State BOE forum set for June 9
Garden City resident Tim Cruz a Democratic contender for the district five seat of the Kansas State Board of Education is expected to join other candidates at a forum June 9 sponsored by the Business and Professional Women of Kansas. The Wichita Marriott Hotel hosts the event from 4 30 to 5 30 p m with two minute speaking slots followed by audience Q A The roster includes Cruz Don Weiss Sally Cauble Jack Wempe Donna Viola M T Liggett Kent Runyan Jana Shaver Brad Potter plus district three and seven and nine candidates Connie Morris will not attend the forum.
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Garden City
Tim Cruz
Kansas State Board of Education
Business and Professional Women of Kansas
Wichita Marriott Hotel
Corporate Hills Drive
Forum For
Kansas Board
Don Weiss
Olathe
Harry McDonald
David Oliphant
Cruz
Sally Cauble
Liberal
Jack Wempe
Little River
Donna Viola
McPherson
M-T. Liggett
Mullinville
Kent Runyan
Pittsburg
Jana Shaver
Independence
Brad Potter
Neodesha
Connie Morris
Roberts urges release of CRP acreage in Kansas for drought relief
U S Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns received a letter from Senator Pat Roberts urging the release of Conservation Reserve Program land in Kansas for emergency grazing amid severe drought. The Kansas Farm Service Agency proposed 45 counties for designation, including Finney, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Scott, Seward, and Wichita, with more listed. The Garden City bypass closure on US Highways 50 83 400 at Mary Street lasts up to two more weeks as KDOT plans foam injection and traffic detours at the Kansas 156 Mary Street interchange.
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Mike Johanns
Pat Roberts
Kansas
Roberts
Kansas Farm Service Agency
Finney
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Scott
Seward
Barber
Barton
Cheyenne
Clark
Comanche
Decatur
Edwards
Ellis
Ellsworth
Ford
Gove
Graham
Grant
Gray
Garden City
Mary Street
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Kansas 156
Effort to Address Minority Overrepresentation in Juvenile Justice
A 50 person forum on Disproportionate Minority Contact in Finney County challenged officials to assess Hispanic youth arrest and court referral rates, with $66,008 in federal funding and three pilot sites including the 25th Judicial District. Panelists cited language barriers, mistrust of police, and school dropout risks as core factors, while planning a follow up community meeting in six to eight weeks.
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Twenty-fifth Judicial District
Youth Services
Juvenile Justice Authority
Manhattan
Wichita
25Th Judicial District
Richard Evans
DMC
Evans
Francisco A. Villarruel
Julian Samora Research Institute
Michigan State University
U.S
Villarruel
Nority Group
United States
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Garden City
Mike Utz
Finney
City Officials Urge Bicycle Safety for Kids
Garden City officials push helmet use and safety awareness as summer family activities rise. Safe Kids Kansas cites 168 annual bicycle injuries or deaths among ages 0 to 14, while only 15 to 25 percent of young riders wear helmets.
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Garden City
Troy Davis
Safe Kids Kansas
Kansas
Jan Stegelman
Davis
Safe Kids
Stegelman
Bicycle safety tips and safety rodeos in Garden City
Kansas Safe Kids program outlines helmet fit and strap guidelines. Davis notes frequent risky rider behavior and urges parental judgment on street riding. He emphasizes riding with traffic, closed-toe shoes, bright clothing, and attends bicycle safety rodeos organized for groups by Garden City Police Department at 276-1300.
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Davis
Garden City
Water authority weighs lakes area development plan
Kansas Water Authority members moved to hold public hearings on proposals protecting eight federal reservoirs while promoting private lodging and recreational facilities. The market study covering Wilson, Milford, Council Grove, Perry, El Dorado, Big Hill, Clinton and Hillsdale found Clinton El Dorado Hillsdale Milford best for development near Lawrence Fort Riley Kansas City and Fort Riley expansion. Steve Kelly called the study a useful tool for communities adjacent to reservoirs.
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Topeka
HNS
Kansas Water Authority
Kansas Departments of Commerce, Wildlife and Parks, Transportation
Kansas Water Office
Maryland
Wilson
Milford
Council Grove
Perry
el Dorado
Big Hill
Clinton
Hillsdale
Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas City
Fort Riley
Steve Kelly
Commerce
Nebraska AG to help probe lunch court ethics in Topeka
Kansas lawmakers seek aid from Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning as a special committee examines a March lunch between Justice Lawton Nuss and two state senators. Bruning may aid questions and witness handling, while senators Morris and Brungardt face possible subpoenas amid ethics scrutiny and ongoing school finance litigation. The probe ties to a 541 million funding plan approved by Gov Sebelius to meet the high court ruling.
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Hns
House
Kansas
Bruning
Mary Nelson
Senate
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Pete Brungardt
Salina
Kansas Supreme Court
Lawton Nuss
Morris
Brungardt
O'Neal
O’neal
John Wratil
Rleawood
Vratil
Nuss
Kathleen Sebelius
State Supreme Court
Dodge City
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