Local cattle officials await BSE results in early test
Cattle professionals caution that initial BSE findings may be suspect as a rapid test in use for a month yields inconclusive results. Ames lab results are pending, with industry figures like Bret Crotts and Doug Parham urging restraint and further testing before public statements.
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Garden City school nets 10000 prize at blue ribbon banquet
Garden City USD 457 and Edith Scheuerman Elementary traveled to New Orleans for the Inter-Scholastic Blue Ribbon Schools of Distinction Award Banquet and returned with a 10000 check. The award includes over 110000 in curriculum materials, professional development, hardware, and software, such as a classroom projection system and SMART boards. Superintendent Jim Lentz called the award package astonishing and asked for time to sort through the resources.
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Edith Scheuerman
New Orleans
Jim Lentz
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District Malls Alternatives to Project Effort
Garden City USD 457 plans to run without the grant funded after school program Project Effort. The board set goals for 2004 2005 emphasizing No Child Left Behind objectives English learners and teacher training while evaluating tutorials summer school and at risk programs and expanding after school activities. Project Effort will stay at Edith Scheuerman Elementary Charles O Stones Intermediate next year as the district redesigns activities for students.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Jeff Crist
Edith Scheuerman
Charles O. Stones
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First fatal post sovereignty attack kills 3 Marines
In Baghdad an roadside bomb killed three U S Marines and wounded two others, the first fatal attack since Iraq gained sovereignty. Interim Prime Minister Allawi announced Saddam Hussein would be transferred to Iraqi custody and face charges soon, with no trial for months. An American soldier held by militants was reportedly killed, a claim linked to a video, while U S officials could not confirm the identity. About 160,000 troops remain in Iraq to aid the new government.
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Keith M. Maupin
Batavia
Ohio
Sprout Damage Worst in Northwest Kansas
AP report cites Kansas Grain Inspection Service findings that sprout damage in winter wheat is concentrated in the northwest. Colby office notes more severe damage, with minor cases from Dodge City. affected samples mainly from southeast Thomas County and northwest Gove County near Oakley.
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Kansas
Randy McCormick
Kansas Grain Inspection Service
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Dodge City
McCormick
Thomas County
Gove County
Oakley
Agriculture notes on grain findings and test weights
Agriculture officials report samples show isolated damage with no sprout issues in Concordia Salina Hutchinson Wichita Topeka and Kansas City offices. Officials cautioned it is too early to estimate statewide yields though test weights are mostly 58 pounds per bushel.
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