Bush Texas style Inaugural Ball dazzles the capital
At the Texas Black Tie & Boots ball in Washington 9000 guests feasted on beef brisket ham and shrimp as Bevo the Longhorn mingled with revelers. Texas senators praised Bush amid star spangled decor and Texas pride. Traffic snarls and long cues marked the celebration as crowds lined up for photos and festivities ahead of the inauguration.
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Bush Inauguration Highlights Include Cheney Oath and Address
The 43rd president, George W. Bush, is sworn in at noon EST with a Marine Band prelude and remarks by Mitch McConnell. Rev. Franklin Graham delivers the invocation as Dick Cheney takes the vice presidential oath and Bush recites the presidential oath before the inaugural address and a Caldwell benediction.
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Judge orders KDOT to pay Telegrams legal bills
Shawnee County District Judge Charles E. Andrews Jr. ordered Kansas Department of Transportation to pay The Garden City Telegrams attorney fees and costs totaling 13, Tangible figures 13,349.19 and 102.40 after a two year battle for public information on Finney County railroad crossing safety ratings. The suit followed a fatal 1998 train collision near Garden City that killed Heather Becker, prompting the paper to seek statewide crossing rankings.
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Kansas switches 316 area code to 620 across southwest
The Kansas Corporation Commission plans to shift the 316 area code outside Wichita to 620. Permissive dialing runs until November with dual dialing periods and a recorded change message later. Proliferating phones push North American Numbering Plan to exhaust 316 by late 2001, Pioneer Communications cites.
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Holcomb mayor Jannelle Gaede wins regional health education award
Holcomb mayor and teacher Jannelle Gaede earned the Health Educator of the YearAward from the Kansas Association of Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance and the same honor from the Central District of the national alliance. Principal Phil Keidel calls her deserving as she balances civic duties with classroom work guiding second graders through a civics lesson.
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Gas prices unlikely to drop soon say state geologist
Kansas gas prices stay high as supply remains tight amid rising electricity use. State geologist Lee Allison warns irrigation and home heating will face persistently elevated costs even after winter, with prices near ten dollars per thousand cubic feet and no rapid return to summer levels.
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