Federal grant funds KU center for ice sheet research
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Kansas nearly 19 million dollars to operate the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets over five years. The project involves NASA and 40 scientists from 10 universities to study climate change, sea level rise, and impacts on populations and economies.
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University of Kansas
Center For
Kansas University
NASA
Scott Borg
National Science Foundation
Antarctic Sciences
Prasad Gogineni
U.S
Antarctica
Checkoff funds aid Kansas wildlife via Chickadee program
The Sternberg Museum in Hays notes the Chickadee Checkoff funds a 25 year program supporting non game wildlife including birds mussels and the lesser prairie chicken. Donations stay voluntary, averaging about 150000 yearly from about 2 percent of taxpayers, leveraged for federal grants and aiding projects from Neosho River basin research to bald eagle surveys and outdoor wildlife learning sites.
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Topeka
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Hays
Kansas
Joe Collins
Kansas Biological Survey
Collins
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Neosho River
Neosho Basin
Red Hills
Barber
Comanche
Ken Brunson
Kansas Society of Cpa's
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Brunson
Atchison Board Names New Middle School Principal
The Atchison board approved a contract and named Randy Oliver as middle school principal for the next school year amid executive sessions. Oliver, among about 60 applicants, has four years as a principal at both high and middle school levels, with prior middle school teaching experience. Mike McDermott has been serving as middle school principal since February after Fox stepped down.
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Randy Oliver
Atchison High School
Oliver
Collins
Mike McDermott
Fox
Administrator eyes annex for office remodel
The administrator discussed moving to the annex to avoid using tax money for an $80,000 remodel. He noted the annex fund, financed by tenant lease payments, would cover the cost, keeping the courthouse budget intact. The change would place the administrator near most county departments for daily contact.
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Stottlemire
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Kansas State University
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Dodger City
Salina
Alain Rupe
Kenneth Weltz
Rupe
Weltz
Organized Labor
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AFLCI
Gary Forsee
Sprint Corp
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