Picture This Four Generations Portrait Studio Crew
Devin Rees and Joshua Rees join Kris Smith and Joyce Book in a family photo session highlighting four generations. The gathering captures shared smiles, lasting bonds, and a snapshot of lineage through a simple, warm portrait moment.
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Devin Rees
Joshua Rees
Kris Smith
Joyce Book
Ethanol Boom Drains Ogallala Water Supply
Environmental Defense reports the ethanol surge boosts corn farmers and producers but drains water from the stressed Ogallala Aquifer. Kansas officials defend current rules limiting new water rights in depleted areas where ethanol plants cluster as the aquifer nears exhaustion. Timothy Male notes the study focuses on hotspots within fifty miles of heavily depleted zones.
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Topeka
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Ogallala
Environmental Defense
Kansas
Adrian Polansky
New York
Timothy Male
Educators discuss year round calendar in Garden City
A USD 457 Garden City calendar committee weighs year round schooling or two week intersessions to boost Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. The group, led by Personnel Director Darren Dennis, met Thursday to weigh interventions for some students and extensions to the school year.
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USD 457
Garden City
Darren Dennis
Dennis
Community weighs options for GCHS crowding
A Garden City committee studying facilities seeks public input before advising USD 457 on overcrowding at Garden City High School. The panel, meeting Thursday, will survey staff students and community members on options like replacing the high school building or adding a second high school, likely funded by a bond on the November 2008 ballot.
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Garden City High School
USD 457 Board of Education
GCHS
Rick Atha
Bill Weatherly
Kansas Supreme Court delays Kansas casino plan ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court transferred a challenge to the state gambling law to Shawnee County District Court delaying a final ruling on whether the law, allowing four state owned casinos and racing track slots, is constitutional. Attorney General Morrison filed the suit seeking to block casino contracts. Gambling interests warn delay may hinder ground investments until the law’s validity is settled.
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Kansas
Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Doug Lawrence
Lawrence
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Paul Morrison
Morrison
Kay McFarland
The
Kansas Lottery
Ed van Petten
Lottery
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