Protesting Marine Kokesh Faces Discharge Review In KC
Marine Cpl. Adam Kokesh, part of Iraq Veterans Against the War, faces an administrative separation board in Kansas City over wearing a uniform at an antiwar protest. Supporters gathered outside the Marine Corps Mobilization Command as Kokesh argues he did not represent the military. If discharged, he could lose health benefits and owe about $10,800 from GI Bill funds. Kokesh remains an Individual Ready Reserve member. his status ends June 18.
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Kansas City
Adam Kokesh
Marine Corps Mobilization Command
Kokesh
Washington, D.C
Washington Post
Ready Reserve
Washington
Mike Lebowitz
Lake Scott State Park among Kansas Eight Wonders finalists
Lake Scott State Park in Scott County is named one of 24 finalists in the Eight Wonders of Kansas contest. The list highlights sites across the state from Big Brutus in West Mineral to the Keeper of the Plains in Wichita and Fort Larned in Pawnee County. Voters may choose favorites at www8wonders.org until December 31 with final eight announced on January 29, 2008.
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Wichita
Lake Scott State Park
Scott County
el Cuartelejo Pueblo
Canker City
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Kansas
United States
Fort Larned
Pawnee County
Garden of Eden
Lucas
Gypsum Hills
Barber County
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Hutchinson
U.S
Blackbear Bosin
Monument Rocks
Castle Rock
Gove County
Pawnee Indian Museum
Republic County
Central Plains
St. Fidelis Church
Victoria
William Jennings Bryan
Plains
Smoke on the Water set for world record in Kansas City
More than 1,680 guitar players from kindergarten to veterans gathered at Community America Ballpark to attempt the Guinness record for the most people playing the same song simultaneously Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water. Organizers expect Guinness approval after preliminary count of 1,683 performers.
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Kansas City
Kan
Cleveland
Deep Purple
Community America
California
Germany
Vancouver
British Columbia
Autumn McPherson
Winfield
University of Kansas
Hannah Koch
Prairie Village
Tanna Guthrie
KYYS
Guinness
Guthrie
Trees planted in Dust Bowl era hit by Greensburg storms
In Kansas, the May tornadoes destroyed hundreds of shelterbelts planted during the Dust Bowl to curb wind erosion. Officials say 10 to 50 miles of tree lines in multiple counties were damaged or wiped out, risking renewed soil erosion if not replaced, though many belts are too old for federal aid.
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Greensburg
Kansas
Roger Masenthin
Sunflower
Rick Snell
Barton County
Snell
America
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Great Plains
Masenthin
Kiowa
Jamie Holopirek
Edwards
Stafford
Barton
Holophrek
Recreational land boom drives Kansas prices skyward
Southeast Kansas brushy fields once worth 300 dollars per acre now fetch over 3000 dollars as hunting and fishing demand fuels a nationwide surge. Real estate agents note 300 percent value increases in five years, while locals worry access and affordability will shrink hunting grounds for average residents and future generations.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Dave Lundgren
el Dorado
Mark Morrow
Morrow
Mike Disario
OEI Properties
Disario
Prairie
Rocky Mountain
John Wildin
Wildin
Drew McCartney
Gorham
McCartney
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Utyaas
Lake Scott
Chase County
Cottonwood Falls
Cheyenne Bottoms
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Stafford Counties
Cimarron National Grassland
Morton County
Constitution Hall
Lecompton
John Steuart Curry
State Capitol
Topeka
John Brown
Kansas Territory
Davis
Hiawatha
Eisenhower
Abilene
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Flint Hills
North America
John Cardona
Hanford
Calif
Tony Garcia
Lee
Hunter Sprong
Conservation Service
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