From Castro to Hemingway The Cuban trip and Hemingway’s Lookout Farm
Jeff Crist and Kansas lenders toured Cuba with Adrian Polansky and Barry Flinchbaugh hoping to explore farm imports if the US blockade lifted. They met little, studied cooperative farming, and observed Cuba’s nutrition issues and cattle shortages. Crist visited Hemingway’s Lookout Farm house and tower, now a dusty museum with nine thousand books and a sea view.
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Cuba
Jeff Crist
Finney
Scott County
Crist
Ron
Shirley Suppes
Scott City
Kansas
Adrian Polansky
Kansas State University
Barry Flinchbaugh
Havana
Lookout Farm
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
Castro
Soviet Union
Plan could ease moving judges between counties in Kansas
A study panel proposes relaxing residency rules to reallocate judges across Kansas counties. The plan aims to use judicial resources more efficiently though officials doubt it will save much money. It would let a judge move to a nonresident county if local non traffic caseloads fall below 600 annually.
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Topeka
Judicial Branch
Special Committee On Judiciary
John Wratil
R-Leawood
Kansas Supreme Court
Frus
Supreme Court
Ron Keefover
Keefover
Statehouse renovation continues in Topeka east wing
The east wing of the Kansas Statehouse will close to the public as a nine year 135 million renovation proceeds and a new underground parking garage nears completion with an April opening. Senate and staff relocate to the north wing and work aims to finish east wing by July 2005, with improved offices and historic detailing.
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Topeka
Statehouse
Capitol
Doug Mays
Senate
Barry Greis
Finney County to consider nuisance nuisance proposals
Finney County Commission will review two resolutions to define nuisance violations and enable abatement actions. County Counselor Tom Burgardt prepared the measures, which echo Sedgwick County practices. Public input is expected before any action. Also on the agenda: 1.5 million in industrial revenue bonds for Plymell Dairy and contracts with Kansas Legal Services for indigent defense with a 415000 budget for 2004.
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Finney County
Tom Burgardt
Burgardt
Sedgwick
Mayo
Commission
Plymell
Kansas Legal Services
Wichita Sedgwick County consolidation study eyed
Wichita leaders weigh a city county merger amid economic strain from aviation job losses. Skeptics say consolidation may not reduce costs and could threaten small communities’ representation, despite examples from Wyandotte County Kansas City Kansas where a unified government boosted development.
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Tim Norton
County Commission
Chris Cherches
Lori Usher
Right Management Consultants
Wichita
Missing dog Bear returns home after six years
In Wichita, Bear the brindle Lab and chow mix reappeared after six years. Jeanie and Frank Flores found him outside their home, identified him by name, and a veterinarian noted his paws’ wear but similar weight. Bear’s six year absence remains a mystery.
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Wichita
Jeanie Flores
Bear
Frank Flores
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Sedgwick County
Steve Martens
Wyandotte County
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Sullivan, Higdon & Link
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