County to review building codes in Finney County
Finney County commissioners meet at 8 30 a m Monday at the county Administrative Center to update 50 year old building codes and permit fees. Kaleb Kentner meets with the county commission to align codes with city rules adopted recently. The board will also hear a 2007 budget request from Norma Nichols and requests from 25th Judicial District Court administrators Diana Jones and Craig Aronson.
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Finney County
Kaleb Kentner
City Commission
Kentner
Norma Nichols
Finney County Committee On Aging
25Th Judicial District Court
Diana Jones
Craig Aronson
Colby ostrich shooting divides Kansas public safety debate
In Colby a 6 foot tall ostrich on Interstate 70 was shot by a deputy at Sheriff Mike Baughn's order citing highway danger. The cluster of protests from a trucker contrasted with the sheriff's claim the bird posed a motorist threat. officials noted ostriches are rarely registered and the department has killed emus before.
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Colby
Kansas
Thomas County
Mike Baughn
Winter wheat harvest expected to be short in 2006
AP reports the Agriculture Department projects a sharp drop in U.S. winter wheat production to 1.32 billion bushels, down 12 percent, amid drought in the southern Plains. Kansas leads with 319.6 million, down 16 percent from last year, while Texas and Oklahoma show steep declines. Overall output falls to 1.87 billion bushels, signaling higher prices and possible imports, with yields averaging 42.4 bushels per acre and 31.2 million acres harvested.
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Wichita
Agriculture Department
National Agricultural Statistics Service
U.S
Plains
Bill Nelson
A.G. Edwards
Kansas
NASS
Nelson
Texas
Oklahoma
United States
Canada
Teen who claimed kidnapping charged in Independence
A 16 year old girl in Independence was charged with falsely reporting a crime and obstructing official duty after admitting the April 11 abduction tale was a hoax. Prosecutors say she will be tried as a juvenile. FBI and local authorities had searched for clues and questioned witnesses.
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Independence
Kelsey Stelting
Montgomery County
Daylene Walls
Stelting
Walls
Associated Press
FBI
Kelsey
Tim Valentine
Oklahoma
Independence High School
Wichita
Kansas City
Westar executive freed during appeal process
Douglas Lake former Westar Energy executive will remain free while appealing his conviction for looting the Topeka utility. Attorney for Lake says the 10th Circuit granted release after finding substantial questions. Wittig begins serving an unrelated bank fraud sentence in Minnesota.
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Douglas Lake
Westar Energy Inc
David Wittig
Wittig
Westar
Minnesota
10Th
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Lake
Julie Robinson
Robinson
Grace Donecker Receives Nurse of the Year Honor
Grace Donecker registered nurse in the pediatrics unit at St. Catherine Hospital was honored with the Nurse of the Year award. The ceremony drew 75 staff as Donecker noted nursing’s rewarding challenges and the joy of helping children reclaim moments of childhood.
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Grace Donecker
St. Catherine Hospital
Donecker
Garden City Community College
Neuman University
Wichita
Shirley Spangler
Rita Retherford
Jesse Bernal
Polly Witt
Gayle Tackett
Cathy Adams
Florence Nightingale
Florence
Joan Booker
Gayleen Bernal
Bernal
Delita Thummel
Jo Hurd
Gerald Nichols
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Christian
Mark Mangelsdorf
Pelham
N.Y
David Harmon
Harmon
Mangelsdorf
Melinda Raisch
John
Thomas Bornholdt
Mangelsdorff
Garden City
Ett
Edward Plam
Santa Cruz
Calif
St. John’s Military School
Salina
Kaw
Westar Exec
Bureau of Prisons
Ayers
Mass
Fairton
N.J
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Sandstone
Minn
Minneapolis
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