Quote of the Day from Farry Anderson on media spotlight
A 2002 quote from former journalist Farry Anderson notes journalists’ vulnerability in a dangerous world. He recalls colleagues lured into traps, taken, and threatened, arguing that the media’s spotlight is the industry’s only weapon.
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Farry Anderson
Ottawa School Board Accepts 100000 Bid for Old Middle School
The Ottawa School Board approved a 100000 offer from Kansas City developer Steve Foutch to sell the old Ottawa Middle School. The deal hinges on a zoning change and tax abatements, with $750000 in escrow to help retire the new middle school note and potential future tax rolls on the renovated property. Preservation supporters greet the move as a victory and urge continued public backing for a new school bond issue.
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Ottawa School Board
Kansas City
Steve Foutch
Ottawa Middle School
Jack Bushman
Foutch
Fifth
Main Streets
Bushman
Ottawa
Friends of Historic Building Group
First Amendment text excerpt
The First Amendment restricts Congress from establishing religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It also guards free speech and a free press, and the right of the people to assemble peacefully and to petition the government for redress of grievances.
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Congress
Grade Your Child's School by Charles Harrison
Denise O'Dea notes the Better Homes and Gardens survey of 700 principals outlining key school evaluation questions. The piece covers library resources, phonics versus whole language, computer access, classroom management, visible student work, school cleanliness, and overall school performance.
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Charles Harrison
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
National Elementary Principals Association
Harrison
Iraqis want no more of foreign rule and opportune dollars
In this opinion piece, Arnold C. Oliver and Patrick G. Coy critique the U S occupation of Iraq. They argue the United States bears historical blame for Iraqi suffering and that ongoing military presence, sanctions, and crony capitalism have worsened conditions. They assert Iraqi resistance will persist as long as occupation lasts.
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Washington
Iraq
U.S
United States
Britain
Ottoman Empire
Saddam Hussein
CIA
Baath Party
Hussein
Iran
Human Rights Watch
Paul Bremer
Halliburton
Bechtel
Vietnam
Defense
Paul Wolfowitz
Patrick G. Coy
Kent State University
peay@kent.edu
Armell J. Oliver
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