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Greenpiece · Greenpiece

-- Edited by Greenpiece at 17:14, 2008-04-16

Elee · Elee

Thurber sends letter from jail By FOSS FARRAR Traveler Staff Writer reporter@arkcity.net The man accused of killing Cowley College danceline member Jodi Sanderholm in January 2007 sent a letter from his jail cell to another college coed who was on the dance team last fall, a prosecution witness sa...

dragon lady · dragon lady

In reguard to the adoption to maintain the flower pots in Ark city paper Feb 19, 2008. Why, why would anyone wants to adopt any of them? The Phantom planters did and they let the contract company destroy and replant.They are the city in this case. Would all the planters have to be alike, why? That was the...

motherof2 · motherof2

Looking for workers Local officials recruiting laid off workers in Emporia Cowley First will participate in a job fair in Emporia on Feb. 16 along with area business representatives, in response to the recent layoff of 1500 employees at the Emporia Tyson Foods plant. Debra Teufel, Cowley First dir...

dddfan · dddfan

While I endorse good quality education, I do have questions. I have read many blogs, that tell me that Ark City is decling in population. If this is so, does it mean that all the families that are moving out of town are leaving their children here to be educated, while they live elsewhere? If the populat...

dragon lady · dragon lady

Once again the parking lot behind Stage is iced over. No effort to remove or sand the ice in the lot. There are handicapped people who work in the area and park there. To leave it iced over for them and customers of the business in front is asking for a city lawsuit, if someone gets hurt through a fall, same a...

paddedroom · paddedroom

How long do we have to wait for a new opinion poll? If the folks at the Traveler are having trouble coming up with new polls then I would like to volunteer my suggestions. I really think a new opinion poll should be posted every other week at the very least. (Once a week would be ideal but I'm sure that's way t...

larrybrixey · larrybrixey

Hello to everyone in Ark City! I lived there for a few years and found that most of the people in Ark City are good caring people! Yep, the type who would take the shirt off there back to keep you warm! The kind and caring people we need more of throughout the USA! I have some Great Idea's for your city, but wou...

dddfan · dddfan

This was a great opportunity to support our students , and the band program, as well as a fine dinner, and some real good music. I can't think of a better way to spend and evening with my wife on Valentines Day. The music was very good, those young musicians, played virtualy non-stop for the better part of...

Wondering · Wondering

So you get arrested for domestic violence/abuse and then our County Attorney drops it and then he gives you your bond money back. This person gets off free. What about the next person? Was it because he was a "well known citizen"? What about the former school board memeber that was arre...

abc123 · abc123

Now that I'm worked up about the north end....I have a question...how often does the street sweeper travel your streets? We pay an extra tax on our water bills for storm water that was explained as a requirement to clean the gutters with the street sweeper at least twice per year as supposedly impos...

motherof2 · motherof2

I woke up this morning to find the words "456 Piru" spray painted on my neighbors garage door. I wish I knew how to get the picture I snapped on this site. I did send one to the Traveler, though. I honestly do not think anyone has lived in this home for some time, but the last couple who did we...

Patrick · Patrick

Letter to the Editor: I'm back with my usual complaints about something over which I have absolutely no control and it certainly won't have any effect on improvement of the situations. Number one, I see they are doing curb and gutter work all around town. This may be aesthetically pleasing, but it doe...

Patrick · Patrick

When it comes to attractions I have heard over and over that Mountains and Oceans are the great attractors. Here in Ark City we have TWO rivers which should have great value as attraction but we don't use them at all. According to the paper, last year Oxford got a grant to develop their riverfront for re...

Elee · Elee

To the editor: Shame on whoever is not taking responsibility for throwing boards on the sidewalk in front of the Hairport on July 17, 2006. I and members of my family have tried to ascertain who did so. My aunt, Pauline Webb, fell over those boards, and the EMS was called to assist. (This was during the ti...

paddedroom · paddedroom

Skyline Road needs a sidewalk in a bad way. I know that this won't happen overnight but it does need to happen. Am I the only one that sees small children, mothers with children in tow, and many other people day and night walking in the street on their way to Wal-Mart? With all the snow and ice we've had r...

Elee · Elee

Will someone explain to me why this man can't live on $81 thousand a year in this county? With a pay increase of 10% that he got, it makes it over $90 thousand he will make next year. Does he have to pay for his own travel expenses to and from places? Or do we cover that.... And just for curiosity sake, anyo...

Peace Maker · Peace Maker

Hey personally I think its a good idea to have Lowe's located in Ark City, but I also believe they should not recieve any tax incentives to build there. Why are so many folks so hell bent on the NO vote for issuing TIF's to get Lowe's to build it? Lowe's is a corporation that could foot the bill 100% if they wa...

Elee · Elee

Randy EmersonEmerson again seeking sheriff's role By ROY GRABER Managing Editor Randy Emerson ran for the office of Cowley County Sheriff four years ago, stating he wanted to see some changes made. Although many of the changes he wanted have happened since he was defeated by incumbent Bob Odell in...

paddedroom · On Wed Jan 9 5:22 PM, 2008,

On Wed Jan 9 5:22 PM, 2008, S23246G wrote...... "Does anyone else think it's ridiculous that it took a full seven days for my post to show up from the time I wrote it? It's bad enough that we have to deal with a moderated forum, but SEVEN DAYS? I had just about given up, and vowed to stop coming here. Can...

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	Outdoor Fun IN and around Arkansas City (Preview) -- Edited by Greenpiece at 17:14, 2008-04-16	Greenpiece	7	565	Sun Mar 9 11:39 AM, 2008 by motherof2
	THURBER SENDS LETTER FROM JAIL (Preview) Thurber sends letter from jail By FOSS FARRAR Traveler Staff Writer reporter@arkcity.net The man accused of killing Cowley College danceline member Jodi Sanderholm in January 2007 sent a letter from his jail cell to another college coed who was on the dance team last fall, a prosecution witness sa...	Elee	13	866	Fri Mar 7 12:09 AM, 2008 by Elee
	flower pots downtown (Preview) In reguard to the adoption to maintain the flower pots in Ark city paper Feb 19, 2008. Why, why would anyone wants to adopt any of them? The Phantom planters did and they let the contract company destroy and replant.They are the city in this case. Would all the planters have to be alike, why? That was the...	dragon lady	27	886	Tue Mar 4 7:12 PM, 2008 by Greenpiece
	Tyson Layoffs - Creekstone Hiring? (Preview) Looking for workers *Local officials recruiting laid off workers in Emporia* Cowley First will participate in a job fair in Emporia on Feb. 16 along with area business representatives, in response to the recent layoff of 1500 employees at the Emporia Tyson Foods plant. Debra Teufel, Cowley First dir...	motherof2	20	976	Wed Feb 27 11:25 PM, 2008 by motherof2
	School Bond Questions (Preview) While I endorse good quality education, I do have questions. I have read many blogs, that tell me that Ark City is decling in population. If this is so, does it mean that all the families that are moving out of town are leaving their children here to be educated, while they live elsewhere? If the populat...	dddfan	10	722	Wed Feb 27 9:37 PM, 2008 by dddfan
	Parking lot (Preview) Once again the parking lot behind Stage is iced over. No effort to remove or sand the ice in the lot. There are handicapped people who work in the area and park there. To leave it iced over for them and customers of the business in front is asking for a city lawsuit, if someone gets hurt through a fall, same a...	dragon lady	5	424	Sun Feb 24 5:55 PM, 2008 by CALLUS
	Time for a new poll ( 1 2 ) (Preview) How long do we have to wait for a new opinion poll? If the folks at the Traveler are having trouble coming up with new polls then I would like to volunteer my suggestions. I really think a new opinion poll should be posted every other week at the very least. (Once a week would be ideal but I'm sure that's way t...	paddedroom	34	3234	Mon Feb 18 11:25 PM, 2008 by abc123
	Time to turn this place around!! (Preview) Hello to everyone in Ark City! I lived there for a few years and found that most of the people in Ark City are good caring people! Yep, the type who would take the shirt off there back to keep you warm! The kind and caring people we need more of throughout the USA! I have some Great Idea's for your city, but wou...	larrybrixey	23	1108	Mon Feb 18 9:21 AM, 2008 by CALLUS
	High School Band Dinner & Concert (Preview) This was a great opportunity to support our students , and the band program, as well as a fine dinner, and some real good music. I can't think of a better way to spend and evening with my wife on Valentines Day. The music was very good, those young musicians, played virtualy non-stop for the better part of...	dddfan	1	373	Fri Feb 15 1:58 PM, 2008 by Backintown
	Domestic Violence ( 1 2 ) (Preview) So you get arrested for domestic violence/abuse and then our County Attorney drops it and then he gives you your bond money back. This person gets off free. What about the next person? Was it because he was a "well known citizen"? What about the former school board memeber that was arre...	Wondering	34	1660	Sun Feb 10 8:13 AM, 2008 by Elee
	Street sweeper (Preview) Now that I'm worked up about the north end....I have a question...how often does the street sweeper travel your streets? We pay an extra tax on our water bills for storm water that was explained as a requirement to clean the gutters with the street sweeper at least twice per year as supposedly impos...	abc123	26	1108	Sat Feb 9 3:21 PM, 2008 by Patrick
	Gang Activity/Identity Theft ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I woke up this morning to find the words "456 Piru" spray painted on my neighbors garage door. I wish I knew how to get the picture I snapped on this site. I did send one to the Traveler, though. I honestly do not think anyone has lived in this home for some time, but the last couple who did we...	motherof2	38	1911	Fri Feb 8 10:47 AM, 2008 by motherof2
	The usual complaints (Preview) Letter to the Editor: I'm back with my usual complaints about something over which I have absolutely no control and it certainly won't have any effect on improvement of the situations. Number one, I see they are doing curb and gutter work all around town. This may be aesthetically pleasing, but it doe...	Patrick	7	620	Tue Jan 29 10:02 AM, 2008 by numbers76
	Developing Ark City... Ideas needed (Preview) When it comes to attractions I have heard over and over that Mountains and Oceans are the great attractors. Here in Ark City we have TWO rivers which should have great value as attraction but we don't use them at all. According to the paper, last year Oxford got a grant to develop their riverfront for re...	Patrick	9	594	Tue Jan 29 8:19 AM, 2008 by motherof2
	Who does own the sidewalk? (Preview) To the editor: Shame on whoever is not taking responsibility for throwing boards on the sidewalk in front of the Hairport on July 17, 2006. I and members of my family have tried to ascertain who did so. My aunt, Pauline Webb, fell over those boards, and the EMS was called to assist. (This was during the ti...	Elee	15	772	Fri Jan 25 9:44 PM, 2008 by Patrick
	Sidewalk needed! (Preview) Skyline Road needs a sidewalk in a bad way. I know that this won't happen overnight but it does need to happen. Am I the only one that sees small children, mothers with children in tow, and many other people day and night walking in the street on their way to Wal-Mart? With all the snow and ice we've had r...	paddedroom	13	952	Thu Jan 24 1:08 PM, 2008 by Patrick
	Alsup recieves pay increase (Preview) Will someone explain to me why this man can't live on $81 thousand a year in this county? With a pay increase of 10% that he got, it makes it over $90 thousand he will make next year. Does he have to pay for his own travel expenses to and from places? Or do we cover that.... And just for curiosity sake, anyo...	Elee	7	550	Tue Jan 15 7:26 PM, 2008 by Elee
	Why the uprise over the Lowes store (Preview) Hey personally I think its a good idea to have Lowe's located in Ark City, but I also believe they should not recieve any tax incentives to build there. Why are so many folks so hell bent on the NO vote for issuing TIF's to get Lowe's to build it? Lowe's is a corporation that could foot the bill 100% if they wa...	Peace Maker	24	1098	Mon Jan 14 11:31 PM, 2008 by abc123
	Emerson running for Sheriff (Preview) Randy EmersonEmerson again seeking sheriff's role By ROY GRABER Managing Editor Randy Emerson ran for the office of Cowley County Sheriff four years ago, stating he wanted to see some changes made. Although many of the changes he wanted have happened since he was defeated by incumbent Bob Odell in...	Elee	4	803	Mon Jan 14 2:01 AM, 2008 by Elee
	Moderation (Preview) On Wed Jan 9 5:22 PM, 2008, S23246G wrote...... "Does anyone else think it's ridiculous that it took a full seven days for my post to show up from the time I wrote it? It's bad enough that we have to deal with a moderated forum, but SEVEN DAYS? I had just about given up, and vowed to stop coming here. Can...	paddedroom	1	332	Fri Jan 11 10:35 AM, 2008 by Patrick
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