Montezuma USD 371 to hold special board meeting
The Montezuma school district schedules a special Board of Education session Friday at 7 30 a m at 103 Sunnyside. Items include approving the 2006 07 negotiated teachers contract and adopting the 2006 07 district budget with a 59 388 mill levy total. A $100 000 home would pay $682 96 under the proposal, up from $682 62.
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Montezuma School Board
Montezuma
Pierceville School Reunion Planned at Federated Church
A Pierceville School reunion is set for Saturday at Wagher Hall, Pierceville Federated Church. Doors open 9 a.m. with rolls and coffee, noon covered dish, evening leftovers meal, and music by Billy and Loretta Whitfield of Syracuse starting 5 30 p.m. Bring photos and memorabilia. updates via mail to Claudette Beavers or Melvena Rieth. Optional donation to cover expenses.
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Pierceville
Pierceville Federated Church Wagher
Billy
Loretta Whitfield
Syracuse
Claudette Beavers
Highway 50
Melvena Rieth
Emergency haying and grazing extended across Kansas
The Conservation Reserve Program emergency haying and grazing has been extended to Sept 30 in Kansas with approved counties listed including Cherokee Cheyenne Clark Comanche Ellsworth Finney Ford Gove Graham Grant Gray Greeley Hamilton Haskell Hodgeman Kearny Lane Lincoln Logan Meade Morton Ness Osborne Rawlins Rush Russell Scott Seward Sherman Stanton Stevens Thomas Trego Wichita Wallace. Eligible livestock producers may hay or graze CRP lands or purchase hay from CRP participants in an expanded 150 mile radius. A 10 percent rental reduction applies for hayed or grazed acres. Participants must secure a modified conservation plan and FSA county committee approval. The second item notes a two session Excel workshop at Garden City Community College September 12 and 14 from 1 to 5 p.m. taught by Gerald Ettingston, with registration at Christine Siebert 276-9647 or cecs gccicks.edu.
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Cherokee
Cheyenne
Clark
Comanche
Ellsworth
Finney
Ford
Gove
Graham
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Hodgeman
Kearny
Lane
Lincoln
Logan
Meade
Morton
Ness
Osborne
Rawlins
Rush
Russell
Scott
Seward
Sherman
Stanton
Stevens
Thomas
Trego
Wichita
Wallace
Kansas
Midwest
FSA
Wichita firm pleads guilty to hiring illegal aliens
Bob Eisel Powder Coatings and owner Bob Eisel and general manager Kenric Steinert pleaded guilty to knowingly employing illegal immigrants and agreed to pay 210000 in fines. Foreman Troy Hook pleaded not guilty. The company admitted making false statements to federal agencies about fraudulently using authentic looking documents for workers. Sentencing set for November 13. maximum five years.
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Wichita
Bob Eisel
Troy Hook
Eisel
Steinert
U.S. Department of Justice
Department of Homeland Security
Francisco Javier Avila-Garcia
U.S
Eric Melgren
Kansas Chamber Seeks New Leader To Boost Pro-Business Agenda
Kansas Chamber of Commerce officials have formed a 10 member search committee to select a new president who will push a pro business agenda, reduce costs, and possibly shift stance on education funding to maintain economic development.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Jim Gregory
Chamber
Lew Ebert
North Carolina
John Martellaro
Kansas Families United For Public Education
Ebert
Martellaro
Shawnee
Mark Parkinson
Kathleen Sebelius
Gregory
Scott Nichols
Nichols
Grant County
Gerald Cook
Salina Area
Kansas wheat crop yields No 1 quality at 60 percent
The 2006 Kansas winter wheat crop showed high protein levels and lower test weights with 60 percent graded No 1 by the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service and Kansas Grain Inspection Service Inc. The report notes 35 percent No 2 and 5 percent No 3 or worse from 8,723 samples across 58 counties.
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Kansas
Wichita
Kansas Agricultural Statististics Service
Kansas Grain Inspection Service Inc
Kansas Grain Inspection Service
Bartender Receives $10,000 Tip on $26 Applebee's Tab
Hutchinson AP report notes Cindy Kienow, Applebee's bartender, was given a $10,000 tip on a $26 meal by a regular customer. The tip, larger than his usual gratuities, is being verified by JS Enterprises while preserving the patron's privacy. The employee plans to decide how to use the money.
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Kienow
Cindy
Rhodri McNee
JS Enterprises
McNee
Frontier City and Hays Motel up for sale in Kansas
Frontier City and the General Hays Motel in Hays Kansas are listed for about 950000 dollars. Summit brokers say the 10 acre site near the fairgrounds and a new race track may be torn down for redevelopment.
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Garden City ‘Community College Business and Industry Institute
Gerald Ethington
MOS
Sunflower Electric Power Corp. T
Institute
Christine Siebert
Aprich
Wichita Business
Wood
Social Security Administration
Fulton House
Finney County Historical Museum
Business Lobby Group
Kass
Hays
Schwallers
Schwaller
Williams