Books on the Bus aids summer migrant reading efforts
The Summer Migrant Education Program runs a Books on the Bus reading and free snack initiative coordinated by Lisa Cady and Michelle Wells at Gertrude Walker and Kenneth Henderson Middle School. The program offers books from school libraries and donations, with optional homework and a MYON online reading log.
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Lisa Cady
Gertrude Walker
Michelle Wells
Kenneth Henderson
Wells
McDonalds
Cady
B.O.B
Ing
Dell Orozco
Journey across America to raise mental illness awareness
Ian Cummins quotes about stigma and asks why discussion is sparse as he walks across the United States with friends Lusardi and Rodgers. The trio funds mental health causes via Ian Walks America, directing proceeds to NAMI SWPA. updates and fundraising details appear on the site and Facebook page.
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Cummins
Tan
Ryan
Lusardi
Rodgers
America
Ian
Ianwalksamerica
Pennsylvania
National
Alliance of Mental Illness
Nami Swpa
Cantor to resign as House Republican leader July 31
Washington reports a power struggle erupts as Majority Leader Eric Cantor prepares to resign by July 31 after his primary defeat by Dave Brat. The move unleashes a battle between establishment and tea party factions to fill the No. 2 leadership post as Boehner seeks to steady the fractured GOP.
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Washington
Mct
Eric Cantor
Cantor
Virginia
Dave Brat
John A. Boehner
Ohio
Wolf Huelskamp react to Cantor defeat in primary
U.S. Rep Tim Huelskamp posted that the tea party is alive and well after Cantor’s Virginia primary loss. Milton Wolf, a Johnson County challenger to Sen Pat Roberts, predicted Roberts will also lose in August and criticized Cantor and Cochran’s no debate approach as ineffective.
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U.S
House
Eric Cantor
Kansas
Tim Huelskamp
Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Hutchinson
Cantor
Milton Wolf
Johnson
Pat Roberts
Dodge City
Virginia
Wolf
Roberts
Thad Cochran
Mississippi
Rainy weather worsens wheat harvest outlook across Kansas
The survey shows winter wheat conditions at 28 percent very poor or poor, with rain aiding corn and milo but not reversing dryland losses. Farmers Doug Mai and Dennis Zerr cite hail damage and late rain as limiting factors while predicting mixed yields and stubborn below average wheat results. Weather remains the key variable.
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Doug Mai
Pierceville
Mai
Usda Nass
Kansas
Dennis Zerr
Zerr
Garden City
Coltrain
National Weather Service
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Uesday
Taylor
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