Food banks see rising demand as supply tightens nationally
The Kansas Food Bank reports a surge in need with a 500000 pound rise in food distributed July through September from last year. Emmaus House relies on about 80 percent of its food from Kansas Food Bank while nationwide, executives cite higher costs and limited surplus as drivers of the increased demand and ongoing need for donations of nonperishable items.
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Emmaus House
Kansas Food Bank
Wichita
Brian Walker
America
Walker
Associated Press
Lisa Hamlet-Fugitt
Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks
Marsh
Black Friday crowds hit local stores for sales and deals
Sublette shoppers like Dennis Leatherbury sought bargains as crowds formed before 6 a.m at Staples while Sonya Zandt cited 18 month interest free cards and $20 return for new accounts at Wal-Mart. Electronics items top the list with Dell computers X boxes and Kodak cameras as shoppers plan Christmas purchases.
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Sonya Zandt
Wal-Mart
Estrella Parral
Christy Godfrey
Garden City
Target
Godfrey
Brian Rupp
Good Sport
N. Main St
Rupp
Dallas Cowboys
Kansas Jayhawks
KS Specialty
Lee Stowe
Iran rejects UN sanctions over uranium enrichment
Iran denounced U.N. sanctions at a two day IAEA board meeting in Vienna. Tehran said Security Council demands to halt enrichment have no legal basis and warned opponents they will face resistance if pressure to mothball the program increases. Ali Asghar Soltanieh accused Washington of turning the issue political and claimed the program aims only for electricity.
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Vienna
Austria
Iran
U.N
Tehran
International Atomic Energy Agency
West
Ali Asghar Soltanieh
SAEA
Security Council
Washington
Kansas districts report free and reduced lunch rates 2006 07
Kansas State Department of Education data shows Cimarron Copeland Deerfield Dighton Garden City Greeley County Healy Holcomb Hugoton Ingalls Lakin Leoti Montezuma Moscow Satanta Scott County Stanton County Sublette Syracuse Ulysses districts with free and reduced counts. Percentages range from about 37 to 70 percent of enrollment across 20 districts, reflecting varying eligibility.
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Cimarron
Copeland
Deerfield
Dighton
Garden City
Greeley County
Healy
Holcomb
Hugoton
Ingalls
Lakin
Leoti
Montezuma
Moscow
Satanta
Scott County
Stanton County
Sublette
Syracuse
Ulysses
Gray County weighs bid reopens for $22.4 million dam project
Gray County officials aim to reconsider bidder qualifications for a 22.4 million dam and 450 acre lake project funded by a 0.15 sales tax. The watershed board paused bidding and may reopen with bond requirements, while the commission waits to see Tuesday's board meeting outcome. County leaders insist a qualified in state or out of state bidder should have a fair chance to win at least half the work.
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Montezuma
Max Jantz
Gray County
Ronnie D. Jantz
Oakley
Troy Sporer
Senate
Steve Morris
Gary Hayzlett
Jeff Whitham
Larry Powell
Gray County Commission
McFarland
Watershed Board
Kansas
Pawnee
Ron Allen
Southwest
Finney
Ford
Gray
Hodgeman
Sunflower Foundation funds Kansas trail boosts statewide
Sunflower Foundation grants totaling 355000 since 2005 spur community and school trails in Newton Abilene Pittsburg Arkansas City Merriam and Olathe while mapping efforts ease access. Grants of up to 15000 require local matching and aim to catalyze healthier Kansans as towns link to regional routes like Katy Trail and Flint Hills Nature Trail with volunteer support and local involvement.
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Kansas
Sunflower Foundation
Newton
Abilene
Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Merriam
Olathe
Larry Tobias
Stevenson
Kansas Recreation and Park Association
Katy
Missouri
Frank Meyer
Herington
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission
Lincoln
Omaha
Neb
Marysville
Meyer
Flint Hills
Council Grove
Osage City
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Leatherbury
Staples
Olatutiansek
Regan
Ewelers
N. Main
Othe
Kansas State Department of Education
ST Main
Eagles Lodge
N. Taylor
Garden City, KS
Finney County Transit
Oor Covering Inc
Eemael Eles Eee
Cee
Edad
Twist Frieze
L & L Floor Covering Inc
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