USD 457 Show Choirs Build Skills Through Contests and Courses
USD 457 vocal music program offers middle and high school choirs with separate gender groups and advanced ensembles. Students advance through levels toward Garden City CC, with regional contests on April 12 and 16 and state events on April 26. Garden City students already performed at the Kansas Music Educators Association conference, and younger students earned conference spots from Bernadine Sitts and Kenneth Henderson campuses.
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Heather Franco
USD 457
Jane Vanderhoff
Vanderhoff
Buffalo Men
Dodge City
Grain prices lift Kansas farm economy and spending
Rural Kansas communities benefit as high grain prices boost farm income and demand for goods. Farmers upgrade equipment and homes, with new combines, four wheel drive tractors and advanced tech rising, while input costs like fertilizer and seed also climb. Cattle feeding sectors suffer from higher feed costs. Farmers consider acreage and crop mix for spring planting amid easing interest rates.
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White
Kansas
Kastens
Atwood
Mike Woolverton
Kansas State University
Texas
Sunflower Bill Faces Governor in Sunflower Electric Plan
Western Kansas lawmakers push a bill aiding Sunflower Electric’s 3.6 billion dollar power complex. If veto stands, plan B will be considered. Supporters cite jobs and ethanol growth. opponents urge environmental and health concerns amid regulator permit denial.
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Morris
Western
Kansas
Sunflower Electric
Sunflower
Hays
Kansans vote 31 to 7 to pass coal plant bill
The Kansas Senate approved a bill allowing two coal fired plants in southwest Kansas by a 31 to 7 vote sending the measure to Gov. Sebelius. Republicans split with 26 yes 2 no and 2 not voting while Democrats split 5 yes 5 no. The bill adds environmental provisions energy efficiency programs and a 15 member commission.
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Topeka
Senate
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Barbara Allen
Overland Park
Pat Apple
Louisburg
Jim Barnett
Emporia
Karin Brownlee
Clathe
Terry Bruce
Hutchinson
Pete Brungardt
Salina
Les Donovan
Wichita
Jay Scott Emler
Lindsborg
Tim Huelskamp
Fowler
Nick Jordan
Shawnee
Phil Journey
Haysville
Julia Lynn
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Ralph Ostmeyer
Grinnell
Peggy Palmer
Augusta
Mike
Anthony Hensley
Kansas Electric Generation Science and Technology Commission
Susan Wagle
Wagle
FHSU academy to admit top Kansas high school students
A state panel approves funding for a Fort Hays State University academy that would admit at least 40 top Kansas public high school applicants annually. The program offers about 15 college level hours, a combined high school diploma and two-year college credits, and costs an estimated 1.7 million dollars per year. About half the funding would come from the state with industry donors and out of state student fees covering the rest.
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Kansas
Academy
Hammond
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