Bishops to Meet Over Public Education in Topeka
Bishops from Evangelical Lutheran Methodist and Episcopal churches will gather in Topeka for a public discussion on Kansas school system. The event at Grace Episcopal Cathedral begins 10 a.m. with workshops led by former Kansas Education Commissioner Andy Tompkins and church leaders. Contact Bob Harder at 785 608 9725 for details.
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Evangelical Lutheran
Methodist and Episcopal
Kansas Education
Andy Tompkins
Grace Episcopal Cathedral
Scott Jones
Methodist
Kansas
Jones
Tompkins
Dean E. Wolfe
Episcopal Diocese of
Gerald Mansholt
Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Bob Harder
Family Fun Day at Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma
Stauth Memorial Museum hosts Family Fun Day from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday for children ages 4 to 10 with an accompanying adult. RSVPs are appreciated to gauge supplies. The museum displays Rural Barns and Buildings through May 21, a multi exhibit celebrating rural Kansas barns and community identity.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Kansas
High School Art Display Opens at Garden City H S
Garden City High School art students display works at the Educational Support Center 1205 Fleming. The exhibit runs through May 10 during regular business hours with 79 students submitting to the Fort Hays State Student Art Show earning 128 awards. Teachers Phil Buntin Randall French Lisa Maxwell and Jack Simpson organized the show.
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Garden City High School
Fleming
Fort Hays
Phil Buntin
Randall French
Lisa Maxwell
Jack Simpson
Loan aid deadline nears for area farmers
Farm Service Agency manager Shelly Mowry warns that May 15 is the closing date to apply for emergency disaster loans for farmers and ranchers in Greeley, Hamilton, Lane, Scott, and Wichita counties. Eligible individuals affected by freeze drought heat or high winds should contact the FSA office at 2106 E. Spruce St or call 275-0211 before the deadline.
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Lane
Scott
Wichita
Shelly Mowry
Farm Service Agency
FSA
Spruce St
Garden City man appeals murder conviction to Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court heard a civil appeal over admissible evidence from the 1997 murder trial of Roger Drach, jailed for life for killing his wife Deanne in 1994. The defense argues hospital and crisis-center testimony was hearsay, while prosecutors cite corroborating abuse evidence. Drach’s life sentence runs with a 41 month term for aggravated battery, served concurrently.
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Garden Citian Roger Drach
High Court
Hutchinson
Deanne Drach
Jeremiah Kidwell
Kansas City
Finney County
Lois Malin
Region's cloud seeding program returns to western Kansas
Western Kansas weather modification resumes its 31st season with four aircraft over 11 counties including Kearny and Finney. The program funded ~$600,000 yearly uses silver iodide to seed clouds aiming to boost rain and reduce hail, backed by counties and groundwater districts.
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Jerry Klein
Kearny County
Klein
Kansas
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Lakin Municipal
Idaho
Utah
California
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Texas
Oklahoma
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Western Kansas
Southwest
Finney County
Mately
Steve Phillips
Syracuse
Hamilton County
Justin Pauley
Smith Center
Pauley
Western
WKWMP
Northwest
Wichita
Scott
Lane
Hamilton
Kearny
Finney
Stanton
Grant
Haskell
GOP lawmakers view Sebelius case as ethics panel test
A handful of Republican legislators press the Governmental Ethics Commission to issue a strong ruling on Gov Kathleen Sebelius's campaign fine and whether the panel remains nonpartisan. Sebelius faces up to 5000 for lobbyist donations while Kline was fined 1500 for a similar violation. The vote is set for Thursday at 1 pm.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
State Ethics Commission
Phill Kline
Governmental Ethics Commission
Kline
GOP
House
Doug Mays
R. Topeka
Mays
Nicole Corcoran
Corcoran
Ethics Commission
Carol Williams
Commission
Supreme Court
U.S
New questions raised in Nuss case spread across Kansas politics
Senators including Tim Huelskamp Kay OConnor and Dennis Pyle pressed at a Senate hearing over Justice Lawton Nuss six weeks after his March 1 talk with two lawmakers. They question timing, possible sharing of information with other justices and whether other legislators were involved.
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Senate
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Pete Brungardt
R-Salina
Sens
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Kay O'Connor
R-Olathe
Dennis Pyle
R-Hiawatha
Senate Elections and Local Government Committee
Huelskamp
Ron Keefover
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Keefover
Kay McFarland
State Commission On Judicial Qualifications
Attorney General
Morris
Mays
Topeka
House
Bob Grant
O’connor
Pyle
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