Residents cite nuisance from nearby surface mining operation
Finney County residents bordering a surface mining site on T Bone Drive and Schulman Avenue filed a nuisance complaint signed by three neighbors. County Commissioners will review Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the Finney County Administrative Center to address perceived filth, noise, appearance, and dust attracting rodents and insects.
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T Bone Drive
Schulman Avenue
Finney County
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Roger Bradshaw
Maria Marquez
Max Rojas
Funding crunch threatens Project Effort in Garden City schools
Project Effort has run 15 after school sites for Garden City USD 457, aiding 2,400 students from 1st to 12th grade. Seven sites lose funding by end of May, risking about $1 million yearly to continue with no changes. The program offers tutoring, homework help, state assessment aid, after school recreation, and access to social and health services.
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Garden City
USD 457
Abe Hubert
Bernadine Sitts
Victor Ornelas
Alta Brown
Buffalo Jones
Garfield
Jennie Wilson
U.S. Department of Education
Chicago
Garden City High School
Kenneth Henderson
Salvation Army Activities Center
Garden City Family Ymca
Florence Wilson
Georgia Matthews
Gertrude Walker
Edith Scheuerman
Students Project Effort Works in Garden City School District
The Garden City district weighs the future of the after school program Project Effort as students reflect on its impact. Sixth grader Nicole Dyer credits improved homework habits to the program and teachers, while fifth grader Derrick Martinez praises its engaging, game-like reading activities.
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Jose Rodriguez
Chris Duncan
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Garden City
Nicole Dyer
Project Effort
Sitts
Derrick Martinez
Dighton School Faces Closure Amid Budget Strains
Dighton USD 483 plans to close Lincoln Primary School starting fall 2002 after declines in enrollment and rising costs. Superintendent Angela Lawrence cites $158 per pupil state aid cuts and a predicted $600 million Kansas deficit as key factors. District would move 35 first and second graders to Dighton Grade School and save about $32,228.
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Dighton
Dighton Usd 483
Angela Lawrence
Lincoln
Lawrence
Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee
Kansas
Dighton Board of Education
Cook
Hispanics push for driver license bill in Kansas
Latinos gathered at the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for licenses. A related bill faces a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. Advocates say licenses improve training and road safety, noting many drivers lack licenses or insurance in rural Kansas.
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Topeka
Statehouse
House
Judiciary Committee
Salina
Rod Bonilla
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
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