Cedar Street roundabouts score "no" in readers poll
Readers oppose spending 3 million to 5 million on Cedar Street roundabouts citing federal strings, prefer keeping crosswalks and wall-to-wall drainage dips. Propose brighter signals and statues with four way stops, noting only four accidents last year at key intersections. Citizens urge patience over arterial traffic and skeptical about turning Cedar Street into a circle.
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Cedar Street
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Ottawa
Vision Steering Committee
Herald
Question of the Week on Cedar Street roundabouts
A local panel asks residents if they support roundabouts as a traffic calming device on Cedar Street. Readers are invited to share opinions through the newspaper’s weekly survey and respond by the posted deadline.
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Veterans Forum honors POW MIA ceremony at memorial
Reader commends the Veterans committee for a powerful POW MIA recognition at the veterans memorial last Sunday. An ex Marine spoke of comrades saving him, with 92 000 American POW MIA still unaccounted for. Kansas roll call of roughly 40 names followed, candles lit and roses laid in memory, taps and echo closing. Attendance urged for a possible yearly event.
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Veterans Memorial
U.S
America
Cedar Street traffic debate favors four way stops over roundabouts
Local readers weigh options for Cedar Street traffic calming with four way stop signs proposed as cheaper safer measures. Commenters discuss roundabouts’ space needs and impact on yards, emergency access, and driver education, with cost comparisons and safety concerns.
KKSU radio to go silent as WIBW buys hours
Kansas State University’s KKSU radio station will end broadcasts around December 1, 2002, with five weekday hours sold to WIBW for 1.5 million dollars. The move ends a 73 year shared frequency arrangement and shifts focus to Internet and other stations while preserving state and agricultural programming via public radio.
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Larry Jackson
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