Reading Carousel promotes early literacy in Finney County
The Finney County Literacy Council stage Reading Carousel events in a gym with kid friendly items and adult readers. Andy Musick mimics Shakespeare while kids participate in a hands on swords lesson. The program started after a 1999 reading summit led to early literacy goals and funding from a School to Career grant. Two siblings Marissa and Adriana Cruz left with gift books, though this is the final Reading Carousel year.
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Turpin
Shakespeare
Andy Musick
Chris Albers
Musick
Finney County
Roderick
Barbara Larson
Marissa
Adriana Cruz
Marissa Cruz
Froggy
Holcomb Teacher Veatch Heads Toward New Chapter
Longtime Holcomb educator Veatch plans to move to Olathe with wife Linda after 19 years at Holcomb. He taught junior high math and high school math, physics, and chemistry, drove a district bus 29 years, and sponsors National Honor Society and Scholar's Bowl. He emphasizes hands on learning and enthusiasm as key to student success. He and his wife will pursue teaching opportunities closer to their three sons and grandchildren in Kansas City area.
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Utica
Linda
Holcomb
Veatch
Olathe
Tim
David
Kansas City
Paul
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas officials tour Washington amid budget talk and debates
Garden City and Finney County leaders meet with congressional staff in D.C. while debating how to close a 700 million shortfall for 2003. Talks focus on tax exemptions, reserves, and potential funding shifts as election pressures loom. The group balances sight seeing with planning dinner discussions on state finance and education funding.
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Garden City
Finney County
Pat Roberts
Sam Brownback
Jerry Moran
Amtrak
U.S. Department of Transportation
Pete Olson
Carol Meyer
Finney County Commission
Roman Halbur
Halbur
Kansas
Overland Park
Olson
Meyer
Harbur
Jim Wharton
Janie Perkins
Harold
Matt Allen
FCEDC
Dennis Smith
Bob Halloran
Washington
Smith
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Rain lifts mood and fuels pasture recovery across region
The area receives essential moisture that will benefit pastures and surface soil. Farmers advise watering lawns twice weekly in cooler weather and increasing as it warms. Warmer days will enable weed treatments and a stronger start to the growing season, boosting spirits along with crops.
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Witt
Mike Ward
Ward
Ture
Amtrak Riders Contemplate End of Rail Service
Amtrak travelers describe flying as cost comparable to train travel while noting long security lines and time. Passengers in Hutchinson reflect on the value of rail versus air options, with many citing family ties, flight avoidance, and the loss of Southwest Chief as a potential blow to mobility. One traveler mourns a daughter during a train journey.
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Stevenson
Amarillo
Beaudry
Dodge City
Wyatt Earp Boulevard
Boot Hill
Long Branch
Albuquerque
Gallup
N.M
Amtrak
California
Mosley
Los Angeles
Hutchinson
Deputy’s crash kills three teens near Bell Florida
Gilchrist County Deputy Darrell J. Rhoten on an emergency run collided with a pickup at a rural intersection north of Bell. Three teenagers, Christopher Sutton 17, Jacob Dell Edwards 18, and Julie Marie Guerra 15, died. Brittany Ann Walchle 16 was hospitalized in critical condition. the deputy was seriously injured.
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Bell
Fla
Gilchrist County
Darrell J. Rhoten
Florida Highway Patrol
Christopher Sutton
Jacob Dell Edwards
High Springs
Julie Marie Guerra
Brittany Ann Walchle
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