Computer Nerd Hornby Fletcher Turns Halloween Venture Into Rent A Nerd
Chicago AP reports Mike Mac Donald, a 26 year old programmer and part time model, created Hornby K Fletcher for Halloween. After a layoff he turned nerd persona into Rent A Nerd, a courier of quirky outfits and odd props, offering hourly gigs and drawing media attention. He aims to prove nerds can be creative contributors.
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Chicago
Mike MacDonald
MacDonald
Hornby K. Fletcher
Hornby
Music as History and Life Lessons in Song
Diane Yeamans reports on Mary Francis Richmond's talk at Eliott Hall about how music shapes life mood memory and culture. She traces work songs spirituals and folk tunes from cotton fields to London Bridge reflecting hope tragedy and daily life across generations.
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Diane Yeamans
Mary Francis Richmond
Osage County
The
Lone Prairie
Richmond
Europe
London Bridge
Jesus
John Newton
Windmills Restorers Craft From Kansas Barns and Time
In Girard Kansas Harry Rose repairs and restores windmills dating to the 19th and early 20th centuries as a hobby turned vocation. He sands rust, rebuilds blades and gears, and sells functioning windmills for about 800 dollars while keeping parts scarce and towers under 50 feet. Rose emphasizes quality and self reliance, often sourcing parts from his yard workshop for customers across Kansas City, Springfield, and Grove Oklahoma.
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Girard, Kan
Harry Rose
Rose
Girard
Kansas
John
Dempster
Challenge
Monitor
Fairbanks-Morse
Kansas City
Springfield
Grove
Okla
Supreme Court rules on unemployment benefits after maternity leave
The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that states are not required to give special unemployment benefits to women leaving work for maternity reasons. The decision holds that the Federal Unemployment Tax Act of 1978 bans only discrimination based on pregnancy, not favoritism. Missouri’s rule disqualifying voluntary, non job related leaves stands, with limited practical impact.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas City, Mo
California
Sandra Day O’connor
Missouri
Family Finances and An Ann Landers Exchange
Dear Ann Landers letters discuss a 30 year marriage with a wife who nags about money, a lawyer husband who keeps finances secret, and the suggestion to seek outside financial counsel. A Florida reader defends the wife’s right to know. another caller asks about hereditary envy and self esteem methods.
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Ann Landers
Arizona
House
Eagles Sponsor Home Town Art Contest in Ottawa
Ottawa school children in grades three through six are invited to enter the 11th annual What I Like Best About My Home Town art contest sponsored by the Grand Aerie F O E and the local Fraternal Order of Eagles. Top prize is 500 dollars. 16 prizes total.
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Ottawa
Grand Aerie, F.0.e
Order of Eagles Club
Eagles
Ottawa Grade Schoolers Learn Native Cultures at KU Museum
Fourth and fifth graders from Ottawa join a four week program at the University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology. They study Plains Southwest and Northwest Coast cultures through artifacts folktales sign language and poetry. Final sessions January 27 and February 3.
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Ottawa
Barry Robinson
University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology
Plains
Southwest
Northwest Coast
Robinson
Museum of Anthropology
Celia Daniels
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
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Milwaukee
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Eagles Club
Ottawa Middle School
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Patty Wells
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Guys and Dolls
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