Tanner Seeks Re-Election To Kansas House 10th District
The Kansas House seat for the 10th District centers on Tanner a Baker University alum and educator advocate. Opponent Bettie Sue Shumway a retired Ottawa teacher challenges him. Tanner praised for school finance work and education policy while pledging accessibility and continued tax relief efforts.
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Feuerborn Offers More In Sth District Race
In Kansas ninth district, Democrat Bill Feuerborn of Garnett defends his seat against Republican Stan Wollard. Feuerborn emphasizes education funding, property tax relief with caps, and highway projects on US-59 and US-169, plus possible sales tax adjustments. He chairs Transportation Interim duties and seeks continued service in Topeka.
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Will Houdini Return This Halloween
A feature on Harry Houdini traces his famous escapes, his death in 1926, and legends of his return. The piece invites readers to seek clues in books, cemeteries, and local venues and suggests how to recognize him at age 52 with a rumpled tuxedo and the passwords Rosabelle believe.
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Sam Sheldon urges new middle school bond citing unsafe old buildings
Ottawa school board member Sam Sheldon explains his shift from renovating to supporting a November bond for a new middle school. He recounts 1994 1996 structural reports by Finney and Kerr showing both 1917 and 1927 buildings unsafe and far costlier to repair than building anew.
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Community letters urge bond for Ottawa middle school
Readers from Ottawa USD 290 advocate a new middle school, praising local schools and city cooperation. A City Commissioner urges tax relief and continued partnership to ease the bond’s impact while calling for the community to back the project. Another reader questions air bag safety and government mandates, citing fatalities and urging reconsideration of 1998 air bag requirements.
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Kansas Photos and Reform Party Appeal in Kansan Letter
A reader asks for Kansas state items for a student project titled Parade of States and urges sending photos and artifacts to Nicole Sutherland in Washington. The text also harshly critiques incumbent candidates Brownback and Roberts, endorsing Reform party candidates Mark Marney and Don Klaassen and accusing out of state funding and anti-woman attitudes.
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