Forgeries Leave Trail as Checks Are Stolen
Don and Doris Land near Eudora in Leavenworth County report a stolen box of checks on December 9 with at least 30 forged checks. A Walgreens manager refused to cash one due to lack of ID, triggering discovery and an account closure. Victims estimate losses around five thousand dollars and urge stronger anti forgery measures. Seite 3B.
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Don
Doris Land
Eudora
Leavenworth County
Walgreen
Lawrence
Library hosts bilingual storytime for Spanish and English
Lawrence Public Library offered a bilingual storytime featuring The Rain Forest in Spanish and English. About 20 children aged 1 to 10 attended with parents, coloring pages of a parrot, leaf and butterfly after the readings.
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Akira Cowden
Lawrence Public Library
Seventh
Vermont
Lucy Miller
Brookcreek
Joyce Steiner
Miller
Steiner
Jennifer Zink-Reames
Ethan
Loro
Leaf
Hoja
Butterfly
Mariposa
Francesca Vance
Siena
Siena Vance
Transportation plan seen as political gain for Graves
Gov. Bill Graves offers a transportation package claiming $2.4 billion in new revenue and $10.7 billion in eight years as the state’s largest public works effort. The plan avoids new taxes but raises the DOT debt by $1.8 billion, forcing legislators to choose between debt financing or tax increases to advance a transportation program.
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Torexa
Bill Graves
Graves
State Department of Transportation
Kansas eyes new highway program replacing 1989 plan
Lawmakers debate a new transportation program to replace the eight year Comprehensive Highway Program started in 1989. Critics call it a political maneuver by strong interests. The 1989 plan used fee increases and bonds to fund nearly $7 billion over eight years.
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Kansas
Fish-within-a-fish fossil mounted at Sternberg Museum
Hays native Dal ton attended as Fort Hays State University staff moved the famed Xiphactinus specimen to the Sternberg Museum of Natural History. The 14 foot fossil joins a 100,000 square foot facility opening mid March featuring robotics and an underwater world. Dalton, once a biology instructor, recalled the fossil’s origin with George Sternberg and expressed pride at eye level display and the museum’s future as a premier exhibit space.
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George Sternberg
Gove County
Dalton
McCartney
Apphero Museum
Scott Moses
New Stemberg Museum of Natural History
Hays
Courthouse Security Compared in Nearby Counties
Shawnee County uses metal detectors security booths and alarmed entrances for visitors and staff to access the courthouse. Douglas Riley Saline counties have installed 24 hour surveillance after break ins. Shawnee adds metal detectors and guarded entry points.
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Shawnee County
Douglas County
Judicial and Law Enforcement
Shawnee
Trinket Harding
Bill Bell
Bell
Riley County
Eric Shoults
Patty Jaimes
Shoults
Saline County
Jim Schroeder
Building Authority
Schroeder
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Journal-World Writer
Pant
Joe Oberzan
Branch
Capitol Federal Savings
Melissa Lacey
Journal‘world Photo Illustratio
Michael
Aaron Paden
Case
Jim Garner
Dcoffeyville
New Museum
Sternberg
Bate
Deb Graver
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