Regents' Blair May Run for Governor in Kansas
The Kansas Board of Regents chair Clay Blair ITI may enter the Republican gubernatorial race. House Speaker Kent Glasscock will not decide until after the legislative session ends, as lawmakers wrap up. Other candidates include Tim Shallenburger Bob Knight and Dan Bloom. Senate President Kerr will decide later.
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State Board of Regents
House
Kent Glasscock
Clay Blair Iti
Regents
Lawrence Journal-World
Glasscock
Topeka Capital-Journal
Statehouse
Tim Shallenburger
Wichita
Bob Knight
Dan Bloom
Eudora
Senate
Dave Kerr
SRS unit to monitor foster care in Kansas
Kansas state and Children’s Rights Inc. say nine years of court supervision over foster care will end June 30. An SRS created unit will oversee services for about 3,300 children in state custody and report annually starting September 2003. Children’s Rights Inc. said the state is in substantial compliance with the 1993 Shawnee County settlement.
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Topeka
Children’s Rights Organization
Kansas
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Children’s Rights Inc
SRS
American Civil Liberties Union
Shawnee County
Glickman predicts mixed results for Bush amid 2004 elections
Former US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman told Wichita State University students that the economy will shape President Bush's fate and that Republicans are poised to lose seats in Congress and several governors races this year. He cited his 1994 loss as context and noted the broader GOP shift helped Clinton's 1996 re election.
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Wichita
Dan Glickman
Bush
Newt Gingrich
Congress
Glickman
Clinton
Jurassic Park exhibit draws near end at Sternberg Museum
HAYS AP Nearly 2,000 visitors toured Sternberg on Saturday for Jurassic Park The Life and Death of Dinosaurs, the best day yet. Attendance on Sunday reached 907, lifting the three day total to 3,737 as the last day nears. Manager Brad Penka expects exhibit totals to exceed 50,000.
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HAYS
Sternberg Museum
Brad Penka
Sternberg
Penka
Sue
New leader Hodgson eyes citizen input at RC&D
Terry Hodgson starts as head of Santa Fe Trail RC&D covering nine Kansas counties. He aims to form county advisory councils with local citizens to identify community needs and secure technical and financial help while promoting education, development, and natural resources. The program, authorized under federal acts, coordinates with NRCS and Habitat for Humanity among others.
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The
Food and
Hodgson
Rc&d Council For Techni
Habitat For Humanity
Kearny County
Central Prairie
Western Prairie Rc&d
WEEA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Services
Hugoton
Lakin Rc&d
Santa Fe Trail
Kansas
Secretary of Agriculture
U.S
Ten Little Indians at Garden City College this weekend
Garden City Community College Theater Arts Department offers Agatha Christie mystery Ten Little Indians at Studio 99. Director Steve Thorson notes a postwar setting with art deco costumes and a 99-seat audience in a dinner theater format. Shows begin Friday and run through Sunday with 6 p.m. dinners and 7:15 p.m. performances. Tickets are $18, with a special $25 preview on Thursday. Reservations: 275-3244 or 276-9548.
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Garden City Community College Theater Arts Department
Steve Thorson
Indian Island
Devon
England
Thorson
Agatha Christie
GCCC
Studio 99
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Garden City
Robert Brinkley
Chartwells
Fine Arts
Carol Ballantyne
Gccc Board of Trustees
Ginger Creel
Pauline Joyce
Kansas restaurant inspection system under fire in audit
An audit finds Kansas restaurant inspections rife with problems including mouse droppings flies and cockroaches and notes nearly one third of eateries were not inspected as required in 2001. Officials promise reforms while comparing state staffing to FDA recommendations.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Curran
Health and Environment
Clyde Graeber
Graeber
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Johnson County
Douglas County
Miami County
Department of Health and Environment
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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