Bernadine Sitts students lead anti-bullying week
A school week focused on anti-bullying features lunchtime presentations by students including Brooklyn Staats and Beth Guyman. Counselor Sheila Patchin notes cyberbullying and online contact heighten risk and urges parental and student education. Victims deserve a voice, say participants, as residents reflect on changes from years past.
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Ramirez
Sheila Patchin
Patchin
Bernadine Sitts
Brooklyn Staats
Beth Guyman
Drought emergency expands to include more Kansas counties
Kansas Governor declares drought emergency for Kearny Lane counties and Ford County increases. The Kansas Water Office and KDWPT sign a memo to allow emergency use of water from state fishing lakes including Scott Lake for domestic municipal and livestock needs while protecting fish stocks.
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Kearny
Lane
Ford County
Kansas Water Office
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Scott Lake
Scott County
Kansans
KDWPT
Robin Jennison
Kansas
Mike Muirhead
Garden City
Muirhead
Daron Hall
Ulysses
Hall
Finney
Ford
Grant
Gray
Haskell
Hodgeman
Meade
Morton
Seward
Stanton
Stevens
Greeley
Hamilton
Ness
Scott
Wichita
Kansas Office of the Governor
Kim Christiansen
Public Utilities
Army Ranger recalls Afghan war toll and family life
West Point graduate and Army Ranger of three tours reflects on a decade of Afghanistan combat. He recalls 26 battalion deaths, returning home to a disabled soldier and balancing fatherhood with deployments. Memorials mark Sgt Chapman’s legacy, while Chapmans honor his service.
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Pickler
West Point
Fort
Afghanistan
Amy
Nathan Chapman
Fort Lewis
Wash
Chapman Circle
Camp
Chapman
Pakistan
Will
Lynn
Will Chapman
Arts funding cuts spark plans for future growth
Governor Brownback vetoed arts funding prompting NEA and Mid America Arts Alliance to halt grants. The Arts Commission lost nearly 2 million with 689 thousand lawmakers set aside and 1.3 million from NEA and alliance. Weis and Herzog remain optimistic, seeking executive leadership and statewide festivals.
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Brownback
National Endowment For the Arts
The
Mid- America Arts Alliance
Kansas City
Arts Commission
NEA
Alliance
Commission
Linda Browning Weis
Kathryn Herzog
Herzog
Weis
Manhattan
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Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
State Water Office
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Dodge City
U.S
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Georgetown
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Panama
Haiti
Re Rae
Arts Agency
Kansas Arts Foundation
Arts Foundation
Line & Auction
Spata
Ken Degenhardt
Billy
Loretta Whitfield
Syracuse
Jon Irsik
Ticke
Russell Child & Development
GVRV
Garden Valley Retirement Village, LLC
East Spruce
Garden City, KS
United Wireless Arena
W. Commancho
Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster.com
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