Emergency substitutes drive need in USD 457 districts
The district relies on emergency substitutes as most can only work one to two days weekly. About 85 percent are college students and 80 percent pursue teaching. Kansas issued 6,696 emergency substitute certificates since July, with 4,311 holding bachelor degrees. Training and background checks accompany placements, and several substitutes share long careers, like Carol Blackburn who values the role and adapts across grades.
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Sander
Garden City
Kansas Department of Education
Susan Herbert
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
USD 457
Blackburn
Patti Ansley
USC 457
Ansley
Garden City Community College
Holcomb Usd 363
Phil Keidel
Keidel
Holcomb
USD 368
Jerry Nordberg
Mary Ann Bennett
Peoples Natural Gas Ends Drop-Off Payments in Garden City
Peoples Natural Gas will discontinue customer payment drop-off boxes, eliminating one customer service rep job with severance. The change, corporatewide, takes effect March 15 with no current Garden City openings for laid-off workers. Customers are urged to use CheckLine and will be notified. other cities will follow. Call 800 303 0752 for billing questions.
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Phil Escareno
Peoples Natural Gas
Garden City
Escareno
Long
Great Bend
Wichita
Concordia
Lawrence
British man Reid pleads innocent in shoe bomb case
Richard C. Reid, a 28 year old British citizen, pleaded not guilty in Boston federal court to eight terrorism related charges over the December 22 incident on American Airlines Flight 63 after attempting to ignite plastic explosives in his shoes. The case involves alleged al Qaida training in Afghanistan and aims to cover a new mass transportation wrecking count. Reid faced potential life sentences. his attorney questioned the applicability of that charge to the aircraft.
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Boston
Richard C. Reid
American Airlines
Reid
Afghanistan
al-Qaida
Paris-to-Miami
Logan International
Congress
Tamar Birckhead
U.S
Judith Dein
Birckhead
Jim Oberstar
Minnesota
House Transportation Committee
Pittsburgh
Knoxville
Tenn
Norman Y. Mineta
CBS
National Farms to Sell 140000 Head Cattle Feed Yard Assets
National Farms plans the sale of its area feed yards totaling 140000 cattle, citing a strategic shift from operating businesses to selling them. CEO Haw notes production agriculture is tough and aims to focus on other ventures. other holdings like the Livestock Exchange Building and a 40 acre West Bottoms site may also be sold.
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Haw
Bass
National Farms
Flint Hills
Livestock Exchange
West Bottoms
Kansas City
Airport security rules spark mixed lines nationwide
New airport security standards began with generally smooth flows at most hubs including Newark Baltimore Albuquerque Tampa Manchester and Pittsburgh but Logan Boston faced long slow queues. Delay worries centered on gusty cold and weekend advisories while officials promote bag matching and earlier arrivals as part of the new security regime.
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Newark
N.J
Baltimore
Albuquerque
N.M
Tampa
Fla
Manchester
N.H
Pittsburgh
Boston
Logan
Joanne Slotnik
Salt Lake City
Slotnik
US Airways
Powell pushes India Pakistan back from brink of war
Secretary of State Colin Powell said India and Pakistan were pulling back from war as they agreed to dialogue steps after a three day mission urging nuclear rivals to end their stand off. He met Prime Minister Vajpayee and Foreign Minister Singh and voiced cautious optimism for a path to talks. Musharraf said war could be avoided but warned Pakistan would defend itself if attacked.
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New Delhi
India
Colin Powell
Pakistan
Powell
Lleave
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Jaswant Singh
Pervez Musharraf
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Haskell County
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Star Ranch
Jim Harding
Kan- Tex
Jill Hannagan
Wilmington
Del
Phoenix
Atlantic City
Maureen Evans
Dot.gov
Air Transport Association
Airlines.org
Air Travelers Association
1800Airsafe.com
Carol Hallett
The
Philadelphia
Mark Pesce
Bush
Musharraf
Islamabad
St. Catherine Hospital
James A. Rieger, M.D
Dr. Rieger
Plastic Surgery Center
Guwnus
Attention Men & Children
Teer
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