Kansas launches 24 hour school violence hotline
Editorial calls for reporting of violent threats through a toll free 1 877 626 8203 line run by Kansas Highway Patrol dispatchers in Salina. It urges using the school principal first while preserving anonymity for students to prevent a Columbine like tragedy.
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Buffers Around Kansas Streams Gain Broad Support
Kansas farmers enroll about 500 acres along 50 miles of streams in a voluntary state conservation plan offering buffers to reduce sediment and chemical runoff. The program blends federal payments with state funds and tax incentives to make buffer planting profitable, benefiting wildlife and water quality.
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Tracy Streeter
Kansas Conservation Commission
Congress
Kansas
Kansas science standards do not require equal time or creationist textbooks
John Richard Schrock states the new Kansas Science Education Standards do not mandate equal time for creationism or require textbooks including creationism. He notes evolution is no longer on state assessments, making its coverage a local decision and warns administrators to consult a school attorney before adopting or enforcing any creationism linked policy.
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Aguillard
John Richard Schrock
Emporia
New York Times
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Washington Post
State Board
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Mississippi
Graves
Gary Sherrer
Boards of Education
Cindy Duckett
Wichita
Inspirational Christmas greetings by John Coen from Franklin County
John Coen, a Franklin County author from Garnett, writes a Christmas greetings piece for Guidepost. He references his daughter Whitney and aims to inspire the thousands who will receive these greetings this season. Helen Cubit in Garnett notes the local connection.
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John Coen
Franklin County
Whitney
Helen Cubit
Rural Garnett
Reader Forum guidelines for Ottawa Herald letters
Readers may submit signed letters with address and phone number. Submissions must be under 500 words and sent to Reader Forum at The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or via letters ottawaherald.com.
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Kansas Board Evolution Debate Sparks national discourse
David Awbrey argues that Kansas should teach both Darwinian evolution and faith, praising a state science standard that keeps local control and vows no censorship of evidence. He urges harmony between science and religion, noting the value of open inquiry and the mutual enrichment of belief and knowledge.
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Earth
Kansas
Flint Hills
David Awbrey
Lawrence
Buffer Initiative Drives Kansas Water Quality Effort
Governor Bill Graves highlights a voluntary Buffer Initiative along the Upper Black Vermillion River and Grasshopper and Horseshoe Creeks in northern Kansas. Already 500 acres over 50 miles enrolled, landowners convert cropland to permanent vegetation with financial incentives, aiming to reduce runoff from farming and livestock operations. Plans exist to expand into Turtle Creek and other streams as progress continues.
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Horseshoe Creeks
Kansas
Strea
Turtle Creek
Bill Graves
Ink
Directory of Kansas and national political contacts
An compiled list of Washington and Topeka office addresses and phone numbers for President Clinton, U S senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, Representative Jim Ryan, and Kansas officials including Governor Bill Graves and state lawmakers Robert Tyson Ralph Tanner and Bill Feuarbom.
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White House
Washington
D.C
Whitehouse
U.S
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
Pat
Robert Tyson
State Capitol
Topeka
Ralph Tanner
Bill Feuarbom
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