Native area artist plans Honduran art aid mission
Area multimedia storyteller Smith travels from New Zealand to Honduras and Central America, gathering art supplies for Pan American Health Service orphanage near Lake Yojoa. She funds the effort with photos from the Ten Women show at Main Street Arts Center and aims to raise 10000 for a documentary about Dr Pamela Stewart’s work in Honduras. Proceeds support the orphanage and travel back to Honduras.
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New Zealand
Guatemala
Hungary
Honduras
Central America
Smith
High Plains Public Radio
Pan American Health Service Inc
Lake Yojoa
Steven Youngberg
Oprah Winfrey
Arts Center
Main
N. Main St
Garden Citian
Pamela Stewart
State Theatre
Garden City
North Korea marks death of leader Kim Il Sung at 69
A long passage traces Kim Il Sung s rise from guerrilla fighter to founder of the Juche state. It notes fears of power struggles after his death, the 1948 split and 1950 war, and Kim Jong Il s grooming. The piece cites disputed birth years and links to alleged acts blamed on Kim orders in 1983 and 1987.
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Snst
Kim
North Korea
Paekdu
Korea
Siberia
Kim Il Sung
Japan
Russia
North
South
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang
Kim Il Sung University
Burma
Myanmar
Alternative to prison time through tailored community corrections
The program grades offenders into four supervision levels with escalating reporting and curfew requirements plus random checks and drug screens. It offers intensive support, in house classes, and Skype reporting to ease access. Officials highlight job aid and community-based resources, noting a 57.5 percent success rate versus a 55.5 percent state average.
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Beth Beavers
Beavers
ISO
Stephanie Hornbaker
Hornbaker
Carlos Murillo
Murillo
Skeptics Question Gov Brownback School Funding Plan
Gov. Brownback faces doubt about his proposed school funding overhaul as supporters argue it will be fairer and simpler while opponents say it risks legal setbacks. The plan would redirect a $538 million property tax levy to district wealth, replacing weightings with enrollment based aid, drawing fire from Shawnee County plaintiffs and education officials.
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Brownback
Associated Press
Shawnee County
John Robb
Newton
Robb
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Wichita
Mula
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Supreme Court
State Board of Education
Ken Willard
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Area Native
Brad Nading
Area
Valarie Smith
Kim I Sung
Wittent
Lorenz Rhones
Dominic Romo
Devin Tula
Tito Perez
Mason Chanay
Adrian Esquivel
Reece Meng
Michael Meng
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