Talley Trail extension to receive KDOT funding
The Talley Trail east extension along Highway 156 from near Campus Drive to near Walmart is slated for Transportation Enhancement funding. City engineer Steve Cottrell says the 10 foot wide concrete path will cost about 831000 with 80 percent from KDOT and 20 percent city share. The project includes landscaping and fence replacement near the Hampton Inn and IHOP, with a start date about a year away after design and approvals.
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Summer lunches aid Garden City kids in meal program
Gabriela Padilla feeds a child on a Kids Meals on Wheels bus at H and H Trailer Park as volunteers serve more than 200 meals daily across Garden City. The story notes a broader immigration debate in Washington with Senate Republicans seeking firm border security measures while pursuing a 60 vote path to passage.
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Kids Meals On Wheels
Garden City
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Marco Rubio
R-Fla
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Charles Grassley
Iowa
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
State schedules scales meeting to boost heavy scale accuracy
Department of Agriculture officials call all licensed scale service companies to a June 27 meeting at the agencies headquarters to address low accuracy rates. Tim Tyson, director of the Division of Weights and Measures, requires technicians attend as a policy change would require third parties to place scales into service on new installations. The letter, dated June 12, follows a Capital-Journal report noting just 19 of 72 inspected heavy-capacity scales were approved between July 2012 and February 2013.
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Kansas adopts multistate science standards
The Fordham Institute criticizes Kansas for replacing strong state science standards with the Next Generation Science Standards. The report notes mixed grades for the multistate framework while praising hands on projects and cross discipline integration. Kansas helped draft the standards, drawing praise from some educators and officials.
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