Grassfire safety forum urges farmer readiness and liability awareness
Farmers and residents attended a grassfire safety forum stressing proactive firebreaks and avoiding direct assaults on advancing flames. Speakers warned against complacency, noted liability issues for Gray County, and urged voluntary water donations while coordinating with fire crews.
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Beemer
Grant County
John Crosby
Satanta
Gray County
Finney
Haskell
Kansas Forest Service
Anderson Creek
Kansas
Oklahoma
Crosby
Holcomb
Bill Knight
Finney County
Knight
Dallas
Texas
Pancake fundraiser unites GCHS students for Rios family
At GCHS a pancake feed and bake sale drew more than a thousand participants with volunteers from teachers and the JROTC program serving breakfast from the cafeteria concession line. About 2200 dollars was raised for Devin Rios’s family through pancake sales and donations.
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Steve Nordby
GCHS
Nordby
Paul Lappin
Dominic Combs
JROTC
Rios
Combs
Seavey
Devin
Abeyeta
Lappin
Kansas school funding reform faces Senate concerns
Lawmakers debate a revised funding formula after a Supreme Court ruling blocks returning to the old method or continuing block grants. Rep. Melissa Rooker leads House Bill 2270, aiming for all day kindergarten, early childhood funding, high needs support, and overall aid to spur innovation and retention while addressing at risk student counting via Census data.
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Rooker
Booker
Ed Peterson
MainStream Coalition
Jeremy LaFaver
Alliance For Childhood Education
LaFaver
Royal Valley Schools
Bucklin
US Census Bureau
Aaric Davis
Royal Valley
Cen
Sus
Auburn-Washburn
Davis
Cassandra Barton
Insight School of Kansas
Kansas Virtual Academy
Spring Hill
Barton
Kansas State Department of Education
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Mark Minton
Nminton
Getelegram.com
Terminal Ave
Fulon &Remng
Garden City
Culligangardencity.com
Reat
Tesa Goddard
Anthony Abeyeta
Josh Harbour
Iharbour
Ctelegram.com
Carrom
House
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Mike O'Neal
House Education Budget Committee
O'Neal
Mark Desetti
Kansas National Education Association
State Board of Education
Desetti
Perensava
Shery
Sena Oe
Solar Ave
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