Mother of 3 living out her hoop dreams at Agnes Vaille Falls
Picture This follows a mother of three as she pursues her basketball ambitions while scaling the steep terrain near Salida Colorado at Agnes Vaille Falls. The trek showcases determination, endurance, and the backdrop of a rugged landscape as motivation.
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Agnes Vaille Falls
Salida
Colo
SW Kansas water wells plan sparks regional protest
In southwest Kansas Morton Meade Seward and Stevens counties oppose a proposed ban on new large scale wells on Ogallala Aquifer lands. Critics say the plan from Groundwater Management District No 3 was issued with little notice and would hurt Liberal area growth. A legislative committee heard the issue then urged withdrawal and restart with wider publicity.
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Wichita
Kansas
Morton
Meade
Seward
Stevens
Southwest
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Garden City Commission Meeting Time and Place
Garden City schedule shows a commission meeting on Tuesday at noon. The session will be held at the Garden City Administrative Center located at 301 North Eighth Street.
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Garden City Administrative Center
Eighth St
Home Depot Deal on Garden City Agenda
Garden City commissioners will discuss a proposed 1.5 million reimbursement for site development costs tied to a The Home Depot project costing about 7 million dollars and creating 104 jobs with a 2 million dollar payroll. The plan plans to reimburse after months of operation, with receipts, and 85 percent of remaining local sales tax to the retailer, pending no Dodge City or Liberal project.
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International Home Improvement Retailer
Home Depot
Dodge City
Liberal
New leaders to tackle austere budget in Kansas House
Rep Melvin Neufeld and Kathe Lloyd Decker won leadership posts from Speaker-elect Doug Mays to steer a tight fiscal plan. Neufeld to chair Appropriations faces a multi million dollar deficit and warns programs may be cut to avoid taxes. Both pledge to protect public schools and stress tough choices ahead.
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Topeka
Melvin Neufeld
Galls
Kathe Lloyd Decker
Clay Center
Doug Mays
Neufeld
Chamber
Appropriations
House
Bush forces economic leaders out
President Bush pushed Treasury Secretary Paul O Neill and economic adviser Larry Lindsey from their jobs in a Cabinet shakeup aimed at limiting political damage from the ailing economy. He planned quick replacements and a new tax cut. Unemployment figures hit an eight year high, and investors reacted with higher stocks.
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Washington
Bush
Treasury
Paul O’neill
Larry Lindsey
White House
Andrew Card
the Treasury
O’neill
Senate
Tom Daschle
Daschle
Secretary of Treasury
Paul O'Neill
Lindsey
GOP
Bush White House
Ed Peters
PanAgora Asset Management
Boston
Cattlemen discuss wind farm issue in Kansas
In Wichita, Dale Osborn of Distributed Generation Systems told the Kansas Livestock Association that Kansas could meet 5 to 10 percent of its electricity needs with wind. He noted the state’s first commercial wind farm near Montezuma has 170 turbines and the Gray County Wind Energy farm yields 112 megawatts powering about 40,000 homes in Kansas and Missouri.
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Kansas
Kansas Livestock Association
Dale Osborn
Distributed Generation Systems
Feds
Osborn
Montezuma
Gray County
Missouri
UtiliCorp United
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