McCurdy named to KMEA All Festival Choir
Amanda McCurdy a Williamsburg High School senior earned selection to the Kansas Music Educators Association All Festival Choir. She auditioned at Baldwin High School, represented WHS at a Blue Valley district mini convention, and joins 499 other top state students for the 62nd annual EMEA In Service Workshop. The concert is at 3 p.m. Saturday at Century II Wichita. tickets are 5 dollars at the door.
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KMEA
McCurdy
Amanda McCurdy
Williamsburg High School
Kansas Music Educators Association
Century II Convention Center
Wichita
Baldwin High School
WHS
Blue Valley High School
EMEA
Kansas gets 400000 grant for disabled services reform
Kansas will use a 400000 grant from the National Office of Self-Determination for Persons with Developmental Disabilities to expand consumer choice. Funds will be split between Topeka Association of Retarded Citizens and COMCARE of Wichita, with some for KU training and research. The plan centers on authorizing expenditures directly to individuals or guardians.
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OPERA
Kan
Kansas
National Office of the Self-Determination For
Concord
N.H
Darvin Hirsch
Hirsch
Topeka Association of Retarded Citizens
Comcare of
Wichita
Sedgwick County
University of Kansas
Don Shumway
Planning Commission OKs health-food store permit in Ottawa
Ottawa Planning Commission approved a special use permit for Clyde and Cindy Potter to open The Whole Food Emporium at 417 E. 7th in a residential zone. Store hours 9 am to 5 pm, six month sign allowance, and restrictions on perishables, waste, and identified parking. Also approved zoning code changes including building definitions, sign rules, and reduced housing units per lot.
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Ottawa Planning Commission
Clyde
Cindy Potter
Planning Commission
Ottawa Board of Zoning Appeals
Clyde Potter
Whole Food Emporium
Seventh and Poplar
City Commission
Ottawa Faces Juvenile Prison Debate and Site Options
Officials discuss locating a juvenile prison near Ottawa along I-35 to serve eastern Kansas. A 25 acre site is sought with potential private or state operation, aiming for 150 to 500 beds, creating about 150 jobs and tax impacts. decisions hinge on Legislature and privatization plans.
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Kansas
Topeka
State Juvenile Authority
Devore
Atherton
Allen
Ottawa
Department of Corrections
Juvenile Justice Authority
Juvenile Authority Agency
Franklin County
Kansas lawmakers push ethics and seat belt bills in legislature
Lawmakers on the Senate Education Committee hear testimony on a bill to remove outside hearing officers for tenured teachers facing dismissal amid teacher opposition. A House Transportation panel considers a seat belt evidence bill, while Appropriations reviews optical scanning funding. Bills SB170 HB2101 HB2165 referenced with online full text.
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House Transportation Committee
Michael O’neal
R-Hutchinson
House Appropriations Committee
Secretary of State
Kansas Government
Ink
Weekend chill with mixed flurries and plunging lows
Weather forecast notes occasional flurries tonight with a low of 20 to 25, winds northwest 5 to 15 mph. Saturday and Sunday remain dry with teens to around 20 for lows and highs from mid 30s to lower 40s east and 40s west. Monday turns warmer and dry with lows in the 20s and highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s east and 50s west.
School boards push bill to ease teacher firings in Kansas
JO PERA Kan. AP A Kansas Senate Education Committee hearing explored a bill to remove outside hearing officers from teacher dismissal appeals. Local boards argued the current system is costly slow and risky and would speed firings. The measure would let teachers appeal to the court of appeals after a school board hearing with tenure probation extended from three to four years.
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Scott Brown
Kinsley-Offerle Board of Education
Brown
Senate Education Committee
Kansas National Education Association
JO Pera
Kan
Debbie Larimore
Paola Board of Education
School Board
Kansas Court of Appeals
Gerald W. Henderson
United School Administrators of Kansas
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Janis Armstrong
Erin Chappell
Deborah Barker
Franklin County Historical Society
Historical Society
Chappell
Nightcrawlers
Beardorff
Dale
Bev Deardorff
Fred and
Katie Adamson
PSU
Jodi R. Snook-Fischer
Pittsburg State University
Ottawan
Amanda McCay
Baker University
Baldwin
David Ludwick
Washburn University
Shannon Kite
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Iowa
Ottawa Herald
The
Ottawa Herald, Inc
S. Cedar
Painito Wh
Isoyink
Aherald.com
Jay Bemis
Tom Tove
Kathy Miller
Gene Kelsey
Jean Rossman
Wayne Snow
Cedar
Planners
Graves
Joint
Ron Thornburgh
Statehouse
AccuWeather
Colby
Liberal
Salina
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Melvern
Pomona
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