Holcomb Council votes to restore volunteer fire department
Holcomb City Council unanimously approves reinstating the volunteer fire department with Dan Linton as fire chief and Bob Sanders as assistant chief. The pair, former Holcomb volunteers, led the push amid interest and a current agreement with Garden City to cover fires. Mayor Dennis Lauer notes potential staffing shortages at Garden City if stretched. Recruitment of volunteers to begin.
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Dan Linton
Bob Sanders
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Garden City Fire Department
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Sunflower proposes bioenergy center at Holcomb plant
Sunflower Electric Power Corp unveils an integrated bioenergy center to reuse waste and produce methane and ethanol alongside three new coal plants at its 10 000 acre Holcomb site. The plan involves ethanol biodiesel livestock dairy and coal units sharing water and reducing emissions with an expected cost in the hundreds of millions.
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Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
Sunflower
U.S
Jerry Moran
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Kansas Bioscience Authority
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National Institute For Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization
Trevor McKeeman
Nistac
Manhattan
Kansas State University
McKeeman
Earl Watkins
Kansas health agency eyes insurance for children to age five
The Kansas Health Policy Authority proposes Healthy Kansas First Five to extend state health coverage to children up to five. The plan, backed by some, faces budget skepticism from Republican leaders who doubt funding in tight years. Estimated cost ranges from 4 to 6 million dollars.
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Kathleen Sebelius
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Melvin Neufeld
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Garden City students push poster on School Safety Act
Garden City High School students Ravynn McDaniel and Rebecca Munoz plan a poster showing a Kansas license behind bars to spotlight the School Safety Act. The act can suspend a student’s license for a year for certain school related violations and applies to students 13 and older with weapon or drug incidents or behavior likely to cause serious injury at school.
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Rebecca Munoz
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Garden City High School
Robert Scrivner
GCHS
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