Bill Graves signs Kan-Ed to link Kansas schools online
Gov. Bill Graves signed Kan-Ed, the first state law enabling interactive video education across Kansas. The network aims to connect schools, hospitals, and libraries with high speed Internet, permitting remote classes and government viewing, while addressing teacher shortages and travel costs.
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Longtime Garden City mayor Wharton leads with hometown roots
Jim Wharton, 85, Garden City's long time mayor and former business owner, won election as mayor on April 10 after serving as a city commissioner since 1999. A Navy veteran and a longtime entrepreneur, he built Wharton's from a small shop to about 2 million annual sales. He credits age and experience as assets and plans to keep learning on the job.
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3i Show returns to Garden City with 550 exhibitors
The 3i Show opens Thursday at Finney County Fairgrounds as Western Kansas Manufacturers Association hosts irrigation implements and industry exhibits. Lon Pishny leads the WKMA for a fifth time, promising an integrity driven trade show with consumer programs and health screening. About 3,000 name badges will be issued for roughly 550 exhibitors, similar to 1999.
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Garden City to discuss long term water deal with Wheatland
Garden City City Commission will discuss a 40 year water contract with Wheatland Electric Co op that would supply one to eight million gallons daily and fund a reverse osmosis plant. The plan includes building storage pumping facilities and city pumping raw well water to the plant for treatment. The agenda notes the plant would provide cleaner drinking water and notes wells may suffice only until 2008.
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Stage set for next battle over school aid in Kansas
TOPEKA AP A Senate effort to increase state funding for education faces opposition with critics arguing the system needs a diet. Lawmakers reconvene to finish the year amid divergent House and Senate views on finance and student outcomes. The latest plan would add 90 dollars per pupil to base state aid and fund special education at 88 percent of excess.
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