Local heroes emerge after flood and crash rescues
The piece honors everyday heroes who risked their lives in recent emergencies. Al Larsen, a Verizon Wireless technician from Irving, Texas, died on the Kansas Turnpike while guiding others from flood waters near Emporia. Justin Hennessey and Donal Beddo helped crash victims after a fiery collision near Ottawa.
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium fundraiser highlights local bands
The Friends of Ottawa Municipal Auditorium hosted their first fundraiser on Aug 23 featuring the Down the Road bluegrass group from Lawrence and the Steve Strickland Band with Ottawan musicians. Proceeds support OMA projects as the season opens with Michael Martin Murphey.
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Bush’s budgetary smoke to get blown away
Opinion piece argues President Bush uses a Sunday speech to push an $87 billion Iraq funding request amid a projected $500 billion deficit for 2004. It contends ongoing war costs will rise, funding must come from Congress, and calls for belt tightening and tax reform. It attacks corporate wealth, special interests, and energy prices as sources of funds and warns of economic decline.
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Book review argues Bush era war on terror is revealing truth
A critical summary of James Bovard’s Terrorism and Tyranny portrays it as fact based and footnoted. The reviewer stresses Bovard’s sober, non polemical approach and warns that government deception and overreach threaten liberty. The piece likens officials lies to Orwell and cautions against blind faith in government.
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