Budget problems hamper Kansas workers furlough plans emerge
TOPEKA AP Gov Bill Graves said some state workers will be furloughed next week if federal funding remains blocked. Agencies outline plans to maintain essential services, with up to 500 potential furloughs including 380 unemployment staff. Federal funds drive most agency budgets, prompting possible use of state money to cover critical health and safety services.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Graves
Fed
Clinton
Department of Human Resources
Department of
Human Resources
Ues
Kansas
Human Resources Department
Angela Goering
Ben Coates
Department of Aging
Coates
Greg Crawford
Department of Health and Environment
Dale Dennis
Education Department
Feds
Internet woes hit university strain KU dial-in lines
KU faces growing demand as 176 dial-in lines fill with users at the university network. A 41 percent rise in paid accounts in eight months brings tolls, busy signals, and questions about long term funding and whether to expand lines or switch users to commercial providers. Local and national ISPs contend for the market as the university weighs cost and access.
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Kansas University
Jan Weller
Weller
Databank
Lawrence
Overland Park
Metropolis Systems
America Online
CompuServe
Kansas City
Sprint Corp
Lawrence Children's Choir earns regional recognition in Dallas
Lawrence children sing in the United States only children's choir invited to perform at the American Choral Directors Association regional convention in Dallas in March and again at the Music Educators National Conference in Kansas City in April. Choir founder Krehbiel emphasizes discipline and artistic growth, noting the group trains youths to sing with precision and dedication. The nonprofit, started in 1991 with Marilyn Epp, now includes 71 singers on KU campus practice nights and hosts two major concerts yearly. The younger Chorister's Choir serves 55 members in grades three through six.
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Aneal Krehbiel
Lawrence
United States
American Choral Director's Assn
Dallas
Kansas City
Krehbiel
Marilyn Epp
Lawrence Arts Center
Ninth
Murphy Hall
Kansas University
Evin Worthington
West
Thomas Kocher
Janeal Krehbiel
Lawrence Children’s Choir
KU names new dean of business
Tom Sarowski, acting dean since July, was named to lead the KU School of Business. A former Arthur Andersen & Co. executive with 26 years at Andersen Consulting, he replaces Joseph Bauman who resigned in January after five years. Bauman will remain on the faculty.
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Kansas University
Tom Sarowski
Joseph Bauman
Sarowski
Arthur Andersen & Co
Andersen Consulting
Kansas City
Robert Hemenway
Hemenway
School of Business
Detroit Institute of Technology
Purdue University
Cornerstone lays first stone for Baker University chapel
A bond between Baldwin-Baker University and its founders grows as a benefactor and community members gathered Friday for the first stone of a new campus chapel. About 100 attended the ceremony marking the rebirth of a 19th century Methodist chapel shipped from Sproxton England. The project is led by R R Osborne who donated 1 million dollars to relocate the church. The chapel will serve as worship space and house DeSpain's office and a museum documenting the church's history with an expected opening and dedication in fall 1996.
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BaLdwin
Baker University
Baker
Sproxton
England
Ira DeSpain
R.R. Osborne
Osborne
DeSpain
Jim Bovaird
University
London
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