Phelps in Topeka fuels fight over gay marriage ban
Topeka voters narrowly preserved a gay rights ordinance, with activists hoping Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. and his Westboro group can help mobilize opposition to a statewide April 5 proposal to ban same sex marriage. Phelps backs Biblical truth while slurring gays, complicating the coalition against the amendment.
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Topeka
Fred Phelps Sr
Munici
Pal
Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church
Kansas
Steve Brown
Prairie Village
Kansas Democratic Party
Joe Wright
Wichita
Central Christian Church
Funeral Procession for Wes Taylor Honors Car Enthusiast Founder
Friends and family gathered Saturday morning as vintage hot rods and muscle cars led a solemn procession down 15th Street for Wes Taylor funeral. As a founding member of Over the Road Gang Inc., his passion for cars shaped the service and community.
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15Th Street
Wes Taylor
Over the Road Gang Inc
Road Petition Yields County Road Committee Invite
Wellsville resident Darrin Sanders presented a petition for a benefit district to pave about a mile and a half of Utah Road and sections of Shawnee Terrace and Stafford Terrace west of Wellsville. He described the gravel road as nearly impassable in wet weather and now a main traffic route to the new Wellsville Elementary School and its bus service. A county traffic count in 2001 recorded about 250 cars per day, well before the school relocation.
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Cleon Rickel
Wellsville
Franklin County Commission
Darrin Sanders
Utah Road
Shawnee Terrace
Stafford Terrace
Sanders
Rural roads shown to be deadlier than others study says
A private Road Information Program study finds rural non Interstate roads in the United States carry 52 percent of traffic deaths from 1996 to 2003 while accounting for 28 percent of travel. In 2003 deaths per 100 million miles were 2.72 on rural non Interstate roads versus .99 on all other roads. Safety features like narrow lanes and sharp curves are blamed.
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Washington
United States
Road Information Program
Frank Moretti
Private Transportation Research Group
Sparks of inspiration JoAnne Fluke named Ms Wheelchair Kansas
JoAnne Fluke 29 of Ottawa won the state title at Topeka cap itol Plaza Hotel and will be a role model for women with disabilities. She aims to inspire nationwide through her platform Reaching up Reaching Out and will compete in July for Ms Wheelchair America in Albany New York. Teammates runners up Stacy Ritt Rebecca Branam and Clarissa Cooper attended the pageant in Topeka with Fluke promising to ignite Kansas disability advocacy.
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JoAnne Fluke
Ottawa
Mark Ent
Kansas
Capitol Plaza
Topeka
Fluke
United States
Capitol Plaza Hotel
Stacy Ritt
Garden City
Rebecca Branam
Ogden
Clarissa Cooper
Independence
Wheelchair
Albany
N.Y
Syria and Lebanon discuss troop withdrawal amid protests
Damascus and Beirut presidents met to implement Syria’s plan to pull 14,000 troops from Lebanon under international pressure. Defense minister said withdrawal would start after the summit, yet troops showed no retreat near Beirut area as demonstrators pressed for Syria to leave.
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Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
Sunday
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Ottawa Herald
Siobhan McDonough
Beirut
Aley
Martyrs’ Square
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