Four Arrested During Garden City DUI Saturation Patrol
Garden City police cited Juan Aguilar for driving without a valid license and arrested Teodoro Rivera Jose Hernandez and Brian Peterson on DUI related charges during a city wide patrol from 11 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday. The effort aimed to target impaired driving speeding and alcohol related violations with funding from the Impaired Driving Deterrence Program grant.
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Garden City
Juan Aguilar
Garden City Ave
Teodoro Rivera
18Th St
Jose A. Hernandez
Plainview
Texas
Brian Peterson
Hackberry St
Michael Reagle
GCPD
Kansas Department of Transportation
KU gym taps users for energy
The University of Kansas will connect 15 Ambler Recreation Center ellipticals to ReRev devices to reroute kinetic energy into the campus electric grid. The system may generate about 10 kilowatts daily, enough to power a student apartment for a day, reducing carbon emissions and cooling costs. The initiative costs 15000 funded by the Student Environmental Board and is already used at several universities.
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Florida
Oregon
Portland
Nebraska
Student Environmental Board
Kansas Guard Heading to Egypt
About 425 members of the Kansas National Guard based in Clay Center are preparing to deploy to Egypt to help prevent violations of the 1979 Egyptian Israeli Peace Treaty. They train in Salina in pre mobilization exercises covering infantry tasks weapons use and first aid as First Lt. Travis Zeigler notes the mission will test the unit's skills.
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Salina
Kansas National Guard
Clay Center
Egypt
National Guard
Soliers
Travis Zeigler
Kansas OKs 700 Million Internal Borrowing to Cover Bills
The Kansas Legislature approved 700 million dollars in internal borrowing to prevent a cash crunch and ensure timely payments including 31 million in 35 000 tax refunds delayed from June into July. The plan, backed by Gov. Mark Parkinson, requires Finance Council approval and aims to be repaid by end of June 2010.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mark Parkinson
State Finance Council
Finance Council
Parkinson
Kevin Yoder
Overland Park
Yoder
Goossen
Kansas donors boost giving to KU and K State endowments
Endowments at Kansas University and Kansas State University face about 22 percent declines from market losses. KU expects a 3 percent rise in endowment commitments for the year ending June 30, with about 94 million raised, the largest in its 117 year history. K State projects a top five fundraising year, near 99.5 million in 2008. Despite the downturn, most scholarships remain funded and donors extend extra gifts to preserve aid.
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Topeka
Kansas
University of Kansas
Rosita Elizalde McCoy
EU Endowment Association
Elizalde McCoy
Kansas State University
KSU Foundation
Julie Lea
McCoy
Lea
Kansas State
FHSU Offers Tuition Help For Students
Fort Hays State University uses nearly 2.8 million dollars in federal stimulus money to fund two programs. A Tuition Incentive Program offers undergraduates credit hour based relief this fall with a required C or better. A Stressed Kansas Scholarship Program pays full tuition and fees for six on campus credits for unemployed residents seeking retraining.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas
FHSU
Cap and trade may hit northern Kansas ratepayers harder
WICHITA AP. A proposed cap and trade could raise northern Kansas utility bills more than southern ones as utilities must cut emissions or buy credits. Westar Energy seeks rate parity to prevent divergence, prompting northern and southern customer concerns and a Wichita school district intervention.
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Wichita
Kansas
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Baseload
Westar
Westar Energy Inc
James Daniel
GDS Associates
North Rate
Longtime weatherman reflects on changes
Dale Collins, 96, recalls a 40 year weather career and contrasts old visual observations with today's radar and Doppler driven forecasts. He describes balloon experiments and teletypes, notes uncertainty beyond three days, and defends sunspot validity amid cooler summers and a historic volcanic event. Local clerk calls him intelligent and community fixture.
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Ann Smith
Collins
Kansas
Southwest Pacific
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