Christmas Holiday Festivities Light Up Kansas City
Seasonal events fill the region with Christmas lights and activities. Kansas City features grand light displays at Country Club Plaza and Crown Center with an Ice Terrace skating rink. Longview Farm hosts a Festival of Trees with over 80 trees and a 630-tree car display. Museums and mansions offer tours, including the Bingham-Waggoner Estate and Vaile Mansion. Local theatres present A Christmas Carol and other holiday shows.
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Kansas City
Country Club Plaza
Crown Center
Longview Farm
Death Syndrome Resources, Inc
Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department
Bingham-Waggoner
Vaile
Mars
Missouri Repertory
Center For the Performing Arts
Seth
Cherry
Topeka
Agricultural Hall
Kansas Expo Centre
Wichita
Open House at Ottawa Post Office Dec 3 Morning
Ottawa post master Dave McBride invites the public to a morning open house December 3 from 7 30 to 9 00 with coffee and donuts. Staff will offer mini tours and lobby access to the workroom floor for visitors including workers and schoolchildren.
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Ottawa
Dave McBride
McBride
County drops bid to force sale of prairie land
Douglas County officials have abandoned efforts to compel jack graham to sell 80 acres of virgin prairie west of Lawrence after he plowed more of the land. The move follows failed negotiations over price and questions of eminent domain power. Environmentalists protested while Graham completed the plowing, threatening the Mead's milkweed and western prairie fringed orchid habitat.
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Lawrence
Kan
Douglas County
Elkins Prairie
Jack Graham
Chris McKenzie
McKenzie
Graham
Soldiers face longer hitches in stop loss policy shift
Washington AP reports the Army weighs extending duty for troops under a stop loss policy to bolster Persian Gulf reinforcements. Changes could keep retirees or those near end of enlistment in service, with some officials hinting an announcement is forthcoming. About 120,000 Army troops are deployed in Saudi Arabia.
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Washington
Persian Gulf
The
Amy
Army
Judy Johnston
Pentagon
Bush
Saudi Arabia
Armed Services
Gulf
Amy Corps
Weather outlook warm and dry for Kansas start followed by cooling
The forecast shows warm and dry conditions across Kansas Monday, then a sharp cooldown with a chance of rain for eastern areas on Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs range from about 60 in the northwest to 70 in the southeast on Monday, dropping to the 40s by Wednesday, with Monday lows in the mid 30s northwest to around 50 southeast and mid 20s to lower 90s statewide by Wednesday.
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Kansas
State prisons rise may aid 1991 sentencing changes
In Topeka the inmate count climbs to 5 795 as corrections officials draft expansion to add space for 3 000 or more inmates. Legislators Winter and Sebelius say rising population will push lawmakers toward sentencing reform and alternatives to prison.
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Topeka
Kan
Wint Winter Jr
R-Lawrence
Kathleen Sebelius
Dtopeka
Corrections
Steve Davies
Department of Corrections
Sebelius
Davies
Lamed State Hospital
Sentencing Commission
House Democrats
Winter
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ad Briefs and Local Offers This Holiday Season
Christmas open houses offer 20 percent off all items on November 23 and 24 at Country Living 123 S Main. Freda’s Essay Contest awards 50, 25, and 15 dollar prizes to Tammy Yates Elizabeth Baker and Shirley Coffman. Tecumseh Street Antique Mall promotes 10 percent or more off until Christmas. Hill House Restaurant features a Saturday night buffet and breakfast buffet. Catering and free holiday catalog available. Open hours listed for multiple locales.
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Country Living
S. Main
Freda
Tammy Yates
Elizabeth Baker
Shirley Coffman
Tecumseh Street
Old Depot Museum
Ottawa Herald publication details and subscription rates
The Ottawa Herald lists staff positions including editor publisher and various editors. It provides mailing options and subscription prices effective April 1, 1990, for Ottawa and surrounding areas with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual rates by carrier, motor route, and mail, plus state and out of state variants.
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Ottawa
Cartier
Franklin County
State
Kanas
Ottawa Board of Education Moves Start Time and Place
The Ottawa Board of Education will meet at Eugene Field School at 6:45 PM to view the Star Lab planetarium created with eight districts in Greenbush North. At 7:30 PM the regular session begins with items including a field trip report, district audit, and discussion of meeting dates for December.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Eugene Field School
Tremont
Greenbush North Consortium
Star Lab
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Hutchinson
Quivita Wildlife
Cheyenne Bottoms
Kansas Association of School Boards
Corrections to Ottawa Middle School Honor Roll and Park Attack
Corrections note the misspelling of Christopher Bert in the Ottawa Middle School Honor Roll where he is listed as a sixth grader on the As and Bs list. The report also corrects the time of a woman attack at Kanza Park to dusk, around 5 p.m., not shortly before 8 p.m.
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Christopher Bert
Ottawa
Bert
Kanza Park
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Metcalf
Independence
Jackson County
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Scrooge
Statter Brothers
Suzy Bogguss
Landon Arena
Nelson-Athing Museum of Art
John Wornall
Fort Osage
Weston
Cowtown
Midland Theatre
Kemper Arena
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Ottawa Herald
Ad Briefs
Hill House
Sutton's Jewelry
Dim A. Hiteh
Terry Ostmeyer
Jay Bemis
Carol Ackermann
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Whitacre
Wayne Snow
Jean Roseman
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