Wichita State vows cuts, funds sports upgrades and possible football revival
Wichita State University will continue reducing graduate teaching assistants and lecturers, raising faculty workload. President Gene Hughes urged nearly 32 million dollars for sports facility improvements and hinted at reviving football. Since 1994, faculty cuts aim to offset budget troubles from declining enrollment. deans will help trim 21 faculty positions to 592.
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Wichita State University
Gene Hughes
Hughes
Bobby Patton
Immigration sweep nets 16 workers sent home from boot plant
In Olathe Kansas Immigration officials reported 16 aliens were repatriated to Mexico after a boot factory raid. The count adds to a rising number identified in Kansas and Missouri this year. 812 last year and 384 in the first two months of this year. Officials say tougher enforcement in southern states may push more people north.
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Kansas
Missouri
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
Heston
Rail-trail push aims to revive Franklin County town names
The Prairie Spirit Rail Trail seeks a second phase from Richmond to Ottawa to spark prosperity in Franklin County. The 18 mile first phase is nearing completion, with Garnett hotels and a restaurant planned to serve trail traffic. county commissioners have resisted a funding letter since 1994, delaying the 15 mile Richmond to Ottawa segment. Ottawa officials and the city commission back the project and have funded improvements, urging broader county support for economic development.
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Prairie Spirit
Franklin County
Richmond
Welda
Garnett
Charles Mavity Jr
Gardner Hayden
Russ Savage
Bill Graves
Franklin County Commission
Matt Matthews
Matthews
Vicki Cummiskey
Prairie Spirit Rail Trail Proposed as Longest Kansas Trail
A plan for the 50 mile Prairie Spirit Rail Trail from Welda to Ottawa would connect parks historical sites and natural areas as a linear park for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. Phase one Welda to Richmond is nearly finished. Phase two through Franklin County costs 1.01 million with 808 thousand funded by KDOT from a federal ISTEA grant.
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Welda
Ottawa
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kansas
Richmond
Franklin County
Kansas Department of Transportation
Landowners resist rail trail project on ancestral farm
Landowner Bill Manners, of Garnett, defends a 320 acre family farm split by the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail. He says the railroad took the land long ago and must return it while warning of safety hazards from a drainage ravine, steps, and a bull, fearing liability if a child is injured.
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Valerie Wolf
Janet Modlin
Abbie Rousselo
Prairie Spirit
Garnett
Bill Manners
Manners
Richmond players left without home field after park closure
Richmond KIDS in the recreation program scramble for venues as the city shuts down the 60 year ballpark after a nuisance dispute with Barbara Freeman. District Court orders moving the trailer and costs, with no local land donor found. Babe Ruth league to play in Greeley. younger players to practice at Central Heights. Garnett Princeton and Greeley teams go on the road.
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Bill
Greg McMahon
Richmond Recreation
McMahon
Greeley
Richmond
Garnett
Princeton
Central Heights
Community leaders hear Koch Commission on crime and commerce
Thursday gathering featured Herbert Collins the Koch Commission gang expert and Bernard Smith an education expert as city officials and chamber members heard why crime prevention matters. Gene Ramsey prefaced the program recounting events starting last September. Continued on page 9.
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Koch Crime Commission
Ees
Koch
Herbert Collins
Bernard Smith
Gene Ramsey
Random Acts 1 of Kindness at North Dairy Queen
Tara Piercy of Herington visited Friday and met friends at North Dairy Queen. She lost car keys and a checkbook in a bag. The staff recovered the bag discarded early Saturday morning, returning the items. Date around January 19, 1995. Nominated by April Dehn.
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North Dairy Queen
Tara Piercy
Herington
Tara
April Dehn
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