Florence Wilson Site Council Meeting
The Florence Wilson Elementary School Site Council will meet at 4 15 p m on April 16 in the school's conference room The public is welcome to attend The Garden City Community College Board of Trustees and Endowment Association Board of Directors will hold a 6 p m dinner meeting at the Endowment Room in the GCCC Student Center No official action will be taken The Finney County Commission will review TEA 21 federal funding for county road and bridge projects with an 11 a m public input session in the County Administration Center 311 N Ninth St Florence Wilson Site Council meeting to follow
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Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Gccc Endowment Association Board of Directors
GCCC
Finney County
Florence Wilson Elementary
Sextuplets Update From Kansas Born Babies Stronger
Six babies born to Sondra and Eldon Headrick near Wichita continue to improve with one twin still on a respirator. Parents face global attention as hospital notes say the children, Ethan Roy, Melissa Sue, Grant Douglas, Sean Edward, Jayde Linette and Danielle Patrice, will stay at Via Christi Regional Medical Center for four to five weeks.
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Wichita
Kansas
Sondra Headrick
Eldon
Eldon Headrick
Headricks
Rago
Ethan Roy
Melissa Sue
Grant Douglas
Sean Edward
Jayde Linette
Danielle Patrice
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
St. Joseph
Man to be charged in teenager's death
Roeland Park authorities say a 19 year old man will be charged Wednesday in the death of Amanda Sharp 17 of Shawnee whose body was found in the trunk of her classmate's car Investigators continue to seek the relationship and possible motive while details remain undisclosed.
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Roeland Park
Amanda Sharp
Shawnee
Shawnee Mission North High School
Johnson County
Vince Werkowitch
Werkowitch
Sharp
Rain brings relief but Kansas farmers still seek more storms
Across Kansas rain on Sunday and Monday provided relief from drought but farmers and ranchers fear the dry spell continues. State climatologist Mary Knapp says more widespread moisture is needed, particularly further west, with up to 2 inches falling in parts of southern Kansas and 1.4 inches in Topeka. The St. John Church in Spearville plans extra services to pray for rain as residents recall drought-stricken seasons. Kansas Water Office cautions the state is not yet officially in drought, though areas like the Equus Beds aquifer show significant water level declines. Hydrologist Don Koci notes limited recharge last fall, while Cheney Reservoir sits about 3 feet below normal despite light gains from Monday’s rain. Local bankers and farmers in Syracuse and Hamilton County describe this year as unusually dismal for crops, underscoring a need for substantial future rainfall.
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Kansas
Mary Knapp
Topeka
St. John Catholic Church
Spearville
Eleanor Strecker
Kansas Water Office
Designa
Hank Ernst
Ernst
Don
Koci
Equus Beds
Reno
Harvey
Sedgwick
McPherson
Cheney Reservoir
Mal
Jerry Blain
Ninnescah
Garden City
Syracuse
Hamilton County
Terryl Spiker
First National Bank of
State budget hits again as Kansas faces 83 million shortfall
Kansas learned it will receive 83 million dollars less in federal Medicare reimbursements than expected for the 2003 fiscal year. Budget Director Duane Goossen warned the shortfall forces cuts or new revenue, with repercussions for about 20 states. Governors and lawmakers anticipate a 700 million gap and plan one time funding limits.
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Kansas
Duane Goossen
Senate
Ways and Means
Congress
Goossen
Bill Graves
House
Graves
Morris
Jim Barone
Dfrontenac
Barone
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Glasscock
Capitol spending spree doomed by budget gap in Kansas
In Topeka the House advanced a capital improvements bill but the $700 million budget gap doomed it. Democrats boosted education social services prisons and local aid by hundreds of millions while Republicans warned of insufficient revenue. Multiple amendments increased funding for universities schools districts elderly and public safety, but the final vote failed to move toward final action.
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Topeka
House
Rocky Nichols
D-Topeka
House Appropriations Committee
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Appropriations Committee
Bill Reardon
Ckansas City
Reardon
John Faber
Brewster
Barbara Ballard
D-Lawrence
Bruce Larkin
Baileyville
Bill Graves
Doug Gatewood
Dcolumbus
Graves
Osawatomie
Stockton
Toronto
Oswego
Kansas mother bears two sets of identical quadruplets two sets of twins
Genetic testing confirmed that Christina Tetrick and her husband Pat welcomed four boys born as two pairs of spontaneous identical twins. Doctors say the odds are about 1 in 25 million. The family plans to bring the babies home by mid May as Pat serves in the Army Reserve abroad.
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Wichita
Kansas
Christina Tetrick
Wesley Medical Center
Pat Tetrick
Army
Hutchinson
Pat
Peyton Michael
Parker Adrian
Camden Louis
Christian Steven
Tetricks
Margaret H. O’hara
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