News groups sue governor-elect over open meetings law
News organizations sue Governor-elect Kathleen Sebelius and aides arguing the Budget Efficiency Savings Teams fall under the Open Meetings Act before her inauguration. They contend the panels should be open to the public and that the law applies, while Stovall and Sebelius aides say it starts after Jan. 13. Thames, Stevens urge public access and criticize advice given to the governor-elect.
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Carla Stovall
Sebelius
Stovall
News Orga
Nizations
Stevens
Thames
Kathleen Sebelius
Snow Closes Schools Across Southwest Kansas
Snow blanketed Garden City region while Providence Grain and Montezuma reported six inches. Several Gray County districts closed including Montezuma USD 371 Cimarron USD 102 Ingalls USD 477 Copeland USD 476. Others canceled in Ulysses Sublette and Satanta. Hugoton kept open though buses were idle.
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Garden City
Public Works
Sam Curran
Curran
Providence
Jay Garetson
Gray County
Bell
Kansas
Montezuma
Cimarron
Ingalls
Copeland
Ulysses
Sublette
Satanta
Stevens County
Moscow
Hugoton
USD 210
Melanie Hickey
Immigration debate blends openness and borders in Brownback remarks
Senator Brownback weighs open versus closed borders amid post Sept 11 security shifts. He notes 300 million legal entries yearly and that about 45 percent of Garden City's residents are Hispanic. CASA director Tesa Rijfkogel cites funding struggles as 200 local children are aided annually.
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Brownback
U.S
United States
Garden City
Penny Schwab
MAM
Mexico
Lerma
Tesa Rijfkogel
CASA
25Th Judicial District
Rijfkogel
Acknowledgments for Medical Professionals and Staff
The family of Duane Hendershot extends heartfelt thanks to St. Catherine Hospital EMS ER ICU 3rd floor Chaplains Garden Medical Clinic and its doctors Dr Arroyo Dr Jackson and Dr Hall and their staff St Catherine Hospice especially Sharron Miller for care and support.
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St. Catherine Hospital
EMS
ICU
Garden Medical Clinic
Arroyo
Jackson
Hall
St. Catherine Hospice
Sharron Miller
Water conservation plan discussed by Kansas irrigators
Farmers and officials debated preserving the Ogallala Aquifer with a water-right retirement program. Participants stressed keeping groundwater districts in lead, outlining sub-units and water-use goals while balancing economy and conservation. Local farmers urged compensation for retired rights if wells run dry.
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Kansas
Parsons
Stover
Ogallala
Maya
Tom Bogner
Ford County
Bogner
Dennis Leights
Grant County
State of
Leights
Hamilton
Grant Counties
Stevens County
Lawrence Wallace
Hugoton
Neil Gillespie
Gillespie
Parson
Mennonites Feed Hungry Across the Globe in Canned Beef Drive
Kansas Mennonites helped prepare and can thousands of pounds of ground beef this fall. A portable canning unit ships 52 000 cans to Angola Haiti North Korea Bosnia Russia and the West Bank to feed hungry people. Andrew Nachtigall led volunteers in Newton and stressed the duty to feed enemies as well.
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Newton
Kansas
North Korea
Bosnia
Russia
West Bank
Mennonite Central Committee
Andrew Nachtigall
Virginia
Hesston
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Garden City Community College
Campus Drive
Gcccks.edu
Southwest Kansas
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Finneycohs.org
Hubris Communications
Wales
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Webb, Inc
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