Colleges replay RU-486 debate on campus sites
A survey of about 30 colleges shows Yale offering RU-486 while others delays cite onerous dispensing rules. Michigan State and Yale figures argue access must be equal to the general public, amid campus focus on clinic logistics and costs.
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Mike Ehlers
Michigan State
Yale
Caroline Barber
Reproductive Rights Action League
Yale College
Michigan State University
Israeli forces seize Gaza areas after mortar attack on Sderot
Israeli troops moved into Palestinian controlled zones in Gaza, halted north south traffic, and hit security bases in retaliation after mortars struck Sderot. One Palestinian policeman was killed and 36 others injured as fighting spread near Beit Hanoun. Hamas claimed responsibility for the mortars.
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Gaza Strip
Gaza
Israel
Sderot
Beit Hanoun
Hamas
Jordan
United States
Jerusalem
al Aksa
Commission nixes fairgrounds building proposal
The board continued funding for a part time staffer at the fairgrounds from May through September totaling about 5 750 dollars while deferring a full time hire for later. Revenue this year trails last by about 10 000 dollars prompting a summer employee approach. The commission also okayed a 200 000 study funding for U S 50 400 with KDOT and rejected 225 000 as too high. Grants for youth services technology and juvenile education were approved with county funding to cover the full 5 300 match. Bids on county properties at Water Hole Drive and Crestview Drive were accepted 2 300 and 6 000 respectively. The next meeting is set for 7 p m April 30 at the Pierceville gym.
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Angie Clark
Stephens
Clark
Fairgrounds
Max Morgan
Kansas Department of Transportation
Garden City
KDOT
Julie Wright
25Th Judicial District
Finney County
Water Hole Drive
Crestview Drive
Lee Messenger
Fransisco Mendoza
District mulls high school Academy model to boost retention
Garden City plan considers splitting the high school into 250 to 400 student academies focused on career goals to foster personalized student staff relationships. Freshman academy aims to orient newcomers, though costs and ESL or special education integration loom. The district seeks a federal grant to start the SLC program while marketing school strengths to the community.
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Schwatken
GCHS
Kevin Burr
Burr
Jim Johnson
Cliff Mayo
Open records board weighs handling of public funds in bond push
FCEDC ponders how to address a $1000 donation and whether public funds were used to advocate for school district bond issuance. County attorney sought opinions on Kansas Open Records and Open Meetings Acts. Board debates policy, case by case review, and verbal support versus cash backing.
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FEDC
John Wheeler
FCEDC
George Hopkins
Wheeler
Hopkins
Scheppner
Attorney General’s Office
Carol Meyer
Garden City Area
Father to wed aunt in Stafford mix up case
In Stafford Virginia the father of one girl switched at birth plans to marry the aunt of the other child. Court testimony on Monday revealed wedding plans as the two families confront the 1995 mix up at UVA Medical Center. DNA testing in 1998 tied the two girls to different parents in a child support dispute.
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Graves
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Judy Ackley
John Scheppner
Eto
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Ste 31
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Total Concepts Salon
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14Th Ave
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