District approves Garden City teacher pay raise deal
USD 457 approves raises boosting base pay to 28100 and adding 300 to 1700 raises for teachers with various tenure and credentials. Nearly 500 certified staff affected with a 339 to 17 vote. Extra personal days rise from one to two per year, a key gain praised by educators alongside a signing bonus for new teachers.
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Jennie Wilson
Angela Anderson
Abe Hubert Middle School
Marlane Johnson
GCHS
Johnson
Billings
Garden City
Penny Cruz
Alta Brown
Hays
Kip Johnson
GCEA
Card Wethington
Wethington
Kathleen Whitley
Whitley
Bush accepting nomination amid attacks on terror stance
President arrives in New York for a firefighters meeting linking Sept. 11 to the war on terror. Laura Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger praise his strength. Cheney contrasts Bush with Kerry over leadership and policy while Kerry campaigns in Nashville and Bush defends the war on terror as winnable.
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New York
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California
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Kerry
Senate
Anne Womack
Womack
Nashville
Tenn
Kansas Lunch Subsidies Rise With Title I Dollars
Kansas leads with 75 percent of public school students in subsidized lunches and over 37 percent qualify for free or reduced meals. Title I funds increased from just over 1 million in 2001-02 to more than 2 million this year, supporting early intervention in math and reading at schools with high eligibility. Families can access discounts and YMCA scholarships. participation requires income verification and July letters for SRS assistance.
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Kansas
Garden City
Garden City Recreation Commission
Garden City Family Ymca
The
Recreation Commission
Ymcas
Researchers eye GPS to track cattle loads in Kansas
Researchers assess how GPS marks loading and unloading sites for cattle. Data from cattle trailers feeds state health databases in the central US, aiming to boost meat marketing and rapid industry recovery after health incidents. Industry figures cite privacy and governance debates, with trials at a feedlot and packing plant ahead of USDA reporting.
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Kansas
United States
Brian Bertelsen
Premium Beef
Liberal
Dodge City
Bertelsen
USDA
Spire
Hostage siege in Russia ends with eight dead
In a school standoff eight hostages died as seven others escaped or were freed after hiding in a boiler room. Spokesman Ruslan Ayamov confirmed the casualties amid a wave of related attacks blamed on Chechen rebels. President Putin interrupted a Black Sea holiday to return to Moscow for crisis talks.
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North Ossetia
Interior Ministry
Associated Press
Moscow
Sergei Ivanov
Vladimir Putin
Black Sea
Sochi
Russia
Federal Security Service
Interfax
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