Rundell campaigns on voter registration for Nov 5 election
LB Sonny Rundell, longtime Kansas State Board of Education chairman, enters as a write-in candidate for re-election to the board. He outlines plans to reach voters across 41 counties in the 5th District. He differs with Connie Morris over minority education and illegal immigrant schooling, sparking debate as registration nears.
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Sonny” Rundell
Garden City High School
Rundell
Kansas State Board of Education
Kansas Board of Education
Connie Morris
Francis. Rundell
State Board of Education
Topeka
Morris
Colorado
Supreme Court
Kansas
Board approves water use change request in Garden City area
The Southwest Groundwater Management District No. 3 recommends Wheatland Electric Cooperative’s change of water use, totaling 12,135 acre feet for municipal use and 2,170 acre feet shifted from Wheatland property to Sunflower Electric’s Holcomb plant. The board notes approvals align with applications and district rules while leaving impacts on neighbors and groundwater to others to assess.
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Southwest Groundwater Management District No. 3 Board
Wheatland Electric Cooperative
Wheatland
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Division of Water Resources
Garden City
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
IBP
Sunflower and
Finney County Rural Water District No. 1
A Moment of Silence Memorial Reflects on 9 11
Garden City residents gathered at Steven's Park to honor Sept. 11 victims and local law enforcement. Carolyn Henry wore a twin towers T-shirt from the fire department and said she would save it in her cedar chest for future generations.
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Emily-Ann Bemis
Marcus
Garden City
Steven's Park
St. Catherine's Hospital
American Red Cross
Carolyn Henry
Red Cross’ Health and Safety
Henry
Farmers to gain aid for cleaner water and soils
In Kansas, farm operators welcomed expanded conservation programs with over 3,300 applications and only 640 approvals, as the demand exceeded resources. Assistant state conservationist Steve Parkin noted the strong response and Parliament expected to fund more in 2003. The new farm bill promises an 80 percent boost to $17.1 billion nationally for conservation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Steve Parkin
Salina
Federal Natural Resources Conservation Service
Congress
Downfall of Future Beef hits small Arkansas City economy
About seven months after Future Beef opened in Arkansas City, the plant filed for bankruptcy liquidation as LeForce Signature Beef shows interest in purchasing the facility. A Buccino & Associates report cites Safeway dependency at 52 percent of sales and notes the plant’s unprofitable outlook without price increases.
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Wichita
Future Beef
Arkansas City
LeForce Signature Beef
New York
Buccino & Associates
Safeway
Buccino
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