Great Bend vote signals stance on mega hog farms
Western Kansas lawmakers discuss Great Bend election where four city council seats went to write-ins after public support for Seaboard hog processing plant waned. Rep. Edmonds framed the result as a signal to consider corporate hog issues statewide amid environmental and infrastructure concerns.
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Hortis
Great Bend
Statehouse
John Edmonds
Edmonds
Seaboard
Leslie Barrett
Seaboard Inc
Garden City
Amarillo
Texas
Barrett
Roy Rogers
House
Robin Jennison
R-Healy
Kansas
Jennison
Topeka
Murphy Family Farms
Southwest Kansas
Capitol
Wichita
Bruce Larkin
D-Baileyville
Northeast
Larkin
Gene Shore
R-Johnson
Shore
Seaboard Farms
Plants Hold Hidden Endangered Status Across Regions
World Conservation Union report shows 12.5 percent of seed plants and ferns at risk. In the United States some 16,000 species face extinction, with habitat loss and non native species driving threats. Mead's Milkweed and prairie white fringed orchid appear on Kansas endangered lists. deforestation endangers Berberidopsis corallina in Chile. dipterocarps and cycads show varied threat levels. Authorities urge protected areas and careful land management to safeguard diverse flora.
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E. Schmid
Ashington
World Conservation Union
Brian Boom
New York Botanical Garden
Deborah Jensen
The
Nature Conservancy
Robert Fri
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
United States
Washington
W. John Kress
Museum of Natural History
John C. Sawhill
London
Cape Town
South Africa
Canberra
Australia
Mauritius
Brazil
Lawrence
Kansas University
Pollom
Aldo Leopold
Chile
Southeast Asia
Calendar of school and local events at ACHS and area
The list covers school activities including freshman golf at Chanute and Iola, track at Paola and Prairie View, junior varsity golf at Burlington, and varsity events. Community events include first grade roundup at St John the Baptist, Garnett Elementary concert, FFA at Garnett, and two performances of Twelve Angry Jurors with regional forensics at ACHS.
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Chanute
Irving Site
Paola
Burlington
Prairie View
Gardner
Eudora
Gardner/Edgerton
St. John the Baptist
Greeley
Garnett
GEC
FFA
Iola
ACHS
Easter and community events calendar for Garnett area
Friday bake sale at Holy Angels Church Town Hall Center. Saturday 1 p.m. Jaycees Easter Egg Hunt Garnett Stadium. Sunday 6 30 a m Garnett Ministers Fellowship sunrise service Lake Garnett pavilion Noon Prairie Spirit Easter parade from Fourth and Main Garnett to Santa Fe Depot. Monday 9 a m Anderson County Commission courthouse rare 15 p m Garnett City Commission city Wednesday Noon Anderson County Economic Development tourism meeting Pioneer Room 4 8 p m Optimist Club barbecue Garnett armory April 17 8 p m Bud Dingman spring comedy Tradewinds Garnett April 18 MS Walk a Thon and Cancer Society Relay for Life at stadium
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Holy Angels Catholic
Town Hall Center
Jaycees
Garnett Stadium
Garnett
Lake Garnett Pavilion
Prairie Spirit
Fourth
Santa Fe
Anderson County Commission
Courtouse
Anderson County
Pioneer Room
Optimist Club
Garnett Armory
Bud Dingman
Cancer Society
Relay For Life
Stadium
Kansans vote on term limits bill in House defeat
In Topeka the House initially approved a proposal to extend legislator terms and require a constitutional amendment with voter approval. After correcting a drafting error the resolution was defeated 51 to 64, preventing longer Senate six-year and House four-year terms with staggered re election.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Shaui Weber
R-Herington
Weber
Senate
Gore reassures farmers on pesticide review plan
Vice President Al Gore promised protections for agriculture as the EPA reviews pesticides under a 1996 law. He outlined four rules: science based decisions, farmer involvement, a transition period with alternatives, and public consultation. He said no major use cancellations are planned this growing season.
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Washington
al Gore
Clinton
Gore
Carol Browner
Environmental Protection Agency
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
EPA
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Ilave Park
Westphalia
Gettler
RAND
Anderson, Franklin Home
Cleon Rickel
Herald.Business
Nderson
Franklin
Kansas Nature Conservancy
Welda
Alan Pollom
Franklin County
AccuWeather, Inc
AccuWeather
Friends of Historical Buildings
Franklin County Annex
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