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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 2010
Page
3
A musical program featuring Ken Degenhardt performing golden oldies on accordion will be held at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St at 7 tonight. The public is invited at no charge.
In Topeka Westar Energy and Kansas Gas and Electric seek to join the Efficiency Kansas Loan Program using 34 million dollars in federal stimulus funds for energy upgrades. The plan would add loan payments to monthly utility bills, while the watchdog agency cautions that revenue lost from improvements may be recouped via rate increases for other customers.
Kansas unemployment rose to 6.6 percent in August from 6.5 percent, as the state reports a loss of about 1,100 seasonally adjusted jobs but highlights a gain of 6,900 jobs versus August 2009. Gov. Mark Parkinson cites economic recovery despite mixed monthly data.
All the rain and warm temperatures last week pushed Kansas farm crops toward maturity, but harvesting slowed. The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reports 84 percent of corn mature with 39 percent harvested, far ahead of 7 percent a year ago. About 6 percent of sorghum cut, soybean harvest just starting in some areas, and winter wheat planting about 11 percent complete.
Federal judge Monti Belot set October 19 as the sentencing date for Dr Stephen Schneider and his wife Linda linked to 68 overdose deaths. They face life in prison on conspiracy charges with possible 20-year minimums on the key counts after being convicted in June of unlawfully prescribing drugs health care fraud and money laundering at their Haysville clinic.
In a campaign dispute Sen. Sam Brownback criticizes school funding, saying districts have nice buildings but not enough money for teachers. Officials cite Census data placing 61.54 percent of operating expenditures in classrooms for 2008-09, with other supports and bond outlays excluded.
Scheduling conflicts mire debates between Republican Tim Huelskamp and Democrat Alan Jilka for the 1st Congressional District seat. An Oct 4 live telecast will proceed without Huelskamp, leaving Jilka and Libertarian Jack Warner to debate in Wichita. Additional forums are planned in Emporia and Salina with limited TV coverage.
A Kansas legal challenge to the 1956 constitutional amendment creating the lawyer dominated nominating commission for the state Supreme Court seeks to expand if the suit is dismissed. The motion argues the claim overlooks the one person one vote principle and notes the process favors lawyers. Plaintiffs allege the system illegitimately concentrates power with attorney members and the court clerk, filing suit against the nominating commission and court clerk.
Republican Ron Estes calls for an advisory group to draft legislative solutions to KPERS long term shortfall. Democrat Dennis McKinney says changes are needed and both agencies and employees must contribute more, noting KPERS assets cover about 64 percent of obligations with a nearly 7.7 billion gap.
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