experts urge concrete goals and skill building while suggesting simple acts like staying in touch, smiling, and volunteering through local groups such as B. Martin Peck Animal Shelter and Habitat for Humanity to gain meaningful rewards.
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A Storybook Christmas Parade Thanks Supporters
Thank you to Shirley Gilroy Ottawa Chamber John Verssue Ottawa Main Street David Wooge and parade judges Mike Campbell Alex Campbell John Sommer Kathy Dommanish Bob Redeker The Kansas Army National Guard Ottawa city and police Franklin County Sheriff s Reserves Retail Committee and Chamber of Commerce deserve praise for a well organized parade with many entries and hours of work.
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John Verssue
Ottawa Main Street
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Mike Campbell
Alex Campbell
John Sommer
Kathy Dommanish
Bob Redeker
Kansas Army National Guard
City of
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Merce Retail Committee
Dennis
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Political representatives contact directory fragment
Readable names and offices listed for U S President Bush senators Roberts Brownback and Ryun along with Kansas governor and state lawmakers. Includes session offices and URLs, phone numbers, and Capitol addresses in Topeka. No narrative context provided.
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Whitehouse
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Kansas 2002 political year review and outlook
Burdett Loomis analyzes a rough 2002 in Kansas politics highlighting Gov. Bill Graves move to Washington as ATA head, a doubled budget gap, Sebelius’s near perfect campaign but skeptical reception, and mixed signals for parties, the press, and corporate accountability as Kansas faces a rocky path ahead.
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Westar
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State House
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Adam Taff
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Taff
Topeka
Sebelius
Burdett Loomis
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Christmas in 1942 California memory by Dorothy Nichols
Dorothy Nichols recalls a 1942 Christmas in Pacific Grove near Monterey Bay with National Guardsmen, rationed meals, a palm tree of pyracantha, and a tossed-in bake of Spam. She notes Sitings of Steinbeck’s home, the Hopkins Marine Station and Park Drug founders, plus a 1995 reunion with Ottawa connections.
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Hopkins
Stanford University Oceanography
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Park Drug Makers
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Carmel
Dorothy Nichols
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Navy
Richardson
Mom
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LaMae
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