Take Your Child to Work Day Encouraged by Local Chapter
The Finney and Kearny counties chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America urges parents to bring children to work on Take Your Child to Work Day. Executive director Tammy Davis says the activity helps kids learn about jobs and connect with parents. If full day isn’t possible, lunch or after school visits are suggested, with contact at 275 2424.
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Finney/Kearny counties
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of America
Tammy Davis
Davis
Immigrant Experience Shown In ESL Grammar Scrapbooks
Garden City Community College hosts two introspective receptions where ESL Intermediate Grammar students present grammar scrapbook projects. From 10 a.m. to noon May 2 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 7 in the Beth Tedrow Student Center portico, campus 801 Campus Drive. The scrapbooks depict moves to a new country, adapting to American culture, language learning, education, work, and family life.
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Garden City Community College
Beth Tedrow
GCCC
Jeanie Ferguson
Funding slowdown forces KU to trim overhead and staff
University of Kansas faces a 19.9 million facilities and administration shortfall from research grants, down from 22.2 million, prompting vacancy freezes on 35 Lawrence campus posts and delaying projects like a building chiller. Vice Provost Jim Roberts notes stagnant federal grant totals threaten KU's tight funding model.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Jim Roberts
Kansas
Roberts
Kansas Center For Research Inc
Officer fatally shoots driver after being dragged by van
In Kansas City Kansas a police officer shot and killed the driver of a van after being pulled along when the vehicle attempted to flee with four people aboard. The officer fired as the driver dragged him a short distance causing the van to crash into a tree. The driver's identity was not released.
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Kansas City, Kan
Kansas City
Kan
Grim freeze damage hits Kansas winter wheat crop
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reports 27 percent of winter wheat escaped damage with 29 percent severe 24 percent moderate and 20 percent light. Overall 41 percent in poor to very poor condition. Missouri and Nebraska fared worse in places, while price prospects may rise slightly offsetting losses. Wheat growers face uncertain returns and plan replanting with soybeans and milo where damage is heaviest.
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Wichita
Midwest
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Eddie Wells
KASS
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Wells
Mike Woolverton
Kansas State University
Kerr
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Kejr
Kansas joins 12 states in bioeconomy pact for rural gain
Kansas Agriculture Secretary Adrian Polansky joins 12 upper Midwestern states to form the North Central Bioeconomy Consortium. The alliance aims to shift from fossil fuels to biofuels and bioproducts while protecting water and soil, with a $100,000 grant backing the effort. Kansas will host one of six planned cellulosic ethanol plants, expanding rural economies and bio-based industries.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas
Adrian Polansky
Upper Midwestern
North Central Bioeconomy Consortium
Polansky
Brendan Jordan
Great Plains Institute
Minneapolis
Energy Foundation of
San Francisco
Midwest
Bioeconomy
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Lawmakers weigh using gaming money for repairs
In Topeka lawmakers consider using a portion of new gaming revenues to fund deferred maintenance at six state universities. A draft plan would dedicate one third of future slot machine and destination casino proceeds to a 663 million repair backlog with potential 2008 aid up to 29.3 million and up to 77.3 million by 2013. Officials warn gaming revenue is not guaranteed and timing is uncertain while House and Senate plan differences hinge on revenue guarantees versus projections.
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Topeka
Hns
House Appropriations Committee
Kathleen Sebelius
Bill Feuerborn
D-Garnett
House
Sharon Schwartz
Washington
Chamber
Senate
Kip Peterson
State Board of Regents
Peterson
Dwayne Umbarger
Umbarger
Governor signs budget with veto on hospital affiliation proviso
Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a 12.3 billion state budget and vetoed a provision restricting an affiliation between the University of Kansas Medical Center and St Luke's in Kansas City. She said oversight remains and any deal would need Regents approval. The veto keeps negotiations alive to build Kansas City into a biosciences hub while opponents consider an override.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
University of Kansas Medical Center
St. Luke’s
Kansas City
Sebelius
Kansas
Board of Regents
St. Luke’s System
St. Luke's
University of Kansas Hospital
Kan
George Farha
Wichita
Kansas Hospital
Biosciences
National Cancer Research Center
Medical Center
Amy Jordan Wooden
Senate
House
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