Telegram Roundup KDOT accepts road work bids
The Kansas Department of Transportation accepted bids totaling 14.2 million dollars for highway projects in 27 Kansas counties. Projects in Hamilton Kearny Lane and Stanton counties include K-27 and U.S. 50 work with Popejoy Construction Co. as contractor, bids range from about 55 thousand to 1.7 million dollars. Bids for additional projects are planned for December 20, including a slurry seal on U.S. 50 in Gray County near Cimarron.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas
Hamilton County
U.S. 59
Hamilton-Greeley
Popejoy Construction Co
Ulysses
Syracuse
Popejoy
Kearny County
U.S. 50
Hamilton- Kearny County
Lakin
Lane County
Finney-Lane County
Dighton
Lane-Ness
Stanton County
Morton- Stanton County
U.S
Gray County
Finney-Gray County
Cimarron
Christmas Party Set For Garden City Tykes
Sociology students in Project I Care at Garden City Community College host a Sunday Christmas party for enrolled children at 2 PM in the Student Center cafeteria. Southwest Kansas ABATE members help. Santa will attend and gifts and goodies will be given. The program has run for 20 years with one to one mentoring.
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Sociology
I Care
Garden City Community College
Southwest Kansas
Santa Claus
Joyce Boone
College
Social Sciences
River compact group to meet in Lamar Colorado agenda set
The Arkansas River Compact Administration will meet at 8 30 a m Tuesday at the Cow Palace Inn Lamar Colo The agenda includes election of officers and committee appointments for 1991 a USGS study of the gaging program proposed revisions to the Trinidad Reservoir Project operating principles items from Kansas versus Colorado and a resolution to honor J W McDonald.
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Arkansas River Compact Administration
Cow Palace Inn
Lamar
Colo
U.S. Geological Survey
Trinidad
Kansas
Colorado
J.W McDonald
Seniors Christmas Party Scheduled at Dodge City Civic Center
The Senior Citizens Christmas Party will be held at 2 p.m. on December 16 at the Dodge City Civic Center. Volunteers select gifts for nursing home residents. attendees each receive $5 and a chance at a drawing. Connie Hubnett will arrange performers while Bob Salm handles sound. Double Circle Co-ops fund the telethon and talent auditions. Channel 6 KBSD will tape and air the program on Christmas Eve. Pledges may be mailed to Fidelity State Bank First National or Bank of the Southwest in Dodge City.
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Dodge City Civic Center
Connie Hubnett
Bob Salm
Double Circle
Channel 6
KBSD
Fidelity State Bank
First National
Bank of the Southwest
Dodge City
Kansas selects two Rhodes nominees from state
Topeka Kansas picks Molly Graver of Overland Park and Kristy Parker of Valley Center as the state’s Rhodes scholarship candidates. They were chosen from nine interviewed of 25 initial entrants and will compete in Minneapolis for the 32 national winners. Graver seeks theology and ethics. Parker aims to study women’s history.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Kansas
Molly Graver
Overland Park
Davidson College
North Carolina
Kristy Parker
Valley Center
Kansas State University
Graver
Parker
Midwest
Minneapolis
Minn
Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford University
England
Oxford
Kansas State
Luis Montaner
Julio Tarara
Marshal
Markets reports Dow at 2615.59 up 5.19 points
Edward D. Jones Inc at noon reported the Dow Jones average standing at 2615.59, up 5.19 points from the prior reading. The update reflects a midday market move, with traders watching key indices as declines in other sectors are offset by gains in blue-chip stocks.
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Edward D. Jones Inc
Dow Jones
Finney tax plan hesitant wholesale sales option debated
Topeka AP report says Gov elect JoAn Finney’s tax study group leans away from a wholesale level sales tax. The panel favours broadening the base by trimming exemptions, aims for retail oriented options, and plans two to three more meetings before presenting a package for the 1991 session.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Topeka
Joan Finney
Michael Lennon
Lennon
Finney
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Tom Docking
Phil Martin
Pittsburg
Joan Adam
Atchison
Louis Klemp
Leavenworth
Kansas Taxpayers Coalition
Jim Cobler
Karen France
Kansas Association of Realtors
Garden City CC Offers New Ceramics Class With McCollum
Garden City Community College launches ceramics under instructor Ken McCollum, who brings Edinboro University experience. Students like Jim Mathews sculpt, wheel throw, and glaze works, exploring pinch coil and Raku firing from 1830 to 2440 degrees.
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Jim Mathews
Mathews
Ken McCollum
Garden City Community College
McCollum
Pennsylvania
Edinboro University
WenDee LaPlant
Farmers Rally to Save Wet Walnut Creek Water
Farmers urged state officials to spare irrigation flows from Wet Walnut Creek in central Kansas warning cuts could ruin crops. They argued Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands risk loss of water rights and habitat for migratory birds, while critics cited lack of annual water-use reports and questioned the 1948 rights.
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Great Bend
Walnut Creek
Kansas
Cheyenne Bottoms
State Department of Wildlife and Parks
Eugene Schorr
Stanton County
Wildlife and Parks
Doyle Rahies
Kansas Farm Bureau
Prisons in Kansas see November drop in inmate count
Kansas prison population fell to 5,790 at month end, five fewer than October, though officials warn the decline may not mark a lasting trend. Secretary Steve Davies cites fewer new sentences to the department and a July deadline for county access to community corrections as possible causes, while Rep. Kathleen Sebelius cautions the pattern could still rise.
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Topeka
Kansas
Larned State Hospital
Department of Corrections
Steve Davies
Davies
Eas
State Parole Board
Farmers weigh 1990 farm bill amid mixed outlook
Agricultural economists and lenders express cautious optimism about the 1990 farm bill. Mark Nelson of Kansas State University and Terry Gutschenritter of Farm Credit Bank of Wichita expect some flexibility and stability, while others warn of ongoing financial stress and potential insolvencies among U.S. farmers. A North Dakota farmers union leader predicts a wave of farm exits, despite government programs. Tomorrow: New clientele for farm crisis hotline.
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Mark Nelson
Terry Gutschenritter
Nelson
Colby
Kansas State University
Gutschenritter
Farm Credit Bank of Wichita
G.A. Schaffer
First National Bank of
Kansas Farmers Union
Chase County
Karl Limvere
North Dakota Farmers Union
KSU
Wichita
Limvere
North Dakota
Washington, D.C
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Bryan Arie
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Dave Kinder
Mercer
Pauline Joyce
Edinboro
United States
Texas
London
uagren/Telegram
Ken Creation
Gonzalo Castro
Manomet Bird
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