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re: Demographics[edit]

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The income demographics are clearly incorrect (i.e. percent living below poverty line 0%, and the median income math does not compute).

re: Sally Stapleton[edit]

I've deletd the reference to Sally Stapleton ("two-time Pullitzer winner") as a hoax. If this is wrong, please explain here and reinsert. Bucketsofg✐ 21:24, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not a hoax, certainly, but possibly over-inflated. It's been a long time since I was around, but look at http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1999/spot-news-photography/bio/index.html, which shows the Provost of Columbia University awarding just such a prize to Ms. Stapleton, who works for the Associated Press. Her fame certainly wouldn't match Sheryl's, but people who follow journalism would definitely have seen her work. A site for one of the local elementary schools claims that she is a three-time Pulitzer winner (http://www.kennett.k12.mo.us/schools/masterson/wall.htm).

- A tad further explanation: Sally Stapleton was a photo editor for the Associated Press (ending as chief photo editor in 2003), so when the Associated Press won a Pulitzer for photojournalism, she was, perhaps, considered responsible. Certainly in the local area, she'd be seen in this light ... perhaps even if she wasn't even on-site when the photos were taken. Renaissongsman 03:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- - School site has changed; here is the page on the "Wayback Machine": http://web.archive.org/web/20060722090338/www.kennett.k12.mo.us/schools/masterson/wall.htm Renaissongsman (talk) 17:45, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

re: adding Fred Lasswell[edit]

While we're on the subject, I'd think Fred Lasswell, who drew the comic (and was arguably the co-creator of) Barney Google and Snuffy Smith from 1942 to 2000 or so deserves mention, as he was born there, also. Renaissongsman 21:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

re: "Angela Williams"[edit]

There was an unsigned "famous person" reference to an "Angela Williams", 'wrestler and porn star', 'deceased'. I've removed it for two reasons: verifiability (do we mean the daughter-in-law of WWF star "Jimmy Valiant"??), and the fact that linkage for "Angela Williams" refers to the California-born Olympic track and field athlete. If this entry was correct, please note sources and create a stub for the "other" Angela Williams, or leave it unlinked. Renaissongsman 23:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

re: "Otter Outtawater"[edit]

Once again, on the subject of verifiability, unless this person can prove he's more than just a troll on Topix, I've removed his name from the 'notable' list. Renaissongsman (talk) 01:08, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Area inconsistency[edit]

Why is the area given as 17,2 square kilometers in the infobox, but as 18,2 square kilometers in the text? (The values in square miles are also different.) --Smeira (talk) 20:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the area in square kilometers is different because the square miles figures don't agree :-P Seriously, though, I'm not sure how to decide which figure is more accurate; census.gov doesn't seem to offer area calculations for any political entity smaller than a county. Looking around the web, I see several different "sizes" given for the city as well; also, keep in mind that many cities are continually adding new territory, and, from what I've heard, this one's no exception. I'll make them agree with the larger figure on my next edit, but it is very unfortunate that I can't confirm the accuracy of either statement. Renaissongsman (talk) 14:42, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History of Kennett[edit]

I haven't deleted it, but the sentence about the Indian town of "Chilicataw" near the Trail of Tears is suspect and should be replaced with something more authentic. First, there must be a better source than the history of Craighead County, Ark.--for instance, one of four volumes of Dunklin County history that have been published but that I don't have handy. Second, the local spelling has always been Chillitecaux or Chilletecaux, and most local histories say Chillitecaux was the name of the chief of a band of Delaware Indians who lived on the site of Kennett and that the white settlers first called their town Chillitecaux after him (then changed its name to Butler, then to Kennett after a mayor of St. Louis when it was discovered that there already was another Missouri town called Butler). Third, the Trail of Tears was a good 100 miles away from Kennett and, I think, didn't involve the Delaware Indians. Wbkelley (talk) 05:51, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It would be great if you could add this, you seem to know far more about it than anybody I've met on Wikipedia. Let me know if you need any help. Grey Wanderer (talk) 18:25, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- I'd concur with the spelling change and the removal of the TOT reference; not only did Mama always pronounce it "Chilletecaux", but the city's official history (let's use http://www.kennettmo.com/history.htm as a model) also uses that spelling. Also, by most accounts the majority of the overland forced migrations (for lack of a better term) known as the "Trail of Tears" involved passage between Memphis, TN and Little Rock, AR --- a route that wouldn't generally cross the Bootheel area. I'll see what I can come up with. Renaissongsman (talk) 14:52, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

person born in kennett[edit]

william baxter green is a artis for a xbox 360 game called gears of war has also done simfe filter and feak style and won photo shoot in magazine and also art work born in kennett 1 31 77 went to elm school before moving, live in nc now — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.184.237.97 (talk) 06:07, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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