Jefferson, Texas Events, Festivals & Celebrations
It has featured musical acts, entertainment shows, school productions, dance recitals and was formerly the location of the South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, which was founded in 1956. The district includes a music hall, outdoor amphitheater, farmer's market, musical performers, restaurant with performance stage, the largest playscape in the state, and a water park. The median income for a household in the East Texas retreat center city was $27,045, and the median income for a family was $34,753. About 20.0% of families and 24.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.3% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over. As of the census of 2010, there were 18,884 people, 8,969 households, and 5,732 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,323.3 inhabitants per square mile (510.9/km2).
The governor said, if re-elected for a second term, he will finish work on a 50-year water conservation plan for Kansas. Brownback also said Democratic challenger Paul Davis has no credibility on water issues because he showed no interest in the subject as a legislator. Brownback held a news conference Wednesday on a boat ramp on the Kansas River to discuss water policy and protecting the state's natural resources.
City of Topeka spokeswoman Suzie Gilbert confirmed that Montague was arrested in October 2007 for soliciting sodomy and entered into a diversion agreement but could provide no further details. Kansas GOP Executive Director Clay Barker questioned Davis' judgment for using Montague. Davis said he pulled the ad immediately and apologized for what he called a mistake. Montague did not immediately return a telephone message Wednesday evening seeking comment. TOPEKA, Kan. — Pottawatomie County is seeing an outbreak of whooping cough cases. The Topeka Capital-Journal reportsthat all schools within the Wamego School District have had free vaccination clinics for staff members.
Roberts acknowledges that the city attorney warned him in February that he could not continue as a city employee if he won a council seat. But he says he was told he was fired because of his job performance. He says he will continue working at his construction business and is a part-time rural postal carrier.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Governor Sam Brownback says he hopes to see President Barack Obama when he makes a visit Friday to Lawrence. The Republican governor says Tuesday that he hasn't been invited to attend Obama's event at the University of Kansas but plans to go if he is asked to attend. State Democratic leaders say they have been asked to find a venue that could hold between 3,000 and 6,000 people for the president's appearance.
Though initially involved to assist humanitarian efforts, the Clinton administration shifted the objectives set out in the mission and began pursuing a policy of attempting to neutralize Somali warlords. In 1993, during the Battle of Mogadishu, two U.S. helicopters were shot down by rocket-propelled grenade attacks to their tail rotors, trapping soldiers behind enemy lines. This resulted in an urban battle that killed 18 American soldiers, wounded 73 others, and resulted in one being taken prisoner.
Over half of the region's population resides within Allegheny County, which has a population of 1.24 million and is the second-largest county in the state. The South Arkansas Arboretum, opened in 1965, is Arkansas's only state park located within a city. Winter events include the "Festival of Lights" and the "largest Christmas parade in Arkansas". The El Dorado Municipal Auditorium is a multi-purpose auditorium with a large lobby, grand hall seating, and multi-tiered sloping balcony.
On January 19, 2001, Clinton's law license was suspended for five years after he acknowledged to an Arkansas circuit court that he had engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice in the Jones case. After a House inquiry, Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998, by the House of Representatives. The House voted 228–206 to impeach him for perjury to a grand jury and voted 221–212 to impeach him for obstruction of justice. Impeachment proceedings were based on allegations that Clinton had illegally lied about and covered up his relationship with 22-year-old White House employee Monica Lewinsky. To hold impeachment proceedings, the Republican leadership called a lame-duck session in December 1998.
His folksy manner led him to be nicknamed Bubba, especially in the South. Since 2000, he has frequently been referred to as "The Big Dog" or "Big Dog". Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and attended Georgetown University. He received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at University College, Oxford and later graduated from Yale Law School. After graduating from law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as state attorney general, followed by two non-consecutive tenures as Arkansas governor.