Roberts discusses farm bill changes and security funding
Senator Roberts debated agriculture policy and the Grassley-Harkin amendment on livestock ownership. He noted Kansas would receive 12.4 million for a bio-terrorism preparedness plan with first responders training. Roberts recalled anthrax events on Capitol Hill and described ongoing counterterrorism work.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Brownback to press Enron questions in Kansas stop
Senator Brownback, a member of the Commerce and Judiciary committees, will lead federal probes into Enron and faced Lay invoking the Fifth Amendment. He held a town meeting in Lakin with about 30 locals including farmers and officials. Community concerns focused on immigration, border control, and possible regularization rather than harsher detention. Brownback criticized post 9 11 shifts in immigration policy and advocated measured reform while visiting Goodland Sharon Springs Tribune Syracuse and Leoti.
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Kearny County
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Freshmen Grouping Debate Circles Garden City Board
Garden City School board revisits moving ninth graders back with seventh and eighth graders to ease space. Administrators cite maturity gaps and curriculum differences as reasons to keep ninth grade separate, noting truancy and scheduling issues. Some members favor a separate ninth grade center to reduce disruptions and aid transition.
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Garden City High School
Shelly Schwatken
Schwatken
Gail Dunford
Friends Elementary
Garden City
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Jeff Crist
Bush draws sharp lines as Korea visit opens
President Bush travels to South Korea amid tensions over his State of the Union remark calling North Korea a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction. The clash with Kim Dae-jung’s outreach frames a high stakes visit and broader U S concern over North Korean missile technology.
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Center For Strategic and International Studies
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Plan to move 600 freshmen to ninth grade center debated
USD 457 officials described crowding at GCHS with 20 teachers shuttling between rooms and lacking projectors and lab space. Moving 600 freshmen would free classrooms, provide dedicated spaces for classes and services, and require new staff and about $465,000 annually, with plans for 800-student capacity if extended.
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Schwatken
GCHS
Mike Utz
J.D
Adams
SRO
Bruce Reichmuth
Kathleen Whitley
Michael Gibson
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