T-WORKS highway expansions total 242 miles in state plan
Gov Sam Brownback and Transportation Secretary Deb Miller announced three Southwest District T-WORKS projects totaling 147 million as part of a four day five city tour ending in Kansas City. The plan includes four lane upgrades near Cimarron and Liberal, improving U.S. 160 Kansas 144 and the 83 corridor, plus a 14 million pavement and shoulder project near the Finney Gray line to Cimarron. Northwest district projects total 95 million including U.S. 281 reconstruction in Russell County and K-27 modernization in Wallace County with 26 miles of shoulder work in Phillips Norton.
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Southwest District
Sam Brownback
Transportation
Deb Miller
Dodge City
Kansas City
Kan
Kirk Hutchinson
KDOT
Garden City
Lars
Kansas
Hutchinson
Ed About
Cimarron
Liberal
Haskell County
Steve Cottrell
City
Engi
Neer
City Commission
Southwest
Finney
Gray County
Seward-Meade County
State Transportation Agency
Northwest
T-Works
Russell County
Wallace County
Phillips/ Norton
Youth cattle working contest crowns Fairleigh team
In Finney County’s cattle working contest youth teams competed alongside adults, with Fairleigh Feedyard of Scott taking top honors. Katie Welsh, 15, celebrated as her squad earned the silver buckle and $100 each, while PokyFeeders-2 and Cimarron Feeders followed. Judges emphasized proper technique over speed, with real-life cattle handling and implants provided by sponsors. Katie expressed a desire to work at the local feed yard like her parents.
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Del-Rey
Payton
Mitchell Gorman
Welsh
Katie
Jeff Jones
Finney County
Jones
Ramrod
Regula
Blanco
Garden City
Fairleigh Feedyard of
Scott
PokyFeeders 2
Scott City
Poky
Temple Tag
Gold Standard Labs
Pfizer
Lextron
Tom Portillo
Canyon
Tex
Marvin Hammon
Todd Stone
Mel Metzen
Holcomb
Fairleigh
PokyFeeders
Cimarron Feeders
Texhoma
Auction highlights steer contest at BBC event in Kansas
Crowds Gather for a cattle auction in southwest Kansas as steers vie for top carcass scores. Martin notes bidders can gauge weight gains and pick winning animals. Photos draw 500 to 1500 dollars, some exceed 3000. Beef Empire Days funds scholarship programs and intercollegiate meat judging. Amanda White of GCCC and Texas Tech plans to compete internationally, raffle tickets for a patriotic quilt sold at her booth.
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Kansas
Martin
U.S
National Beef
Dodge City
Liberal
Garden City Community College
Amanda White
Ingalls
GCCC
Texas Tech
Australia
USA
White
BBC
USD 457 weighs future board picks and boundary changes
USD 457 considers appointing a retiring board member or advertising for the vacancy. Lara Bors, who won 954 votes, weighs in as a possible appointee. Boundary changes aim to balance No Child Left Behind subgroups, adjust elementary catchment areas, and prepare for a new $92.5 million high school opening in fall 2012.
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Lara Bors
Bors
Rude
Cruz
Blackburn
Wallace
Scheppner
Garden City
Garfield
Abe Hubert
Horace J. Good
Good
West Walnut St
Kenneth Henderson
Georgia Matthews
Steve Nordby
Bernadine Sitts
Charles O. Stones
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Garden Valley Retirement Village
New King and Queensrom
Senos
Jim Mathews
Robin Valenzuela
Commerce Bank
N. Main
Omeo
Finney County Public Library
Walnut
Repl
Homestead.com
Rodeo Clowns
Beef Empire Divys
Pen
Student & Community Services Center
Gcccks.edu
America
Royal
Ngton, I
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