Hurricane delays Atlantis launch to avoid Lili threat
NASA postponed the Atlantis launch for nearly a week to prevent being in orbit during Hurricane Lili as it nears Texas. The mission to deliver a girder to the international space station was already six weeks late due to cracked plumbing that required re pairing.
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Texas
Florida
NASA
Atlantis
Lili
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Houston
International Space Station
Superintendent Pippenger recovering after stroke
School officials report Superintendent Pippenger is recuperating from a recent stroke and will not return until ready. Jim Lentz has assumed many duties, with a minimum six week absence expected. Doctors warn recovery varies. case depends on stroke severity and may take months, while the district continues normal operations.
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Jim Lentz
Pippenger
Lentz
Stephens
Harold Perkins
Plaza Medical Center
Perkins
Nursing homes largely spared from Medicare cuts in region
In Kearny County and Scott County facilities the impact is limited as no Medicare beds exist in the locally classified hospitals. Swing bed programs at Scott County Hospital may feel reduced payments, while Ulysses holds a young profile with low Medicare use, limiting local effects. Congress urged action to protect rural health access.
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Sandy Cameron
Cameron
Scott City
Park Lane Nursing Home
Jerry Korbe
Scott County Hospital
Korbe
Allan Streeter
Washington
Jerry Moran
Senate
Tom Daschle
House
Dennis Hastert
America
Medicare
Moran
Congress
Ulysses
Bob Wilson Hospital
Greg Davis
Davis
Job fair highlights local displaced workers and hiring potential
Applicants meet employers at a regional job fair where workers like Nevin and Cisneros consider positions at Sunflower Electric and IBP. Deb Parker notes ConAgra's 2000 fire left 2,000 jobless, boosting demand for help from the Western Kansas One-Stop Workforce Center, part of Garden City Community College. Marilyn Mahan offers resume tips, urging focus on skills and strengths to improve employability and inviting further review.
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Nevin
Sunflower Electric Corp
Annette Cisneros
Goodwill
IBP
ConAgra
Deb Parker
Western Kansas
Garden City Community College
Kansas
Parker
Marilyn Mahan
GCCC
Larry Sheridan
Right
Garden City
Mahan
Finney County
Sunflower seeks debt restructure to fund Holcomb 2 plant
Sunflower Electric files to reorganize debt to back a second Holcomb coal plant of 600 megawatts to be operated for investors starting in 2007. The plan links lower rates and economies to new unit while maintaining six distribution cooperatives as part owners. The company targets action by December 31 and notes tax implications if delayed. The docket is 03-SEPE-244-RTS and details are on the Kansas Corporation Commission site.
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Holcomb
Sunflower
Tom Hestermann
Miller
Prairie Land Electric
Norton
West
Ern Cooperative Electric
Wa- Keeney
Lane-Scott Electric
Dighton
Victory Electric
Dodge City
Pioneer Electric
Ulysses
Wheatland Electric
Scott City
Kansas
KCC
State
Gore urges Bush to tackle stalled economy now
Gore pressed President Bush to act on the economy with a short term stimulus including extended unemployment benefits and aid to small business. He warned that waiting until Congress reconvenes could allow a global recession to take hold and questioned why war authorization could be debated now while domestic issues lag.
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al Gore
Bush
America
Gore
U.S
Congress
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