Match Day drama as medical students await envelopes
On March 21 at 11 a.m. Kansas City time all U S medical schools reveal residency matches. KU Med students and families gather in Battenfeld Auditorium to learn where they will spend the next three to five years, and which specialty they will pursue. Amanda Evins Tauscher of Scott Community High School and David Battin of Ulysses, both KU Med graduates, face decisions about staying local or moving to Nebraska. Chip Hardy, Scott City native, rises as Marathon Key Music executive while his mother Jean Hardy remains a longtime community guitarist honored for 63 years of service.
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University of Kansas Medical School
Battenfeld Auditorium
KU Med Center
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Scott Community High School
Lewis
Audrey Evins
Oakley
Munich
David Battin
Ulysses
Ku-Med Schools
Wichita
John
Gloria Battin
Omaha
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Battin
Scott City
Chip Hardy
Wes Hardy
Jean Hardy
Marathon Key Music
Nashville
Jean
Scott City Lions Club
Mom
Hardy
Kansans Watch House Reject Tax Hikes Amid Budget Debate
Kansans watched as the House rejected 13 tax hike options aimed at closing a 680 million revenue gap. Voters and visitors mixed on taxes, with most favoring budget cuts first and a sales tax or mixed approach seen as likely. House Speaker Glasscock notes a calm, real-debate tone as lawmakers prepare to consider March 25 budget-cut options.
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Topeka
Donna Eichenberger
Pomona
Michael Kratky
Wilson
Maryhelen Masterson
Prairie Village
Kansas
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
House
Glasscock
Clerk Audrey Law Retires After 15 Years at Finney Court
Audrey Law, Finney County district court clerk, retires after 15 and a half years in the job. She started in 1986 as an accounting technician and became clerk in 1994, overseeing changes in technology and court operations. She plans to visit family, travel, and enjoy life with her husband Bob, with no fixed plans yet.
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Audrey Law
Finney County
Bob
Philip C. Vieux
25Th Judicial District
Audrey
Coar
Board Set to Discuss Bond Issue Additions for GCHS
Six board members meet to review adding items to a 19 million bond plan centered on a stand-alone ninth grade center to ease Garden City High School crowding. Monday session will discuss potential items such as turf at Memorial Stadium and a proposed swimming pool at the new center.
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Bruce Reichmuth
Garden City High School
GCHS
Kevin Burr
Shelly Schwatken
Memorial Stadium
KU tuition increase plan to stand despite student protests
A University of Kansas panel's recommendation to raise tuition by 50 million dollars over five years will stand after a 5-5 tie on a reconsideration vote. The plan would lift average annual tuition from 2884 to 5123 by 2006 as administrators note KU's budget lag behind peer state universities.
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Colorado
Iowa
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
County panel to hear Foltz appeal on nuisance ruling
Finney County Commission set to hear Mid States Developers president Mike Foltz and attorney Charles Owen appeal a March 7 nuisance of appearance finding by the Board of Zoning Appeals. They allege OMA violations and challenge chair Lot Taylor's involvement plus the nuisance resolution's vagueness. Discussion includes sidewalk policy standards, EMS and health department updates, road plans, and fiscal arrangements with Garden City and Sunflower Electric.
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Finney County Board of Zoning Appeals
Mid States
Mike Foltz
Charles Owen
Board of Zoning Appeals
Owen
Lot Taylor
Schulman Avenue
T-Bone Drive
Finney County Health Department
Buffalo Drive
Garden City
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
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