Ottawa store owner Steve Mudrick, 60, dies after cancer
Longtime Litwin's department store operator in Ottawa dies after a prolonged cancer battle. The community leader and first recipient of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Community Image Award in 1995, Mudrick was known for warm service, local loyalty, and guiding downtown retail through major changes. He took over Litwin's in 1978 and helped keep it as a locally owned anchor amid closures and new competition. He will be missed by customers and city residents alike.
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Ttawa
Steve Mudrick
Litwin's
Mudrick
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Litwin’s
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iola
Tom Mudrick
Franklin County Cancer Foundation helps local patients with needs
Reader Forum notes the Franklin County Cancer Foundation formed in May 1998 to aid Franklin County cancer patients and families. It offers durable medical equipment, beds, lifts, and comfort items, plus emotional support, errands, meals, and volunteer help. Call numbers and P.O. Box provided.
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Cancer Foundation
Memy Pike
Franklin County Cancer Foundation
Franklin County Cancer
Franklin County
P.O
Ottawa
Political contact list for U S lawmakers and governor in Kansas and D C
A condensed roster of official addresses and phone numbers for President Bill Clinton, U S senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, representative candidates in Washington D C, Governor Bill Graves, and Kansas state legislators Robert Tyson Ralph Tanner and Bil Fevarbom. Includes street addresses in Topeka and Hart and Canon House offices in Washington with telephone numbers.
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Bill Clinton
Ite House
Washington
D.C
Whitehouse
U.S
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
Washin
Berts.sandie
Sam Brownback
Eeah Saw Brownleck Brown
US Fap Beli
Canon House
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
State.ks
Robert Tyson
Ralph Tanner
Kansas Needs Dick Bond to Lead School Reform
Syndicated columnist David Awbrey argues Kansas faces stalled school improvement under Governor Bill Graves. He credits Senate President Dick Bond with a bold 10 point plan to raise standards, tests, year length, early programs, tenure reform and merit pay, urging action in 2000 legislature to avoid widening the national education gap.
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Tommy Thompson
Wisconsin
Roy — Romer
Colorado
Kansas
John Carlin
Bill Graves
Graves
Senate
Dick Bond
Johnson County
Bond
Tim Emert
Ways and Means Committee
Dave Kerr
Education Committee
Barbara Lawrence
Ralph Tanner
House Education Committee
Kansas Public Schools
David Awbrey
Lawrence
Fathers presence linked to later puberty in girls study
Research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reports that daughters raised in stable two parent homes, especially with active fathers, reach puberty later. The study of 173 girls suggests fathers' caregiving and mothers' relationship quality influence timing, while absence or dysfunction may accelerate puberty.
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Bruce Ellis
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
Ellis
Kathleen Parker
Orlando Sentinel
Kparker
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S. Cedar
Ottawaherald
Bil Fevarbom
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David S. Awbrey
Visions OF Kansas
Tribune Media Services
Ene and
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
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