Centenarian Vera Snodgrass Celebrates 100th Birthday
Vera Snodgrass turns 100 at her home in Pierceville with family, a 54 inch TV, and a party at Plaza Hotel. Born December 6 1903 in Iowa she recounts moving to Finney County 1913 and working as a war era parachute repair seamstress while her children recall farm life and early radio. Her daily tea vinegar remedy and love of Christmas carols frame a long life of sewing and family. Road condition hotline appears at bottom.
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Vera
Snodgrass
Shirley Davis
Floyd Davis
S. Spruce St
Pierceville
West Liberty
Ioway
Iowa
Finney County
Garden City
Ash Park
Prairie Lawn
Plymell
Teawn
Fred Snodgrass
Finney
Wichita
Garden City Army Air Field
Plaza Hotel
Kansas Ave
Anti-bioterrorism rule forces FDA registration for many foods
The FDA requires many food processors from large operations to small makers to register with contact, address, parent company and emergency data under the Public Health Security Act. Heartland Mill in Marienthal prepares to register while other Kansas firms explore compliance. Tyson plants register due to use of FDA regulated materials. Authorities urge all eligible businesses to file via the FDA site to aid traceability.
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America
US Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Mark Nightengale
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas
Becki Rhodes
From the Land of
Nightengale
Canada
Australia
Rhodes
Japan
Gary Mickelson
Tyson
Holcomb
USDA
U.S. Tyson
FDA
United States
Cfsan
Fda.gov
Flu vaccine supplies dwindling in Kansas
KDHE reports vaccines sold to health care providers with supplies running low across the state. Immunization Director Sue Bowden notes high uptake, urging vaccination especially for high risk groups. KDHE monitors cases via reports and recommends precautions and medical consultation. The vaccine is about 80 percent effective. influenza deaths in Kansas top 1,600 last season.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
EDHE
Sue Bowden
Bowden
United States
CDC
Kansas
Commissioners to discuss reauthorization of county building fund
Finney County commissioners meet at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Administrative Center to decide whether to continue the up to one mill property tax for the county building fund. The fund supports capital improvements and renovations, aiding planning beyond the general fund and could fund drainage at the fairgrounds and remodeling at the health department. The panel also weighs expanding the county administrator’s duties to oversee nonelected department heads.
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Finney County
Pete Olson
Olson
Finney County Fairgrounds
Finney County Health Department
Finney County Public Works Department
Maple St
County Commission
School finance debate on board agenda under Bullock deadline
USD 363 Superintendent Skip Landis pushes board to discuss school finance reform and joining PURE People United for Rural Education. The group supports small districts as Judge Terry Bullock sets a July 1, 2004 deadline for Legislature and Gov Sebelius to overhaul Kansas school aid to reduce achievement gaps and address weighted funding, after a 1999 Salina and Dodge City lawsuit.
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Skip Landis
Shawnee
Terry Bullock
Landis
Pure — People United For Rural Education
Bullock
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Salina
Dodge City
Holcomb Board to Discuss $30k Blue Cross Refund and Water Rate Hike
USD 363 board meeting moved to 2:30 p.m. at Holcomb High School to consider a $30,315.76 Blue Cross refund and how to use it. Landis notes a 52 percent water rate increase to 20.03 cents per gallon amid 4.894 million gallons used, highlighting the impact on the district’s finances and facilities.
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Landis
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Santa Claus
Scrooge
Holcomb City
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Kathy Hanks
Hanks
Heartland Mill
Marienthal
Jason Weeks
Coty Weeks
Third
Johnson Streets
Finney County Commission
Finney County Administrative Center
N. Ninth St
Holcomb Board
USD
Board of Education
Holcomb High School
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