Salina tech school gains step toward independent college
The Kansas Board of Regents approved Salina Area Technical School's transition plan to become an independently governed degree granting institution. The plan outlines a nine member board by July 1 2009 with seats for industry reps and local officials, and the college expects concurrent accreditation efforts with the Higher Learning Commission, aiming for independent governance by next summer and full accreditation in three to four years.
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Topeka
HNS
Salina Area
Salina
Chamber of Commerce
Winter
Board of Regents
Higher Learning Commission
Tech College
Salina Tech
Salina’s
Tech School
Manhattania Technical College
Wichita Area Technical College
Flint Hills Technical College
Emporia
Holcomb Approves 54000 Plan Update With Firm Ochsner Hare
Holcomb City Council votes 4-1 to hire Ochsner Hare and Hare LLC of Kansas City to rewrite the comprehensive plan. The update aims to guide growth for at least five years, with public meetings planned starting July and funding split 1 year 2 thirds across 2008 and 2009. Local concerns center on cost and whether the new plan will differ from the current vague document.
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Holcomb
Ochsner, Hare and Hare LLC
Kansas City
Hamilton
Holcomb City
Robin Pena
Penn
Neous
Jamie Jarnagin
Cox
Santa Fe Trail Day and weekend concerts in Garden City
Weekend events in Lakin and Garden City feature Santa Fe Trail Day with a 7 a.m Fun Run, free breakfast, games, wagon rides, speakers, and a Duck Drop. Wildflower tours cost $5. cardboard canoe race at Garden City pool Sunday starts 4 p.m. Concerts include Garden City Band at Stevens Park, Ask Vinnie and STYX presale at Clarion Inn, Moonshiners at Stevens Park. Proceeds support Mosaic.
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Lakin
America
Missouri
Santa Fe
N.M. Lakin
Ad McVey Park
Jack Pepper
Yvonne Larson
Lakin High School
Lakin Recreation Commission
Tammy Dickey
Sharon Steinle
Dickey
Friends of
Sandsage
Bison Range
North Pasture
Burnside Drive
Garden City
STYX
Vinnie
Finney County Fairgrounds
Mosaic
Stevens Park
Park Lane Retirement Home plans 5 million renovation in Scott City
Park Lane Retirement Home seeks approval from a new three member public building commission to fund a 5 million remodel in three bond backed phases. Phase one would add a new kitchen while phase two adds a wing and phase three renovates the nursing home upgrading rooms corridors and mechanical systems.
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Park Lane
Scott City
Public Building Commission
The
Building Commission
Scott
Jerry Korbe
Park Lane Retirement Home
John Shirley
Korbe
Pam Faurot
Scott County
Internship program aids wounded soldiers at Fort Riley
Fort Riley launches the Warrior Internship Network placing Afghanistan and Iraq wounded soldiers in unpaid internships with local employers. Sixteen interns are active and two await jobs as 45 more are screened. Participants are paid military salaries with benefits and receive resume and interview support while preserving unit obligations.
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Fort Riley
Erik Stewart
Afghanistan
U.S
Milford Nature Center
Stewart
State of Kansas
Natural Resources and Wildlife
Iraq
Army
Robert Durbin
Cheryl Lynn Higgins
Tom Litney
Higgins
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Paice
Brenda Myers
Garden City Municipal
Donna Gerstner
Garden City Recreation Commission
Clarion Inn
E. Kansas Ave
Isk
Telegram
Scott Foster
Pork Chop Express
Big Pool
Foster
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