Kansas Forest Service struggles with fires and budget limits
Kansas Forest Service director Larry Biles says the agency, with a roughly $3 million budget and only about 10 percent state funding, faced its largest March wildfire and had to return more than $15,000 due to budget cuts. The unit, staffed by four fire-focused employees, cites cedar overgrowth and funding gaps as major constraints on prevention and prescribed burns.
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Larry Biles
Barber County
Kansas
Flint Hills
Walter Fick
Kansas State University
Forest Service
March
Jason Hartman
The
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Float tank poised for Lawrence studio reopening
Lawrence business owner Goodman plans a float tank space at Ninth and Massachusetts once plumbing permits are approved. She will also offer deep tissue, Swedish and prenatal massages and a group acupuncture option with five chairs, charging $20 compared with $65 to $100 for private sessions.
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Astro Kitty
Game Nut
Ninth
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Granny Basketball Border War fires up in Kansas Missouri clash
A Lawrence Lawrence area Granny Basketball game sparks a border showdown as the Missouri Show Me Shooters meet the Kansas Gray Tornadoes at Holcom Park Recreation Center. The 1923 rules era game features 50 plus players aged 50 and up, with low running, two dribbles per possession, flesh fouls, and vintage bloomers. Missouri edge Kansas 44 42 in a thriller led by Pearce 22 and Harbison 18, with two more college age Kansas games on the slate.
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Holcom Park Recreation Center
Virginia
Texas
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas Gray Tornadoes
Janet Lepper
Eugene (Mo.) High School
Iowa
Tommy Tomlinson
Bondurant
Barb Tomlinson-Trammell
Granny
Kathleen Ramonda
Kansas Grayhawkers
Wamego
Kansas
Teena Parduhn
Wisconsin
Parduhn
Overland Park
Tornadoes
Larry Brumley
Rusty Johnston
Ruby
Brumley
Johnston
Conner
Clyde Lovellette
Phog Allen
Deb Puga
Puga
Garden City Community College
Wichita
Holcom Park
Cindy Guthrie
Memphis
Guthrie
Jefferson City
Michele Clark
Clark
Geez
Grandma
Michelle Carson
Pearre
Pearce
New Broomfield
Harbison
Villanova
Holcom
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Ljworld.com
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Granny Basketball League
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Larry
Ree
Jan Harbison
Pearson
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Kohl
Kohls.com
Amuso Saumur
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