KAMS Information Sessions for Fort Hays Academy
Luntis Academy meetings scheduled across Kansas to recruit students for the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science at Fort Hays State University. Sessions 7 to 8 30 p m with locations in Great Bend Manhattan Emporia and Olathe. Twenty seven high school students have accepted admission to the pioneer class to study on campus, earning 68 college credits and gaining hands on research experience.
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KAMS
Fort Hays State University
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Emporia
Olathe
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Books on the Bus summer program kicks off in Garden City
The Bookmobile program B O B begins its eighth summer visiting sites Monday through Thursday. Sack lunches are provided under the Summer Food Service Program with meals eaten on site. Sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education and the US Department of Agriculture, breakfasts run to 9:15 a.m. and lunches 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Bus partners with Kids Meals on Wheels. visits include Lee Richardson Zoo, East Garden Village, Riverview South, Ayala Park, Farmland Road, and H H Trailer Park with scheduled times each day.
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Garden City
Lee Richardson Zoo
E. Finnup Drive
East Garden Village
E. U.S. Highway 50
Towns Riverview South
Ayala Park
Taylor Ave
Farmland Road
H&h
Miller to visit G.C. Wednesday
Kansas Transportation Secretary Deb Miller will address community leaders and Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The open meeting invites Chamber Board and members, plus the public, to discuss transportation issues in the area with a Q and A session. For information contact Hawna Whitehurst.
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Deb Miller
Garden City Area
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Board of Directors
Hawna Whitehurst
Abortion foes fear backlash in Tiller murder fallout
Anti abortion leaders fear Democrats will exploit Dr. George Tiller's murder to pressure abortion issues in Sotomayor hearings. They warn against branding the anti abortion movement as extremist while awaiting responses from figures like Randall Terry. Pro choice groups pledge resolve amid shock and calls for enhanced protections.
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New York
Obama
George Tiller
Supreme Court
Tiller
Wichita
Kaw
Patrick Mahoney
Vicki Saporta
National Abortion Federation
Randall Terry
Terry
University of Notre Dame
Mahoney
Sotomayor
Nancy Keenan
Naral Pro-Choice America
Suzanne T. Poppema
Physicians For Reproductive Choice and Health
Three Fort Hays friends share kidney gift story
Mary Beth Nelson, diagnosed with kidney disease, receives a donor kidney from Edie Johnson after Sue Daughhetee orchestrates the appeal among their college circle. The transplant names the organ Maggie and strengthens lifelong ties formed at Fort Hays State University, with Johnson returning to work two weeks after surgery.
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Nelson
Daughhetee
Colorado
Colo
Cancun
Mexico
Johnson
Cimarron
Mary Beth
Edie
Marguerite
Maggie
Speedway
Six Injured in Hamilton County Wreck on K27
A two vehicle crash on Kansas Highway 27 near US 50 in Hamilton County sent six people to Hamilton County Hospital. Blanca Rocio Corrales 36 Johnson City drove a lumber trailer southbound. a Chevrolet pickup driven by Sarah Ann Zubin 38 Enid Oklahoma head on. Passengers including Christian Corrales 5 Vanessa Corrales 13 and Jose G Corrales 36 all from Johnson City were hurt. Zubin Hortencia Ortiz 12 Syracuse and Gabriel Rocha 12 Enid were also injured. All wore seat belts. Conditions unavailable.
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Hamilton County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Blanca Rocio Corrales
Johnson City
Sarah Ann Zubin
Enid
Okla
RHP
Corrales
Christian Corrales
Vanessa Corrales
Hamilton County Hospital
Jose G. Corrales
KHP
Zubia
Hortencia Ortiz
Syracuse
Gabriel Rocha
Governor to discuss lines from Wichita to Dodge City
Governor Mark Parkinson will hold a Statehouse news conference this afternoon to address electric transmission issues as two firms vie to build ultra high voltage lines from Wichita to Dodge City. The project could reach 800 million dollars, aiming to move Kansas wind power out of state by 2013. Competing proposals come from Prairie Wind Transmission LLC linked to Westar Energy and ITC Great Plains, a Michigan transmission firm subsidiary.
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Topeka
Mark Parkinson
Statehouse
Wichita
Dodge City
Kansas
Prairie Wind Transmission LLC
Westar Energy Inc
ITC Great Plains
Michigan
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