Thompson to visit Hawthorne for savings program
Hawthorne School hosts state treasurer Sally Thompson at 9 30 a m Thursday for an online savings program for children. Intrust Bank sponsors Save for America in Ottawa schools, with Hawthorne as the second Kansas school to adopt the program. Children may open accounts with 25 cents and earn a dollar from Intrust, plus online deposits and points toward semester rewards.
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York
Thompson
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Roberts urges railway probe for long term rail car shortages
Sen. Pat Roberts said rail car shortages are recurring and a major logjam this year warrants a long term review. He cited UP Southern Pacific merger and coordination issues on the Union Pacific network affecting grain and other shippers. Roberts noted USDA division study and GAO inquiry as steps while warning the problem will recur with rising crops.
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Ansas City
Pat Roberts
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Roberts
Kansas
USDA
General Accounting Office
Kansas Cosmosphere marks 35th birthday
The Cosmosphere in Hutchinson marks 35 years since opening in 1962 as Patty Carey and colleagues built a planetarium from a poultry barn. Beginning as Patty’s Folly, it grew into a national museum with Space Works expanding in 1988 and a $13 million upgrade completed in March.
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Patty
Hutchinson Planetarium
Christ
H.J
Jake” Carey
Carey
Poultry Association
Hutchinson Community College
The
Cosmosphere
Space Works
Front Page Look At Volunteer Roles In Rescue Ops
The article describes extricating trapped victims from damaged vehicles with volunteers filling victim roles, limiting practical equipment use. It notes no township or district response to calls, leaving dispatchers to follow a phone list for backups and urging rural departments to verify radio contact via EEE. County officials urge interlocal agreements to define call protocols amid liability concerns.
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Brad Gilges
Gilges
Larry Wright
Fal Wright
Aepedee
Pam Weigand
Rex Bowling
Ted McCurdy
Kansas law panel backs no forced mergers but widens oversight
Tanner reported the legislative committee backed off mandating school mergers while approving an amendment enabling 10 percent of registered voters in affected districts to petition for hearings. Sen Sherman Jones warned of local board usurpation as oversight expands, while Sen Barbara Lawrence said without scrutiny the bill may fail. Sheila Frahm cautioned trustees over merger and oversight implications.
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Legislative Educational Planning Committee
Sherman Jones
Kansas City
Barbara Lawrence
Wichita
Sheila Frahm
Kansas Association of Community College Trustees
Snow Closes In As Western Kansas Sees Heavy Snow
The National Weather Service cautions a clearing trend after a wintry blast in western Kansas with Mitchell County hit hardest Tuesday night. Hunter and Cawker City report 6 and 4 inches, Gore and Cloud counties 4 inches, others 1 to 3 inches. Today’s outlook calls for light snow ending by midday with highs 35 to 40, clearing tonight, and a dry, cold end to the week.
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Kansas
National Weather Service
Mitchell County
Hunter
Cawker City
Gore
Cloud Counties
Weather Service
Tee Kan
Rich mond arrests listed in Daily Report
The Daily Report lists Bruce L. Lane Sr. and Edward L. Salyers among several arrestees on Franklin County warrants and suspicions, with bonds posted. The report also items numerous thefts, vehicle break‑ins, and property losses across multiple addresses, plus two noninjury accidents and a carbon monoxide check.
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Richmond
Sheriff's Department
Franklin County
Edward Lee Salyers
Walnut
Franklin
East A
Pomona
Jodi Roberts
W. Warren
Williamsburg
Wingert
E. Logan
Someoe
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