Editorial insights from Franklin County election results
Jim Hitch notes that pollsters misfired on Kansas races, with Joan Finney’s upset and Christina Campbell-Cline’s 8 percent draw surprising in Franklin County. He recalls endorsing Hendrix for the Legislature, Wingert’s loss, and Sally Thompson’s treasurer win, praising voters for high turnout of 73 percent and a poll mentality shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden
Joan Finney
Franklin County
Christina Campbell-Cline
Kansas
Finney
Walker Hendrix
Bettie Sue Shumway
Hendrix
George Wingert
Bob Stephan
Sally Thompson
Eric Rucker
Ron Todd
Feleciano
Jim Hitch
Guest Opinion on Damages Against White Aryan Resistance
Oregon jurors awarded over 12 million dollars to leaders of White Aryan Resistance for inciting racist violence that killed an Ethiopian immigrant in Portland. The piece argues the award’s size serves as a warning to hate groups and cites a previous seven million verdict against United Klans of America to bankrupt a racist organization.
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Oregon
Portland
Morris Dees
Southern Poverty Law Center
Alabama
Dees
United Klaris of America
Election volunteers praised for community effort in 1990 Franklin County
A note thanks volunteers at the Franklin County Republican Headquarters for a united 1990 election effort. Students from Iowa University and Ottawa University and Neosho Community Junior College, plus a few Democrats, manned phones, yard signs, and mail-outs. Juanita Lucas, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Republican
Itowa University
Ottawaugh
Neosho Community Unior College
Juanita Lucas
Editorial Letters From Readers Signatures Urged
Readers encouraged to send signed letters with full address and a telephone number for verification. unsigned submissions will not be published.
Glen School and Pottawatomie Mission Facts in Franklin County
This Thursday feature traces Glen School District 25 history from its 1860s origins near Lane to the 1937 closure, noting the Pottawatomie Baptist Mission site, 1916 building details, community basket suppers, and last teacher Juanita Moody along with remembered staff and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Bruce Fleming
Beech
Jim Hitch
Glen School
Franklin
Anderson
Glen
Lane
S.L. Buell
Greeley
Anderson County
Max Rees
Juanita (Hunt) Moody
Kincaid
Ben
Rex Bodenheimer
Doris Gentry
Lyle Hunt
Pomona
Ralph Hunt Jr
Wichita
Norene Mills
Ole Saferite
Beulah Machlin
Nellie Welton
Ethel Loring
Norene
Volunteers Needed as Education Week Observance Honors Schools
Letters urge adult volunteers to support the Ottawa area schools during American Education Week. JOLEEN MACY THOMPSON, 1990-91 Ottawa Education Association president, calls for involvement in tutoring, mentoring, grading, vocational guidance, and classroom support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Education Association
NEA
American Legion
17Th Street
Parent Teacher
Parent Teacher Student Associations
U.S.C
Ottawa Education Association
Ottawa
Joleen Macy Thompson
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Herald
Pottawatomie
John Gerth
J.A. Hamilton
L.V. Sizemore
J.W. Luther
Harry Mills
Lawrence Gentry
Wycoff School
Winnie (Blackwill) Ferrer
S. Mulberry
Eleanor Coen
RFD
Second Glen
Full View
Stevenson) Williams
Uthe
Denver Post
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