Anastas urges middle schoolers to pursue four rules for success
SADD founder Anastas urges students to run, study, persevere, and stay alcohol and drug free to win college scholarships. He stresses personal choice over chance, warns against peer pressure, and recalls a drunk driving death to motivate commitment. Students praise his message while counselors note ongoing issues with drugs and peer pressure at KH.
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Kyle Jackson
Jackson
Miranda Nelson
Nelson
Christy Schaefer
SADD
Renee Scott
Schaefer
City to use citizen survey on services and life quality
The commission said the survey will focus on government services, community priorities, and quality of life issues. They accepted George Hopkins's resignation from the Finney County Economic Development Corp and named Jeff Whitham to replace him. Mario Lopez will fill the at large seat formerly held by John Scheppner. Whitham and Lopez accepted the appointments. The board honored Police Chief James Hawkins and Building Inspector Kent Hamlin for their recent trip to Mississippi to aid in Hurricane Katrina relief.
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Commisoners
George Hopkins
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Hopkins
Garden City
Jeff Whitham
Mario Lopez
John Scheppner
Whitham
Lopez
James Hawkins
Kent Hamlin
Mississippi
Flower seeks exit from Flight Deck lease options
Flower faces a choice on the Flight Deck restaurant lease with options to run it, close and pay, or have a third party take over. City officials consider city operation again if needed while awaiting a possible take over before January. The airport board has also received two takeover proposals and continues current air service with three daily Denver flights and two to Kansas City.
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Speake
Airport Advisory Board
Halloran
Airport
City Commission
Reynaldo Mesa
Mesa
Commission
Dodge City
Ken Stroebel
Western Kansas
Denver
Great Lakes Aviation
Kansas City
U.S. Air Express
Amarillo
Texas
Dallas
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Poll finds large share of Katrina survivors unlikely to return
A CNN USA Today Gallup poll of New Orleans Red Cross clients shows four in ten do not expect to return home. Blacks are twice as likely as whites to stay away, and about nine in ten with unlivable homes doubt they will return. Many Gulf Coast residents face choosing between staying away or relocating to other states.
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New Orleans
Red Cross
Cnn-Usa
Gallup
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Margaret Hahn-Dupont
Oradell
N.J
Hahn-Dupont
Kansas Sampler Festival Expands Across State Venues
The Kansas Sampler Festival will cost three dollars for children ages seven to fourteen and five dollars for those fifteen and older while under seven attends free. Organizer Penner expects 4,000 to 8,000 attendees from more than 200 communities to experience re enactions and food booths at the zoo site. LaPlant notes the event aims to educate travelers about southwest Kansas and to dispel myths about western Kansas. Since starting at Penner’s Inman farm in 1990, the festival has moved beyond the farm and grown into a statewide travel showcase hosted in Pratt Ottawa Independence Newton across years.
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Kansas
Fifth Street
Zoo
Gazebo
WenDee LaPlant
Finney Conven
Val
Pratt
Ottawa
Independence
Newton
Americans fault parents and media for decline in manners
A poll finds 13 percent admit obscene gestures and 8 percent loud phone use while 37 percent swear publicly. People blame parents and media for rude behavior as manners deteriorate, with drivers, teens, and celebrities cited.
White House seeks GOP pressure on Miers nomination
The White House aims to rally Republican activists in Iowa and New Hampshire to push Senate GOP members to back Harriet Miers. Key target Sen. Sam Brownback faces questions over a potential 2008 bid as the Judiciary Committee prepares the first vote.
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White House
Iowa
New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Harriet Miers
Miers
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Brownback
Senate Judiciary Committee
Scott McClellan
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