Manufactured home on Main Street sparks city code debate
Ottawa residents oppose a sideways set manufactured home on Main Street citing harmony with historic, traditional houses. They call for updated zoning to require front doors face the street and designate mobile home areas, arguing the current placement undermines the neighborhood’s character.
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Surviving AIDS: A Personal Message of Hope and Resilience
A first person account recalls diagnosis seven years ago, choosing to become a survivor rather than a victim. The writer urges no drama, emphasizes support systems, home-based education, and staying hopeful, ending with a memorial tribute to those affected by AIDS.
When the budget is a nonissue in Kansas politics
Burdett Loomis contends the 2003 Kansas governor race lacks fiscal debate as candidates avoid the looming deficit. Graves questions the issue while deficits rise, with critics urging explicit plans on taxes and spending. Johnson County voters press for school funding amid the statewide budget crisis.
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Agrarianism for the twenty first century a practical path
Maurice Telleen of The Prairie Writers Circle argues that agrarianism, though out of fashion, offers a mindset useful in modern life even in cities. He lays ten principles emphasizing stewardship, limits, local roots, and wary stance toward grand schemes, urging framing life around place over profit.
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