Governor's agricultural tour visits Gray County stops
Governor Kathleen Sebelius leads an economic and rural development tour in Gray County starting at the Recreation Center with a panel, visiting Cimarron Dairy to discuss water and facility issues, Gray County Feed Yard for cattle health and economy, a Montezuma lunch hosted by Morningside Church, a wind energy discussion at Montezuma Wind Farm, and ends at Greg Love's farm highlighting cotton production and its economics.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Gray County
Simarron
Cimarron Dairy
Tim Dewey
Gray County Feed Yard
Sebelius
David Aston
Kansas
Morningside Community Church
Montezuma
Gray County Farm Bureau
Joe Jury
Greg Love
Love
Jetmore man injured in U S 160 wreck
A two vehicle crash on U S 160 west of Satanta in Haskell County left Cory J. Brunmeier of Jetmore hospitalized in stable condition after he crossed the center line and struck Benjamin M. Walden of Satanta. Walden escaped injury.
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Haskell
Jetmore
Kansas Highway Patrol
Cory J. Brunmeier
Haskell County
Benjamin M. Walden
Satanta
Brunmeier
RHP
Walden
Highway 160
Satanta District Hospital
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City
Rollover wreck closes Kansas Highway 25
A rollover crash on Kansas Highway 25 in Stevens County blocked traffic for over four hours. Gary M. Hawley of Turpin Oklahoma drove a 1997 Peterbilt loaded with cattle nine miles north of Hugoton. the vehicle overturned after losing control on a muddy shoulder. Three cattle were killed or stranded as the road remained closed until about 3 50 p.m. Heavy rains and a muddy embankment contributed to the accident.
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Stevens County
Steve Lewis
Gary M. Hawley
Turpin
Okla
Hugoton
Lewis
Wley
Hawley
Highway 25
Wichita schools added to statewide AYP failure list
Six Wichita schools and the district were added to Kansas state’s list of institutions failing to make adequate yearly progress in reading and math under No Child Left Behind. The revised Title I list, reflecting two years of noncompliance, notes districts and schools facing required actions and potential student transfers.
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Wichita
Topeka
State Department of Education
Susan Arensman
Diane Gjerstad
Andy Tompkins
Tompkins
Kansas
Blue Valley
Johnson County
Cross country for a cause by bike and run
Matt and Laura Chico of Silver Spring Maryland undertake a 2080 mile bike and run journey from Washington DC to San Francisco to raise awareness and funds for the Red Cross Measles Initiative and to educate Americans and Africans about measles prevention. The trip aims to vaccinate children in Africa and support public health messaging.
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Matt Chico
Silver Spring
Laura Shipler Chico
Lane County
United States
Scott City
Matt
Laura Chico
Africa
Red Cross
Dighton
Colorado
American Red Cross
Rwanda
Laura
Washington, D.C
San Francisco
Cross-country charity run challenges limits from D.C. to San Francisco
The Chicos plan a cross country journey starting June 3 in Washington D C and ending in early October in San Francisco. They will pass through Maryland Virginia Kentucky Illinois Missouri Kansas Colorado Utah Nevada and California while raising funds for the Measles Initiative and Red Cross. Laura conceived the trip and Matt followed with a 2000 mile plus effort averaging 40 miles a day and wearing out 12 pairs of Mizuno shoes.
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Matt
Laura
Washington, D.C
San Francisco
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California
Consolidated Western Plains USD 106 opens after long planning
After two years of planning Western Plains USD 106 opens with few glitches. An art teacher misnamed Western Plains High as Ransom High. A bus run from Bazine to Ransom district was late, affecting middle schoolers. The new district unites Smokey Hill USD 302 and Bazine USD 304 in Ness County, Kansas. Leaders say consolidation preserves classes in the region amid rural population decline.
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Ransom
Kansas
Nicole Taylor
Western Plains High School
Ransom High School
Bazine
Western Plains
Smokey Hill Usd
Ness County
Jon Nuttle
Consolidation boosts Kansas small districts with four years of state aid
In Kansas, Bazine and Ransom consolidated to form a larger district before the 2004 deadline to receive four years of state aid matching what the two districts would have received separately. Despite fears of long commutes, Western Plains enrollment shows most of 72 students attending the newly consolidated high school in Ransom.
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Bazine and
Ransom
Western Plains
Ness City
Nuttle
Dustin Schreiber
Melody Michaelis
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Reading
Derby
Baldwin
Coffeyville
Independence
City
Caruthers Eler
Coronado Mioasarson
Kansas City
Quinton Heights
Caldwell
Hamilton
Wichita Sar
Marshall
Mead Tonagie
Pleasant Valley Middle School
Source
Web
Red Cross Chapter
Crosstheusa.org
Consolidated School
Kansas News
Jordan Janke
Ransom’s High School
Janice
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