Memorial trip honors World War II veteran Verne Wilson
Verne Wilson, an 89 year old World War II veteran from Garden City, traveled via Honor Flight to the National World War II Memorial in Washington D C. He wore a red Honor Flight shirt and posed between the memorial sculpture pillars. About 40 veterans from central Kansas joined the trip from Fort Leavenworth and Missouri Lee Flight, traveling by bus to this national tribute.
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Verne Wilson
Wilson
Washington D.C
U.S
Garden City
Kansas
Great Bend
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas City
Missouri
Dorothy's Room Aids Finney County Library Youth Programs
Judy Cole began at Finney County Public Library in 1997 during Dorothy's Children's Library room design. The bright kid space for ages infant to 10 supports summer reading, with a plea for a teen area as youth seek a more mature environment. Dorothy Wampler left over 1 million to the Western Kansas Community Foundation to fund future children and youth programs at the Lee Library via a designated Dorothy M and Louise Wampler Finney County Public Library Fund.
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Judy Cole
Finney County Public Library
Cole
Dorothy
Garden City
Dorothy Wampler
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Dorothy M
Louise Wampler
Finney County Public Library Fund
Natalia Robles
Transmission line contest may exceed year end
Two utilities ITC Great Plains and Westar Energy battle to build a V shaped high voltage line network from Spearville through Comanche and Barber counties to Wichita. Regulators face many questions in an unprecedented case and may take hundreds of days to issue a decision with a final timetable after parties weigh in by October 17.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas
ITC Great Plains
Westar Energy
Spearville
Comanche
Barber
Wichita
The
KCC
Westar
Electric Transmission America
Prairie Wind Transmission
ETA
American Electric Power
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co
Obama Holds Lead In Post Debate Polls
CNN poll shows 54 percent favor Obama for best performance and 64 percent favorable rating up 4 points. McCain drops to 30 percent best performance, 51 percent favorable. Obama more likable by 65 to 28 percent. CBS/KN poll finds Obama winning 40 percent to 26 for McCain and 34 percent tie. Belmont University town hall debate in Nashville is cited.
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Obama
McCain
CNN/Opinion Research Corp
CBS News/Knowledge Networks
Barack Obama
D-ill
John McCain
R-Ariz
Belmont University
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