Ol Marais River Run Car Show draws growing crowds
Car enthusiasts praised the Ol Marais River Run with more participants each year. About 1,250 entrants attended the show over Saturday and Sunday with 100 preregistrations for 2008. Organizers expect a bigger 22nd edition set for Sept 20–21, 2008.
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Herald
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Ottawa
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Ol’ Marais River Run
16 year old intern aids NIST physics lab in Gaithersburg
A Ottawa High School junior spent the summer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg Maryland. He worked in the optical technology division of the physics lab supporting NASA instruments and calibration. He learned what it takes to be a research scientist and plans to study aerospace engineering at MIT.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg
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Nist Physics Laboratory
Optical Technology Division
NASA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Greenspan says Iraq war driven by oil in new memoir
Former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan critiques Bush spending policies and deficits in his memoir The Age of Turbulence. He argues the Iraq war is largely about oil, faults Republicans for abandoning fiscal principles, and notes Democrats won Congress in 2006 after years of red ink.
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Former OU official pursues dream of global university
Former Ottawa University President Fred Snow says he will pursue creating an international university through a Global Education Partnership. He left OU after one year, citing progress there and a fork that let him chase a long-standing goal to teach international economics, multicultural understanding, and world religions with investors, entrepreneurs, and existing universities.
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Kansas governor expands protections for LGBT workers
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed an executive order to shield 25,000 state employees from firing or job advancement denial due to sexual orientation or gender identity. The order broadens diversity safeguards but does not extend partner benefits to same sex partners, prompting concern from conservative lawmakers who seek to revisit the issue when the Legislature reconvenes.
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Kathleen Sebelius
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