Higher education plan gains momentum in Kansas
Kansas lawmakers press a sweeping restructuring plan from the House Select Committee on Higher Education. It would replace the State Board of Regents with a Council on Higher Education, coordinate 19 community colleges, and govern six universities plus Washburn. Critics fear funding gaps and loss of institutional control. Supporters say it could improve coordination and restore taxpayer confidence. Leaders believe success hinges on Senate buy in and cross group trust between regents and colleges. Key figures include House Speaker Tim Shallenburger and former Regent chair Bob Talkington.
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Topeka
House Select Committee On Higher Education
Kansas
State Board of Regents
Council On Higher Education
Washburn University of
Regents
Senate
House
Tim Shallenburger
Select Committee
Washburn
Community Colleges
House Select Committee
Bob Talkington
Iola
Board of Regents
Baldwin Junior High Feels Growing Pains
Baldwin Junior High faces crowding as sixth grade classrooms struggle with non standard shapes and small sizes. Principal Connie Wright and the School Site Committee propose remaking eight rooms to ease overcrowding and improve visibility for about 27 students per room.
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Baldwin Junior High
BaLdwin
Connie Wright
Wright
Kalie Harris
Baldwin School District proposes classroom remodel plan
The School Site Committee proposes remodeling crowded Baldwin classrooms. The plan shows new rectangular rooms overlaid on old layouts with each room gaining about 125 square feet of usable space.
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Baldwin
Lawrence bridge players wed after decades of friendship
Hazel Stanley 76 and Edwin Stellmacher 80 were married at Plymouth Congregational in a ceremony attended by about 200 after renewing their long friendship sparked by weekly bridge games since the 1950s. The couple, who met in Lawrence, pursued marriage after both endured previous spouses’ deaths, with remarks from daughter Marcella Larrabee and granddaughter Jennifer Stellmacher praising their happiness.
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Mike
Hazel Stanley
Edwin Stellmacher
Lawrence
Stellmacher
FMC Corp
Stanley
Plymouth Congregational
Drury Place
Alcamar
St. Andrews
Peter Luckey
Plymouth
Marcella Larrabee
Jennifer Stellmacher
Asian currency crisis hits Kansas economy and exports
Kansas farmers and businesses feel the Asian financial crisis with wheat prices up 10 to 15 cents per bushel for some, while Boeing faces potential 60 jet delays or cancellations. Export dependence shows 38 percent of state merchandise destined for Asia, including $1.3 billion in 1996, with five of ten top markets in Asia. The crisis strengthens the dollar, aiding importers but raising uncertainty for agriculture and aviation sectors.
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Wichita
Vance Ehmke
Kansas
Ehmke
Asia
Boeing Co
Asian Airlines
U.S
United States
Brmke
Max Mize
Mize & Co
Boeing
Pam Doonan
Kansas World Trade Center
Ennike
Aggieville Fire Toll Under Investigation in Manhattan
Firefighters fought a early Saturday blaze that destroyed three Aggieville brick buildings housing shops and taverns near Kansas State University. No injuries reported. owners estimate damages in the hundreds of thousands. Investigators planned to dig through charred rubble to determine the cause, focusing first on the Adventure Travel bus and nearby structures including Greek's Pizzeria and Speed Wash Laundry.
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Aggieville
Keres State University
Cam Bno
Katy Karrington
Sempre
Gators
Christian Barnett
Aggieville Pizza
Barnett
Reese
Busi
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