Kansas Authors Club announces annual Spring Contest
The Kansas Authors Club District II invites entries from members and non members in counties Anderson Bourbon Coffey Douglas Franklin Johnson Linn Lyon Miami Osage and Wyandotte for eight categories. Entries due March 15 1995 with fees. Awards at May 20 meeting at Lawrence Public Library.
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Kansas Authors Club
Anderson, Bourbon, Coffey
Douglas
Franklin
Johnson, Linn
Lyon
Miami
Osage
Wyandotte
Lawrence Public Library
Eugene C. Bovee
Mississippi St
Lawrence
Kan
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Elaine Vick
Candidates profiled for school boards in area districts
The article profiles several candidates for school boards including Maier, a CPA from Kansas State University who lives in the Rantoul area and stresses parent teacher collaboration and growth control. It also profiles incumbent Dean Rossi of Wellsville and Norman “Lee” Johnson of Rantoul, noting Rossi’s background and emphasis on financial stability and overcrowding.
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Kansas State University
Rantoul
Maier
Central Heights
Wellsville
Rossi
Wellsville High School
Kansas State
Norman “Lee” Johnson
Central Heights School Board
Johnson
County planners hold meeting on zoning plan details
County planners discussed zoning coverage and set a special 7 p.m. meeting for February 2 at the county annex building to advance the comprehensive plan. They also rejected placing a sitting commissioner on a new subdivision board to avoid administrative conflicts and potential conflicts of interest.
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Griffith
S. Main
Planning Commissioners
Planning Commission
Jim Grogan
Planning
Hall
Bob Miller
Jim Cain
Nebraska Road
Jep Bennett
Bennett
Russians tighten grip as Grozny clashes continue
Russian forces moved to force Chechen fighters from Grozny after seizing the presidential palace. Jets and artillery hit a market near the city center while civilians fled through a snowstorm, with an apartment building taking a direct blast and unknown casualties. Chechen resistance persisted despite strategic retreat from key sites.
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Grozny
Russia
Chechnya
Boris Yeltsin
Tonight’s Forecast Shapes a Chance of Flurries
Cloudy tonight with a low in the lower 20s and north winds to 15 mph. Sunday remains cold with a chance of light snow mainly west and south, lows in the teens to lower 20s, highs in the mid-20s to mid-30s. Monday and Tuesday see little or no precipitation as temperatures vary.
Kansas high schools to contest 1995 State Debate Champions
Opera debate teams from Kansas high schools meet in Topeka this weekend to decide the 1995 State Debate Champions. Washburn University hosts 32 schools in a four speaker tournament, with Topeka High School and Washburn Rural hosting venues. Paola 4A and Osage City 3-2-1A compete in four speaker, while Wellsville 3-2-1A joins the two speaker event.
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OPERA
Kansas
Topeka
Washburn University
Washburn Rural
Paola
Osage City
Wellsville
Five Generations Quilt Show at Ottawa Arts Center
Arts Center hosts the five generations quilting display from Ottawa with ages 9 to 92, alongside other Ottawan art shows and performances across Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City area venues. Highlights include Noises Off at Topeka Civic Theatre, Kansas Day activities at the Kansas Museum of History, and KC area events such as a PBS style Imagination Workshop with Carl Kasell at Johnson County Community College.
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E. 5Th
Ottawa
Arline Sutton
Ransom Memorial Hospital
S. Main
Nancy Watts
Ottawa Library
Fifth
Burlington
Main Street Opry
Topeka
Guys and Dolls
Topeka Performing Arts Center
Southeast 8Th
Call
Topeka Civic Theatre
Kansas Museum of History
Kansas
Museum
Southwest 6Th
London
University of Kansas Opera
Swarthout Recital
Murphy Hall
Renegade Theatre
Kansas City Area
Imagination Workshop
KANU
Liberty Hall
Lawrence
Yardley Hall
Johnson County Community College
Carl Kasell
National Public Radio
NPR
KTVU
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Hale Arena
American Royal Complex
Governors’ Exposition
Princeton filings announce mayoral race and council bids
A Princeton native and Ottawa High School graduate seeks re election as mayor after two terms on the city council. He cites two water projects and local construction plans as priorities. Incumbent Kathy M. Jones of Franklin County seeks a third council term, with ties to the area and experience at Ottawa University and prior clerk duties.
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Princeton
Ottawa
Ottawa High School
Neosho
Johnson
Gorton
Kathy M. Jones
Franklin County
Central Heights High School
Ottawa University
Ohio Township Board
Housing starts jump 12.9 percent in 1994 nationwide
Washington AP reports the Commerce Department says housing starts rose 12.9 percent in 1994 to 1.45 million units, the highest in six years despite higher mortgage rates. December fell 1 percent, but every region shared in the annual gain as single family homes and apartments were built.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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Gene Kelsey
Virginia Howe
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
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State of Kansas
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