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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 2011
Page
3
Deerfield will host a Red Cross blood drive from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kearny County Community Building, 509 Main St. Appointments are available at www.redcrossblood.org or by calling (800) RED-CROSS.
Dillons Stores in Kansas Nebraska and Missouri offer checkout donations for Red Cross tornado relief. Since May 24 customers have contributed nearly 15000, with stores also delivering water supplies to Joplin and Reading Red Cross centers. Online and text donations are available via Red Cross Disaster Relief.
Gov. Sam Brownback signed a 13.8 billion budget preserving 1.5 million in operating grants for Kansas public broadcasting stations for the upcoming fiscal year. He did not veto the item but warned funding could be targeted next year and urged stations to prepare for possible loss of state support amid tight finances.
Chairman Henry Schwaller said the Kansas Arts Commission will meet June 16 in Lawrence to discuss its future and a possible new arts movement despite Gov. Sam Brownback vetoing state funding and staff cuts. He asserts the agency persists as the enabling law remains in force.
Governor Sam Brownback cancels the Kansas Arts Commission funding as part of a 13.8 billion fiscal plan. The move leaves the agency with no budget or staff while overlapping cuts hit public schools and state programs. Critics warn rural arts programs may suffer. Brownback touts private support and core services.
The National Weather Service reports a 104 degree high at Garden City and 106 in Dodge City, breaking records from 2003 and 2004 respectively. Winds up to 56 mph in Garden City and 51 mph in Grant County accompanied the heat, with no major damage reported. Forecast calls for 85 today and 93 Wednesday with possible afternoon showers and stronger gusts.
Kansas will implement a new 75 mph speed limit July 1 on eligible rural interstates and multilane divided highways. KDOT will designate which routes qualify while the Kansas Turnpike Authority updates turnpike signs to 75 mph south of K-7. Officials cite traffic, crash, and design factors and plan overlays costing about 9 800 dollars for KDOT and 5 000 dollars for the turnpike.
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