Editorial Calls Move to State Fair Dates to August
Editorial argues shifting the State Fair from September to mid August could curb scheduling conflicts and attract larger crowds. It notes attendance and spending were below five year averages, despite hot weather, and cites Farm Bureau giving away ice water while Grandstand shows underperformed.
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Farm Bureau
The
Judds
Oak Ridge Boys
Statler Brothers
Charlie Daniels
Chubby Checker
Roy Clark
Local girls raise groceries for those in need by collecting cans
Lora Didde and Jamie Barrett, 13 and 10, bicycle across Ottawa to collect aluminum cans and sell them to COF to fund groceries for ECEAN. They donate proceeds, buy essentials, and plan more drives while urging others to contribute cans or donations.
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Lora Didde
Jamie Barrett
Ecean Food Bank
Ottawa
COF
Lora
Ottawa Middle School
Gerald
Donna Didde
Brookside Lane
Jamie
Second Street
Safeway
Eckan
Donna
ECEAN
Didde
Joan Finney Campaign Office Disarray Question
A guest opinion notes that in Johnson County Joan Finney, the Democratic candidate for governor, faced a questioned management disarray. It quotes her saying the campaign was hopelessly disorganized and that no effort would be made to organize it.
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Johnson County
Joan Finney
Letters to the editor policy note requests signatures
The notice urges readers to sign letters with a writer’s address and include a telephone number to verify authenticity, stating unsigned letters will not be published.
The Blues and the health care blues
An opinion piece lampoons Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City rate hikes for Harris Enterprises and analyzes the nationwide health care cost crisis. It argues costs rise burden workers and businesses, urges a national reform plan, and oddly endorses living in a moon hut as a fanciful cure for the blues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Hard
Olathe Daily News
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Kansas City
Cross Blue Shield
Daily News
Harris
Blue Cross
Harris Enterprises
Gulp
Corporate America
America
Congress
Contact lenses blamed for vanity and danger
A columnist ridicules contact lens wearers as vain and unsafe. He mocks poking at eyes, cites social awkwardness, and argues lenses risk health, suggesting lenses could migrate behind the skull. He warns readers to beware and roll their eyes.
Contact Details for U S Government Representatives
Names and addresses for President George Bush and senators Dole Kassebaum plus representatives Whittaker and Allen and state lawmakers Shumway and Bottle Sue Shumway with Washington D C and Topeka office locations and phone numbers for public inquiries and correspondence.
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George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Washington, D.C
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell
D. C
Bob Whittaker
Rayburn
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
Bottle Sue Shumway
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Herald
Blues
Cai
By Mike Royko
Tribune Media Service
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