Rural exodus continues as youth chase city chances
Maynard-Moody discusses two rural types with differing access to healthcare and services. Ness County, for example, lost 10.6 percent of population between 2000 and 2004 and 14.4 percent from 1990 to 2000 as young residents leave for work or school. Local officials vow to attract new business to lure youth back.
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Maynard-Moody
Dodge City
Hays
Ness County
County
Sherry Frick
Volunteers brightening seniors through drug program visits
Charles overheard an elderly farmer at a drug store say his prescription bill was large. He brought the man home to Donna to learn about an aging agency prescription drug program. Donna, retired from the Kansas Department, volunteers to help seniors on fixed incomes save on medications.
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Charles
Donna
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Buffy
Town and Country
Local groups seek volunteers for Ottawa area aging services
The Ottawa Retirement Village and others seek volunteers for activities, admin help, driving, and pet visits. Call Lisa Pope, 242-5399, or Angela Schreffler, 785-242-7450, for ORV and Volunteer Center roles. Donna and Charles describe Friendly Paws dog visits and ongoing community service.
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Ottawa
ORV
Lisa Pope
Ottawa Volunteer Center
Angela Schreffler
Carnegie Cultural Center
Ottawa Senior Center
Florenc Hart
Wellsville
Kelly
Franklin County
Eckan
Ash
Kansas Senate eyes expanded gambling as education costs rise
A Senate committee took no action on a gambling expansion that would back a Dodge City casino and a Kickapoo Sac and Fox hotel casino near Kansas Speedway. Lawmakers face a skeptical Supreme Court on the school finance plan and softer revenue projections as supporters push for revised gaming proposals. Governor Sebelius backs the Kickapoo Sac and Fox pact with a $210 million casino hotel, sharing at least $50 million yearly with the state, while limiting other gambling and capping machines at tracks. The panel awaits outcomes from spring break before resuming talks on live resort casinos in Kansas City, Junction City, Dodge City, Wichita and southeast Kansas.
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Dodge City
Topeka
Supreme Court
Stanton
Joint Committee On State Tribal Relations
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Speedway
Pete Brungardt
R-Salina
Kansas City
Junction City
Wichita
Senate
Subsidies Divide Kansas Farmers Over Rural Growth
Kansas Farm Bureau President Steve Baccus defends farm subsidies as vital to farmers who spend proceeds on debt payoff and new machinery, while acknowledging most funds now flow to regional centers. Researchers warn payments may foster dependency rather than new rural growth, though supporters still see ongoing importance for Kansas.
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Kansas Farm Bureau
Steve Baccus
America
Kansas
Baccus
Congress
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
Drabenstatt
Drabenstott
Cruisin' into Summer Car Show and Poker Run in Syracuse
The Syracuse Kansas Main Street celebration this Saturday features a Cruisin into Summer Second Annual Red and Bike Show with a poker run from 7 a.m. Registration allows walkers or riders to visit local businesses for cards, with the best five-card hand winning prizes donated by merchants. Events include a 1950s costume contest and about 150 hot rods expected. car registrations are $10 and include poker run entry. Sponsored by the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and Tri-State Electronics Radio Shack, details from Stan Englert and Krista Norton.
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Kansas
Garden City
U.S. 50
Colorado
Englert
Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Tri-State Electronics Radio Shack
Call Englert
Krista Norton
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