Distance learning enrollment opens at Kansas State University
Enrollment is under way for Kansas State University's distance education courses in formats such as Internet CDs audio tapes and video. K state offers 24 distance degree programs hundreds of courses and many certificates. New this spring are a counseling and student development master’s degree an elementary education bachelor’s in southwest Kansas and certificates in applied statistics and public administration. Information at www dec kansstate edu distance index html or call (800) 622-2578.
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Kansas State University
Kansas
Dec.kstate.edu
Division of Continuing Education
Smoky Hills marks 25th anniversary with year long events
Smoky Hills Public Television celebrates 25 years with a February anniversary dance at Fox Pavilion Hays featuring Jimmy Dee and the Fabulous Destinations. Tickets go on sale mid January by calling (800) 337-4788. A county celebrations tour reaches all 52 counties. hosts welcomed via Malinda Walker at (785) 483-6990. A Best of Branson bus trip May 17–20 includes Daniel O’Donnell and other acts. info from Jayne Heller or Malinda Walker at (785) 483-6990. A January 11 MACULAR degeneration support group meets 3–4 pm at Senior Center Finney County. session “Doc Talk” with Janet Sunness. Reserve seats via Gloria Lefort at 275-7248 ext 135.
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Smoky Hills
Branson
Daniel O’donnell
Dalena Ditto
Yakov Smirnoff
Shoji Tabuchi
Jayne Heller
Malinda Walker
Finney County
N. 10Th St
Western
Lawrence man gets life for killing infant daughter
Jay Decker, 27, sentenced to life with parole eligibility after 20 years for first degree murder of his 5 month old daughter Aisha Lafferty with Brandi Hendrickson receiving 60 days for failing to protect the child. Prosecutors had charged Hendrickson with felony child endangerment but she pled guilty to a misdemeanor in exchange for testimony. In Wichita a neighborhood fight to clear trash from a yard ends with heavy equipment dumping junk into bins.
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Lawrence
Jay Decker
Douglas County
Paula Martin
Aisha Lafferty
Ker
Brandi Mae Hendrickson
Martin
Hendrickson
Decker
Wichita
Food safety tips as power outages hit southwest Kansas
Health officials urge careful food handling during outages as a storm leaves parts of southwest Kansas without power. Freeze foods only briefly, discard perishable items after exposure to 40 degrees for hours, and use coolers with snow to preserve perishables.
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Kansas
Walter
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Mike Heideman
KDHE
Sebelius Inaugural Tour Stops in Garden City Event
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius headlines the Garden City stop of the Best of Kansas tour in Fiesta Courtyard. The free 11 am to 2 pm event features officials including Morrison Thornburgh Praeger Jenkins Parkinson, Latin dancers, a Kansas National Guard presentation, and a buffet with beef bison pheasant quail and European and Mexican dishes. The event invites reservations at 785 266 2118 and runs alongside a zoo docent recruitment coffee at Lee Richardson Zoo Finnup Center at 10 am with a slide show and training info for adults 18 plus.
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Garden City
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Kansas
Buffalo Jones Ave
Paul Morrison
Ron Thornburgh
Sandy Praeger
Lynn Jenkins
Mark
Parkinson
Iriik
Kansas National Guard
Jan Kennedy
Finnup Center For Conservation Education
Zoo For Education
Andrea Smith
Smith
Prosecutor seeks reinstatement of Tiller charges
Special Prosecutor Donald McKinney asks a Kansas judge to reinstate 30 misdemeanor charges against Dr. George Tiller after District Judge Paul W. Clark dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds. The motion argues the attorney general has authority to pursue abortion reporting violations. no hearing is set. Abortion opponents lobby District Attorney Nora Foulston to take or pursue the case.
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Wichita
Phill Kline
Kansas
Donald McKinney
George Tiller
Kline
Paul W. Clark
Tiller
McKinney
Paul Morrison
United States
Clark
Nora Foulston
Foulston
Attorney General
Georgia Cole
DAI
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Operation Rescue
Rad
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Teleara
Inni
Gary Fuller
Melanie Lane
Haysville
Matthew Williamson
Sedgwick County
Campus High School
Sandy Bradshaw
Randy Rathbun
Rathbun
Myron Regier
Williamson
Rogier
John Burke
Bruce Petersen
Regier
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