Kansas drops in child well being in 2007 KIDS COUNT study
The Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks Kansas 16th for children, down from 12th, amid higher infant mortality and family poverty but improved teen indicators. Kansas infant deaths rose from 6.8 per 1000 in 2000 to 7.5 in 2005 per KDHE, with low birth weight up to 7.3 percent in 2004.
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Kansas
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Gary Brunk
Kansas Action For Children
Data Book
Kansas Department of Health and the Environment
Brunk
KDHE
Joe Blubaugh
Blubaugh
Turtle races mark Kearny County Fair fun in Palco
At the Kearny County Fair Aubrey Horton brings her ornate box turtle Kipper to the races after finding it on a Palco country road. She feeds Kipper bananas grapes and mealworms and hopes for a win as spectators watch heats and a roped sand track.
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Kearny County
Aubrey Horton
Kipper
Aubrey
Palco
Hays
Dana
Brendon Puckett
Chantilly 4-H Club
Kearny County Fair
Luke Byrne
Garden City Community Service Council meeting
Representatives from Garden City's agencies met for the monthly Community Service Council session. Agencies shared plans for August activities including Methodist Ministries health screenings, National Night Out event, Hot Air Balloon Classic, and AARP driving safety classes, with about 15 groups present and coordinating efforts.
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United Methodist Mexican- American Ministries
Garden City
Community Service Council
Group presses Kansas to raise minimum wage to federal level
In Topeka, Kansas activists from Kansas Action Network urged lawmakers outside the Statehouse to lift the state minimum wage from 2.65 to the federal floor after a federal increase. They noted previous legislative attempts stalled due to business and GOP opposition.
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Topeka
Hns
Statehouse
Kansas Action Network
Congress
Local Boy Rides Chihuahua On School Playground Slide
Eric Gutierrez aged 9 takes Maurice a 2 year old Chihuahua for a ride down a slide on Tuesday at Buffalo Jones Elementary School playground.
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Eric Gutierrez
Maurice
Buffalo Jones
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