Holcomb opens door to transfers
Holcomb USD 363 approves a broader transfer policy for 2008 09 allowing non residents to attend district schools with conditions. The plan imposes class size caps and requires outside students to provide their own transportation while seeking to protect per pupil funding amid declining enrollment.
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Board of Education
Holcomb
Trict
Robert O’connor
Kansas
Community backs coach Rapier in benefit drive at Wichita County HS
Family and community gather at Wichita County High School for a benefit honoring Steve Rapier 44, recently diagnosed Feb 28 with West Nile encephalitis. His wife Cindy and children Landon 14 Brett 17 join parents Sharon and Jack in a heartfelt event as Rapier, a Leoti native and longtime educator, recovers after being flown to KU Medical Center on Feb 1.
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Steve Rapier
Wichita County
Rapier
Eoti
Wichita County High School
Sharon
Jack Rapier
Kammy
Cindy
Landon
Brett
Steve
University of Kansas Medical Center
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Kansas
Leoti
Wichita
Panel scales back on driving restrictions
A House subcommittee endorsed a revised teen driving bill that waters down a previously approved graduated licensing plan. The measure limits device use, increases supervised driving time, and suspends licenses for violations, but keeps minimum learner permit ages unchanged. Senate negotiators may push for stricter terms if it reaches a compromise.
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Toper
Hns
House
Senate
House Transportation Committee
Virgil Peck
R-Tyro
Peck
Senate Transportation Committee
Les Donovan
Wichita
Finney County commissioners hear budget wish lists
County commissioners heard requests for four additional Finney County Sheriff’s Office staff, replacements for 17 computers and four laptops for the County Attorney’s Office, and new vehicles for John Ellermann and the Public Works department. The Monday session at the Clarion Inn in Lee County gathered department heads to express wants for the 2009 budget process.
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Finney County Sheriff’s Office
John Ellermann
Public Works Department
Finney County Commission
Clarion Inn
Three charged in grain theft at Syracuse Co op
Syracuse officials charged Chris Shuman, Chad Vanatta, and Kevin Swank with felony theft and conspiracy to steal about 50,000 bushels of grain from the Syracuse Co op's Kendall branch. The thefts began in February 2007 as wheat prices climbed from under $5 to over $11 per bushel.
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Syracuse
Syracuse Co-op
Chris Shuman
Kendall
Chad Vanatta
Kevin Swank
Hamilton County
Rob Gale
Kansas
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