Buffalo Jones Elementary trains staff on SPARK PE program launch
Buffalo Jones Elementary hosts SPARK Physical Education Training to prepare staff for the new school year and to implement the National Healthy School Makeover Contest winning program. SPARK, aligned with national standards, emphasizes inclusive, student directed lessons. Contact Rachael Ballard at KEH Communications to attend.
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Buffalo Jones Elementary
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Association For Sport and Physical Education
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KEH Communications
Rachael
Kehcomm.com
Adoption workshop series planned for Dodge City
Catholic Social Service hosts a four part adoption workshop series for couples in southwest Kansas. Sessions run Sept 20 Oct 3 and Oct 11 from 1 30 to 4 30 p m at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe with topics on fears definitions expectations and legal issues. The final session Oct 26 from 10 a m to 1 p m at the Cathedral features a panel of adoptive stories and lunch. For registration contact Angela Schawe at aschawe catholic socialservice org or (620) 792-1393.
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Kansas
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dodge City
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Angela Schawe
Aschawe
Catholic Socialservice.org
Weatherwide Kansas storm dumps heavy rain and damage
Overnight storms dumped up to 6.75 inches near Bloom in Ford County with widespread rainfall across western Kansas. Wind destroyed two barns and killed cattle near Lakin in Kearny County while roofs blew off homes and a shed burned in several towns. Flood warnings remained in effect for Clark and Ford counties as rainfall totals varied from 1 to nearly 9 inches across multiple counties.
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Clark Counties
Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee
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Pratt, Morton
Stevens
Seward
Meade
Comanche
Barber, Trego
Former Kansas AG Kline Regains Active Law License
Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline has renewed his law license after completing required continuing education and fees, with records showing the license active since August 15, 2012. He awaits a Kansas Supreme Court ruling on misconduct tied to investigations of abortion clinics while AG.
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Supreme Court
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Kline
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Kansas Supreme Court
Johnson County
Attor
George Tiller
Wichita
Tom Condit
Stan Hazlett
Visa problems threaten foreign teachers in Kansas
Topeka schools face potential loss of six foreign teachers after the federal labor department rejected their permanent residency applications. The district recruited overseas eight years ago to fill shortages in special education and secondary math and science, currently employing 29 teachers from abroad. The district vows to appeal, but denial would force the teachers to leave.
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Spain
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State reports first West Nile case of year in Kansas
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirms the first West Nile virus case for 2013, an adult from Atchison County, and the first positive mosquito sample from Sedgwick County. KDHE urges insect repellent, proper clothing, screens, and removal of standing water to prevent mosquito bites. In 2012 Kansas had 57 West Nile cases, the most since 2002.
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Kdhe
Topeka
Kansas
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