Camp Hope Brings Cancer Kids Together at Camp Aldrich
Camp Hope in Kansas offers a supportive, normal camp experience for children ages 8 to 18 who have or have had cancer. Volunteers and medical staff join 50-plus children in activities like golf, fishing, swimming, horseback riding, and crafts while sharing hopeful stories of remission and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reat Bend
Kan
Donna Brown
McPherson
Kansas
The
American Cancer Society
Camp Hope
Amy Ney
Emery
Hammersmith
Chianna Kilgore
Ellinwood
Library Line answers Ottawa readers questions weekly
The Library Line column lists inquiries about local topics and provides direct contacts for services. It covers fair dates and booth rentals, ACLU address, used oil disposal, appliance repair, garage sale rules, letter addressing to state senators, summer reading program dates, renting RVs, Tioga word origins, and wallpaper services with concrete contacts.
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Fifth and Main
Franklin County
Dewey Cook
Cook's Service
N. Main
Chanute
John Rydford
Tioga
Pennsylvania
New York
Tioga River
Neosho River
Israel Stoddard
Tioga Township
Santa Fe
Katy
Community Information Center
Carol McIlvain
Kansas lawmakers urge stronger vo tech prep in high schools
A Kansas legislative committee heard a KU expert urge high schools to create cohesive technical preparation programs for students bound for vocational schools. The plan would broaden vocational education with applied math, science, and communications, and include testing and competency demonstrations for postsecondary entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Charles Krider
Institute For Public Policy and Business Research
University of Kansas
Kstate
Krider
Kansas
Legislative Educational Planning Committee
Kansas Inc
Department of Education
Don Crumbaker
R Brewster
House Education Committee
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Investment guidance on choosing securities for income and growth
The column explains that investments should meet specific goals, stressing non impulse buys and clear income needs. It contrasts income versus growth, notes higher yield brings more risk, and defines a bond as debt secured by mortgage with typical denominations.
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Bob Upton
U.S
Juneteenth Week Declared in Kansas by Governor Hayden
Gov. Mike Hayden designated the next seven days as Juneteenth Week in Kansas, marking June 19 as a holiday with roots in Texas where the celebration began over 118 years ago. The proclamation notes the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's 1863 signing, and cites local groups sponsoring the 10th annual Juneteenth celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Abraham Lincoln
Texas
Lincoln
Confed
Erate
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Ms. Ney
Claflin
Kansas City
Ney
Tom Hammersmith
Tor
Chianna
Steve Koch
Great Bend
Koch
Local Forum
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
W. 43Rd St
Encyclopedia of Associations
Peg McClay
Earthteam Recycling Group
Ottawa
Bob
Don Atchison
Richard Moore
Bob Bezek
Kansas Legislative Handbook
Jim Allen
Bettie Sue
Library
Todd’s
Remax RV
Jim Hogan
W. Tecumseh
Farm Bureau Insurance
Elder's Cooling
Main
Royal Manor
Lowry Hearing Aid Service
P.O. Box
Scott
Financial Focus
Keith Johnson
Jones & Co
Fishinc Derry
Willamsburg-Ottawa Wildlife Conservation Club
Wiliamsburg
Theu
Wilamsburg-Otten
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