Community Assets Project formed by local non profits
Leaders of Finney County non profits and community agencies create the CAP survey to map resources and well being. The study covers finances health education employment and safety with focus groups mailed and online surveys beginning in March. Debra Bolton at KState will coordinate training and proctoring. contact details provided.
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Finney County
Debra Bolton
Kansas State University Research Extension
Dbolton
Ksu.edu
Family literacy night at Edith Scheuerman Elementary
Edith Scheuerman Elementary School on Wilcox Street hosts a family literacy night Monday from 5 30 to 7 p m with the theme Book Fair Carnival Your Ticket to Read. Reading activities with a carnival theme will be offered for families along with a Book Fair during this event and through Parent Teacher Conferences.
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Edith Scheuerman
Wilcox St
Huelskamp Town Hall Tour Heads Through 69 Kansas Counties
Congressman Tim Huelskamp launches the second leg of his First District town hall tour visiting 69 Kansas counties. Stops include Cimarron Johnson City Elkhart Hugoton Scott City Dighton and Fowler with sessions at libraries senior centers city halls and a coffee shop. Huelskamp’s 2010 election and committee assignments are noted.
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Kansas
Tim Huelskamp
City Library
N. Main
Cimarron
E. Weaver Ave
Johnson City
City Hall
Morton St
Elkhart
Common Grounds
S. Main St
Hugoton
Scott County Public Library
Eighth St
Scott City
Lane County Courthouse
S. Lane St
Dighton
Huelskamp
Fowler
U.S
House of Representatives
Agriculture
Budget
Veterans’ Affairs
Regional students' art on display in Liberal
Western Kansas schools are showcased at Baker Arts Center Liberal with 480 pieces from 27 schools. Works from Cimarron Garden City Holcomb Satanta South Gray Sublette Syracuse and Ulysses are included. A 3:30 p.m. awards presentation will honor attendees during a 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday closing reception.
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Western Kansas
Baker Arts Center
Liberal
Cimarron
Garden City
Holcomb
Satanta
South Gray
Sublette
Syracuse
Ulysses
N. Pershing Ave
Western Kansas Scholastic Art Awards Board of Directors
The
Alliance For Young Artists and Writers
American Vision
Head Start funding cuts could affect Kansas children
Kansas Gov Brownback's 2012 budget would end state funding for Early Head Start, risking 1,250 children, while a separate federal cut proposal by Hal Rogers could eliminate 1,816 Kansas Head Start slots. Nationwide, 7,000 Kansas children receive Head Start and 2,200 Early Head Start.
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Kansas
Topeka
Washington, D.C
Sam Brownback
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Hal Rogers
R-Ky
Kansas Head Start Association
Baskett
Brownback
Bright Beginnings
Ford County
Kansas Children’s Service League
Finney
Stafford
Kingman
Southeast
Reno County
Chris Baird
Rogers
Feder
Ally
Ruth Teichman
Kansas Action For Children
Shannon Cotsoradis
Cotsoradis
Stafford County
Kingman County
Pratt County
Kansas parents press to lift school tax caps in Shawnee Mission
Seventeen Shawnee Mission parents sue to overturn state property tax caps to fund schools beyond state aid. Hearing set Friday. They cite private donations and local bonds as limits while Kansas faces $200 million in federal funds and proposed cuts. Districts worry about teacher losses and unequal wealth distribution.
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Mission
Kansas City
Country Club
Molly Hunter
Education Justice
The
Education Law Center
New Jersey
Kansas
Shawnee Mission
Diane Petrella
Leawood
Kan
David Smith
Smith
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Mission Hills
Alan Rupe
Rupe
Nick
Tax proposal heats Kansas lawmakers over expensing plan
Kansas lawmakers weigh Gov Brownback’s measure allowing businesses to deduct income tax expenses for machinery and equipment starting next year. Critics fear stifled growth from higher HPIP investment thresholds, while NFIB Kansas backs the tax incentive. The proposal sits in Senate and House tax committees with no clear vote date.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
Kansas Department of Commerce
HPIP
Jerry Capps
AGH
National Federation of Independent Business
Dan Murray
NFIB
Senate
House
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Tristan Duncan
Salvador Guerrero
Deane Wiley Park
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