Mental Health budgets face cuts threaten regional services
Area Mental Health Center executive director Ric Dalke returned to Finney County commissioners with a proposed 2010 budget of 205000, about 26 percent county funding and 60 percent state cut anticipated in Mental Health Reform dollars affecting services across 13 counties in southwest Kansas. The center runs a roughly 10.19 million 2009 budget funded by client fees, county contributions, state funds, interest, contracts, and reform dollars with further details on page A5.
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Ric Dalke
Finney County
Commissioners
Ninth St
Dalke
Kansas
County Commission
Area Mental Health Center
Honor Flight delays planned Kansas trip to fall
Southwest Kansas Honor Flight postpones its planned June departure for about 70 World War II veterans to the Washington memorial. Organizers say contracts for charter planes were not completed, delaying a trip that relies on donations to cover the $500 per veteran flight cost.
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Washington D.C. National Memorial
Southwest Kansas
Kansas
Kansas approves renewable energy bill tied to coal plant deal
Gov. Mark Parkinson signs a renewable energy bill required to allow Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build a coal plant in Finney County. The law mandates 20 percent of electricity from renewables by 2020 and promotes conservation and household solar or small wind generators. Bipartisan support ends a 19 month dispute over cleaner energy policy.
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Topeka
Mark Parkinson
Kansas
Parkinson
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Hays
Youth hunger famine event at Garden City church
Youth from Garden City Church of the Brethren joined World Vision's 30 Hour Famine, fasting from 1 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. today to raise money and food donations. Pastors and participants, including Shelby Ketterling and Lexi Peterson, emphasized hunger as a global issue and aim to raise about $4,000 for famine relief and Emmaus House in Garden City.
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John Elder
Garden City
World Vision
Elder
Emmaus House
Shelby Ketterling
Kayce Unruh
Lexi Peterson
Stevens Park
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