Roundup Planning for Kids Focus of Teleconference
Finney County Extension Office and Care Connection co-host a live satellite teleconference titled New Ways to Plan Activities. It runs 6 10 to 8 10 p m Thursday at 501 S Ninth St. Participants learn steps for planning programs for mixed ages, how to keep parents satisfied, and how to preregister by Wednesday at 272 3670. Cost is 2 per person. materials and snacks are provided.
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Finney County Extension Office
Care Connection
S. Ninth St
Volunteers sought for Project Graduation help
A Project Graduation parent meeting is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Edith Scheuerman Elementary School. Volunteers are needed to assist the project, and those seeking information should call Susan Escareno at 275-7855.
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Edith Scheuerman
Susan Escareno
Girl testifies plot joke as hearing centers on arson charges
Fifteen-year-old Kim Suvanto testified for nearly four hours that the boys visited her Hoyt home to make sparkler bombs and fire an SKS rifle owned by Richard Bradley. She said she believed their plan to attack the school was a joke. Bradley, 18, faces multiple counts including conspiracy to commit aggravated arson and criminal threats. Jason Moss, 17, faces similar charges.
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Holton
Kim Suvanto
Royal Valley High School
Hoyt
Richard B. Bradley
Suvanto
Bradley
Jason L. Moss
Mayetta
Topeka Symphony Turns Pickets Into Fundraiser
The Topeka Symphony plans a fund raising stunt against anti gay pickets by Rev. Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church. They will seek pledges for each minute of Phelps outside White Concert Hall before the April 21 performance. WBC offered to pledge $1 per minute. About $7,500 has been raised so far. General manager Timothy Jones called it a fun constructive response.
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Topeka
Topeka Symphony Orchestra
Fred Phelps
Phelps
The
Symphony
Westboro Baptist Church
WBC
Timothy Jones
Topeka Symphony
World Odyssey bounds to finals with area teams
Holcomb Elementary third graders and Garden City High School pair head to the World Finals at University of Maryland College Park on June 25 after top finishes at the Kansas State Odyssey of the Mind tourney. Garden City seeks third place after five straight state titles. Holcomb seeks funding via chili supper, auction, and enchiladas to cover travel costs.
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Holcomb
Garden City
University of Maryland, College Park
Patsy Fort
USC 457
GCHS
Fort
Finney
College Park
Connie Griffin
Griffin
Topeka braces for oral health program to improve Kansas care
Kansas ranks last in the nation for dental health with limited access and high need in Meade and Gray counties. A new Topeka approved program would hire a dental officer and seek up to 12 million dollars in federal funds to expand preventive care, planning, and education.
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Topeka
Kansas
Meade
Gray
Olathe
Melvin Neufeld
Rengalls
House
Senate
Virginia Elliott
United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
Oral Health America
Elliott
Graves pushes all-day kindergarten plan in Kansas
Gov. Bill Graves proposes a 179000 education bill to phase in all-day kindergarten over five years, raising state aid per pupil from 3820 to 3930 next year and to 4060 by 2003. Chanute USD 413 may implement at low cost, with half of students already in prolonged programs.
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Bill Graves
Kansas
Grave
Chanute
Steve Parsons
Parsons
county looks to cap study cost at 225000
Finney County Commissioners plan to cap their share of a 1.2 million U S 50 400 traffic study at 225000 with a 15 percent maximum plan to require multiple governments including Garden City Ford County Dodge City to fund the project. Garden City officials will likely discuss the contract at their April 10 meeting. The agenda also includes a plan for a school health clinic with a part time nurse between Garden City Holcomb schools, a community corrections budget discussion, and a possible ambulance purchase. The meeting is at 8 am Monday in the Finney County Administration Building.
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Finney County
Garden City
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Garden
Max Morgan
Holcomb
Cheryl Kottke
Finney County Health Department
St. Catherine Hospital
Kottke
Community Corrections
Tad Kitch
Kitch
Finney County Administration
Ninth St
Judge rejects plea deal in molestation case
A Harvey County judge sentenced former priest Robert K. Larson to 3 to 10 years in prison after rejecting a plea agreement that called for 90 days in jail and five years of probation. Larson, 71, pleaded guilty to indecent liberties with a child and three counts of sexual battery for incidents at St. Mary’s Church in Newton between 1984 and 1986. He will be eligible for probation in 18 months, and immunity from further prosecution for other incidents remains part of the deal.
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Ice
Larson
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Newton
Willoughby
Ohio
Treaster
Rachel Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Robert
Gilbert
Paul Tafolla
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