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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 2002
Page
7
City approves park grant for Kanza playground project
Ottawa voters approved a 3 to 2 motion to apply for a Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks grant to cover about half of a 62,000 playground complex at Kanza Park near the Prairie Spirit Trail. If funded, the site would include a gazebo tower, slides, and climbing equipment, with debate over preserving the park’s passive nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa City Commission
Kanza Park
11Th
15Th Streets
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Jim Grogan
Grogan
Charles Gillette
Jackson
Andy Haney
City Public Works
Funding cuts threaten Kansas school aid and jobs
State Board members warn that $183 million in planned cuts to state funding could trigger loss of up to $250 million in federal aid, including more than $75 million for special education. Districts face teacher layoffs, higher per pupil costs, and possible program cuts as lawmakers debate a tax increase package and delayed state payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Board of Education
Dale Dennis
Kansas
Bill Graves
Sue Gamble
Shawnee
Dennis
Department of Education
Graves
Gamble
Carol Rupe
Wichita
Craig Grant
Kansas National Education Association
Grant
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
Baldwin resident seeks Tanner seat in Kansas House race
Baldwin City businessman Tom Holland filed Tuesday to challenge Rep. Ralph Tanner R Baldwin City. He faulted state leaders for a tax cut driven budget crisis and warned tax increases would hit families hardest. He argued cuts threaten public schools higher education elderly services transportation and student class sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleon Rickel
Baldwin City
Ralph Tanner
Tom Holland
Topeka
Holland
Bill Graves
Kansas
NATO and Russia to form joint counterterrorism pact
In Reykjavik NATO and Russia agreed to establish a NATO Russia Council to set policy on counterterrorism and security issues, signaling a post Cold War partnership. Officials say the accord plus a separate pledge to cut nuclear arsenals underscores a common front against terrorism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
Iceland
NATO
Russia
Nato-Russia Council
Colin Powell
Jack Straw
George Robertson
United States
Robertson
Ivanov
Straw
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Gillette
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Rocky Fleer-Husted
Weldon Padgett
City Commission
Deb Henningsen
Ottawa Vision
Richard Jackson
Rupe
Tallman
Ottawa
Ron Bishop
Joe Moody
Debbie Badders
Ottawa Public Works
U.S. 50
London
Baldwin
Vladimir Putin
Moscow
Washington
Igor
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