Loyalty Day parade lights up Tribune with fireworks
In Tribune western Kansas VFW Post 7521 hosts Loyalty Day events starting 10 a.m. with a parade and rally for troops. The celebration includes a Loyalty Day Livestock Show sale, Broadway shops, and a demolition derby, culminating in an awardy fireworks show at Greeley County High School field after dark.
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Kansas
Crusader Club
Bible Fellowship Church
Dighton
Tribune
VFW Post 7521
Doreen Mangold
Gerald Mangold
VFW
Dwight Eisenhower
Broadway
FFA
Rodeo Arena
Bush
Greeley County
W. Lawrence
Don Walter
Walter
Schools slash staff to cope with budget cuts in Kansas
Kansas districts face job losses as legislators delay school funding for next year. Wichita considers 12.5 million in cuts and 84 teaching positions while other districts study eliminating programs and staff. Beloit and Lawrence announce notices to teachers with Deerfield debating principal shifts and art program cuts.
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Topeka
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
Tallman
Wichita
Diane Gjerstad
Gjerstad
Kansas
House
Beloit
Greg Renter
Garnett
Gordon Myers
Deerfield
Phil Mahan
Mahan
Lawrence
Syracuse
Udall
Yates Center
Casey’s Law drives tougher DUI penalties in Kansas
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed Casey’s Law allowing judges to impound or immobilize a convicted drunk driver’s vehicle for up to a year. The bill honors Casey Beaver, a KU student killed in 2000 by a DUI offender with eight prior DUIs. The legislation passed after Casey’s parents and supporters urged stronger enforcement.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Casey
Atchison
Casey Beaver
University of Kansas
Missouri
Linda
Dennis Beaver
Linda Beaver
Bobby Nichols
David Dearth
Labette County
Parsons
Richard Dearth
England
Jan Pauls
D-Hutchinson
Pauls
Farm tourism veto stands in Kansas House vote
Kansas House sustains Governor Sebelius veto on a farm tourism bill by 72 to 51. Lt. Gov. John Moore urged a bipartisan push for an agritourism package next year, including liability reform and insurance access. Opponents warn about landowner liability while supporters say agritourism benefits farming communities.
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Topeka
House
Kathleen Sebelius
John Moore
Kansas
Moore
Dan Johnson
Hays
Carol Beggs
Salina
Doug Patterson
Leawood
Miami County
Patterson
Sebelius
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Finney County Commission Meeting Set for Monday
The Finney County Commission will convene at 8 30 a m Monday at the Finney County Administrative Center located at 311 North Ninth Street. The session will address county matters and public concerns in a formal government setting.
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Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Emergency plan discussed for Finney County depot site
DHS eyeing Finney County Fairgrounds as a potential 5000 square foot storage site for national stockpile supplies, to be shipped from an undisclosed location in a bioterrorism or disaster scenario. Garden City among 11 counties under review due to population density. supplies would be secured and removed after use. KDHE notes stockpile program began 1999 under CDC, moved to Homeland Security after 2002. County also received 279,600 federal CDBG funds to remodel the health department basement.
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Department of Homeland Security
Finney County
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Finney County Fairgrounds
KDHE
Sandra Johnson
Garden City
Johnson
Fairgrounds
United States
Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Homeland Security
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Health Department
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Kansas Legislature
Kslegislature.org
Kansas State Department of Education
Ksbe
State
Garfield Elementary School
Lee Richardson Zoo
Garden City and Holcomb
Jeff Jack
R-Parsons
Finney County Commission
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