County weighing sales tax vote to fund maintenance
The commission discussed a potential quarter-cent sales tax to fund maintenance projects and address budget uncertainties for 2009. Concrete repair needs at the Exhibition Building loomed, with estimates of 30,000 to 45,000. Salaries for elected officials were adjusted, while a plan to donate vacation time to a sick leave bank was approved.
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Larry Jones
Jones
Rick Mandigo
Finney County Fairgrounds
Mandigo
Olson
Commission
Cials
Register of Deeds
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Don Doll
Doll
Bob Baker
Gates urges focus on present Iraq needs over future wars
Defense Secretary Gates warned against diverting attention to potential future wars such as with Iran or North Korea. He stressed actions inside Iraq and highlighted MRAPs as lifesaving priorities, noting modest MRAP casualty rates compared with Humvees and urging better care for troops.
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Iran
Gates
U.S
North Korea
Pentagon
Congress
Adm
Mike Mullen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Afghanistan
Persian Gulf
Korean Peninsula
Straits of
Taiwan
America
Movement signs and songs protest high gas prices across states
A nationwide protest movement uses signs and songs to highlight high gas prices 30 miles north of Montgomery and in Valparaiso Indiana. Participants aim to save fuel and draw attention to juvenile obesity while critics note artists face legal risks. Local business signs and a notable deer protest in Ashland City illustrate varied responses.
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Montgomery
Adams
Valparaiso
Ind
Jay Weinberg
Planetary Blues
Weinberg
Indiana
Allan Peerce
Leitchfield
Peerce
Hitman
Cheatham County
John Holder
Ashland City
Tenn
Holder
Wefald to retire as KSU president amid transition plans
Kansas State University plans to replace retiring president Jon Wefald after the board of regents meets, with options including a nationwide search. Regents Chairwoman Christine Downey Schmidt praised his leadership, noting Wefald transformed K State into a world class institution. Wefald and his wife Ruth Ann will remain in Manhattan and he plans part time teaching of leadership studies and history.
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Kansas State
Board of Regents
Kip Peterson
Wefald
Regents
Christine Downey-Schmidt
Jon
Kstate
Edu
Kansas
Jon Wefald
Ruth Ann
Manhattan
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Taos
Shoe Fit CO
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