Pawnee Calf Fry Draws Crowd at Community Building
The 63rd annual Pawnee Calf Fry drew a large crowd to the Pawnee Acre Community Building in Finney County Monday night as cooks served calf fries with Jim Hewes secret sauce. Tickets were $9 for adults and $4 for children with more than 130 attendees by 7:30 p.m. County agent Whitehill tallied sales and Kent Martin of the Extension Service organized the program.
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Tony Whipple
Pawnee
Finney County
Pawnee Acre
Grover Whipple
Dan Wehkamp
Toby Whipple
Calvin Myers
Jim Hewes
Dean Whitehill
Finney County Extension
Whitey
Whitehill
Kent Martin
Kansas State Extension Service
Southwest Kansas
Twe
Watkins to retire from Sunflower Electric Power
Earl Watkins Jr., president and CEO of Sunflower Electric Power Corp. in Hays, plans to retire in January 2012 after more than seven years leading the utility. His tenure included high profile political and legal disputes over building at least one new coal fired plant near Holcomb, with a 2009 agreement with Gov. Mark Parkinson to permit the project.
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Topeka
Western Kansas
Earl Watkins Jr
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Hays
Kansas
Mark Parkinson
Mesa named head of state housing agency
Dennis Mesa of Garden City has been appointed Executive Director of Kansas Housing Resources Corp. He began his duties January 10 in Topeka, leading KHRC, a subsidiary of the Kansas Development Finance Authority that administers federal housing programs for the state.
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Mesa
State Housing Agency
Garden City
Dennis Mesa
Kansas Housing Resources Corp
Topeka
KHRC
Kansas Development Finance Authority
Florida judge in Obama health suit recounts own medical tale
Senior U S District Judge Roger Vinson who ruled the Obama health care overhaul unconstitutional shared a personal cash birth story from his younger days illustrating the breadth of government power. The Pensacola judge, a Reagan appointee, warned the government could justify mandates beyond health care. The ruling, amid split federal decisions, prompts appeals and sets up a potential Supreme Court review as lawmakers push for repeal efforts.
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Pensacola
Fla
Obama
U.S
Roger Vinson
Vinson
Ronald Reagan
Bud Day
Virginia
Justice Department
Administration
U.S. Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Weather Forecast Tonight and Wednesday Outlook
Tonight will be record cold with a low of minus ten. Wednesday brings a mostly sunny day not as cold with a high of eleven and a low of minus six. Details on page A8.
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Telegram
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Sunflower
Utility
Derek Thompson
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Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
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