Picture This Trinity group aids New Orleans cleanup
A Trinity Lutheran Church mission team traveled to New Orleans to assist hurricane cleanup efforts led by Katy Pauley Hale. The volunteers contributed labor and support to restore damaged homes and communities after the disaster.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
New Orleans
Garden City safety committee pushes for more SROs and upgrades
A Garden City safety committee of about 30 from USD 457, law enforcement, and emergency responders met to decide priorities for school security. Top goals include hiring an additional school resource officer at Garden City High School, more SRO support for middle and intermediate schools, and expanded threat assessment and access controls.
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Community Safety Committee
Garden City
Munity
USD
Garden City High School
Bush proposes $18 billion cut to farm subsidies
The Bush administration would trim farm spending by 18 billion over five years while keeping core subsidy programs. Affected households earning above 200 thousand dollars annually lose eligibility, eliminating payments to about 80 thousand producers and saving roughly 1.5 billion over ten years.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Agriculture
Mike Johanns
Congress
Johanns
Chuck Connor
Bush
Kansas panel weighs coal plant moratorium plans
Western Kansas Sunflower Electric Power Corp chief executive Earl Watkins warned the moratorium bill would kill three proposed 700 megawatt coal plants. Rep. Vaughn Flora proposed a two year pause for health and groundwater studies while Sierra Club urged wind energy. Sunflower argued the project would aid wind growth by expanding transmission for cross state delivery.
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Topeka
Western Kansas Electric Company
Earl Watkins
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
House Energy and Utilities Committee
Kansas
Vaughn Flora
D-Topeka
Watkins
Flora
Tom Thompson
The
Sierra Club
Carl Holmes
Sunflower
FHSU opens Garden City office for education access
The Fort Hays State University Higher Education Opportunity Center opened in Suite 102 at 311 Campus Drive Garden City this week. Director Martha Perkins said the center offers financial aid and scholarship guidance career advice and Virtual College services with emphasis on helping first generation Hispanic students access college. President Edward Hammond added the service extends FHSU offerings from Hays to Southwest Kansas and may include staff meetings from Hays.
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Fort Hays State University
Garden City
Fhsu Higher Education
Campus Drive
Martha Perkins
Southwest
Kansas
FHSU
Edward Hammond
Hays
Hammond
Lon Pishney
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