Roberts path likely smoother in November
In Kansas, U S Senator Pat Roberts faces Democrat Chad Taylor and independent Greg Orman in November after a tight Republican primary where Roberts won 48 percent. Analysts say the four-way race could narrow to a Roberts win with about a third of the vote if conservative voters stay split and Orman and Taylor fail to consolidate support.
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Topeka
Mct
Pat Roberts
U.S
Roberts
Dodge City
Chad Taylor
Shawnee County
Greg Orman
Randy Batson
Milton Wolf
Leawood
Wolf
Washburn University
Peterson
Pat
Orman
Taylor
Obama
Dogs At Big Pool End Of Season Event
Colby Kempke eight and Ava Kempke seven bring grandparents dog Buddy to the pool edge as he retrieves a ball during the Big Pool end of season event on Sunday. Charlie jumps from the diving board while Aleczis Perez three guides her puppy Daisy in the kiddie pool.
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Colby
Ava Kempke
Buddy
Big Pool
Charlie
Aleczis Perez
Daisy
Ghost town of Feterita fades as sheriff roots in family
Stevens County Sheriff Ted Heaton patrols a near deserted Feterita where his family now owns much of the town. Since 1995 the Heatons have acquired land and built homes as a century old pioneer settlement named after a grain sorghum disappears beneath advancing progress.
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Heaton
Judy
Heatons
Feterita
Stevens County
Ted Heaton
Hugoton
Rolla
Former Garden City resident pursues music career
Taylor Babb, a jazz studies major at the University of Kansas, credits Garden City School District band programs with fostering his passion for music and drums. He recalls joining Tom Lee's band at Bernadine Sitts Intermediate and later Lee's jazz group, with early piano lessons and his mother Pamela Babb active in the family’s musical support. He grew up in Garden City and now studies in KU's music program.
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Taylor Babb
University of Kansas
Garden City
Babb
Tom Lee
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Lee
Pamela Babb
Wichita
Neighbors star in KU Jazz Ensemble I tour
Babb, a 2007 GCHS graduate, joined a 19 member KU Jazz Ensemble I on a European tour last month. They performed eight shows in 11 days across Switzerland France and Germany and were invited to perform at Montreux and Jazz à Vienne festivals under director Dan Gailey.
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Babb
GCHS
Europe
Switzerland
France
Germany
Montreux
Dan Gailey
Jazz Ensemble I
Kansas City
New Jersey
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