Baby Jay tumbles into action at KU games
KU Spirit Squad co ordinator Elaine Brady discovered Tami Payne, a Barton County CC alum, and recruited her to become the first tumbling Baby Jay. Payne, a KU junior from Topeka, modified the costume for mobility and wears blue tennis shoes to improve aerial stunts. She joins a rotating trio of mascots, with three men and three women typically chosen for Jayhawk duties.
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Tami Payne
Baby Jay
Kansas University
Miss Kitty
Barton County Community College Cougars
Payne
Jay
Topeka
Barton County Community College
Great Bend
Elaine Brady
Dallas
Brady
Tami
Baby Jays
Ben Biglar
Kansas-Louisville
Finney May Propose Corporate Tax Breaks in Plan
Gov. Joan Finney considers corporate income and mineral severance tax cuts to gain support for a 217 million dollar property tax relief package. Revenue Secretary Beshears says relief for business could offset effects of removing sales tax exemptions amid concerns for schools in Johnson County and rural areas.
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Topeka
Joan Finney
Revenue
Mark Beshears
Finney
Johnson County
Beshears
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Winter backs plan to cap property taxes in Kansas
Sen Wint Winter Jr of Lawrence endorses a constitutional measure to cap residential property taxes at 1 percent of fair market value, commercial property at 2 percent, and nonprofit property at 1 percent. The plan, likely introduced in the Senate this week, would cut statewide taxes by about 347 million dollars, including 15.9 million in Douglas County, with home values and example figures cited to show potential savings.
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Topeka
Wint Winter Jr
Lawrence
Senate
Douglas County
Marion Johnson
Winter
Fragmentary police note on officer misconduct and totals
Fragmented OCR reads about officers under influence and divested assets with unclear totals. Note mentions Bak and bed, with confusing references to previous incidents and numbers like 4 465 and 100. No clear event or names recovered.
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Veniele
Indian education session opens at White House conference
Nearly 1,000 conferees including 234 delegates, tribal leaders, educators, parents and federal officials gather at the first White House Conference on Indian Education in Washington to craft action plans and reforms for American Indian student education amid budget concerns and cautious optimism. Kansas delegates express skepticism about the administration’s funding but momentum for change grows as advisory groups address 11 topics.
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Washington
Bush
White House
Kansas
Bob Martin
Haskell Indian Junior College
Lawrence
Lawrence High manhandles Highland Park in Topeka invite
Jeff Miller tallied 10 points and 11 rebounds as Lawrence High defeated Highland Park 73 to 48 in the first round of the Topeka Invitational Tournament. Clear and cold tonight with Friday sunny and windy.
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Jeff Miller
Lawrence High
Highland Park
Farmers honor soil and water conservation efforts
In a special Conservation Edition the county’s farmers showcase award-winning work conserving soil water and natural resources. Quotation cites Yogi Berra in a Pepsi Super Bowl commercial as noted on page 1B with follow-up material on page 2A.
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Yogi Berra
Downtown Lawrence receives cautious downtown expansion report
Residents of the Oread neighborhood attended a Lawrence Chamber meeting to hear a downtown development task force report. The document urges expanding the central business district to keep downtown economically strong, though officials stress it is only a starting point for long term dialogue and refinement.
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Oread
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kyle Thompson
Dread Neighborhood Assn
Dread
Earl Reineman
Downtown
Lawrence Inc
Lawrence
Central Business
DLI
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