Garfield Cubs race in annual pinewood derby at school
Garfield School hosted its annual pinewood derby with about 20 racers. Aaron Nichols Brandon Goracke Mel Nichols Kevin Brown competed for victory while Tim Hopkins pursued a noncart approach among Cubs Josh Turner and Bryce Krueger. All Cubs attend Garfield.
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Garfield School
Cub Scouts
Aaron Nichols
Brandon Goracke
Mel Nichols
Kevin Brown
Tim Hopkins
Josh Turner
Bryce Krueger
Cubs
Garfield
Hayden charts tax refund plan for Kansas windfall
Governor Mike Hayden contemplates refunding the $125 million annual windfall from 1986 federal tax reform if the economy improves. He says refunds could be direct or via approved programs, with conditions tied to economic recovery and continued tax reform to benefit both low and high income taxpayers.
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Dale Goter
Harris News Service
Topeka
Kansas
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Tom Docking
Duncan Downplays Revenue Surge Amid Budget Hopes
In Topeka, Harley Duncan reported January state tax receipts at 194.7 million, $553,000 above forecast. Gains came from the 4 percent sales tax and individual income tax, while corporate and mineral severance tax underperformed. banks and financial institutions exceeded expectations, keeping the state $15 million ahead of projections with five months left in the fiscal year.
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Topeka
Kan
Harley Duncan
Duncan
Financial Institutions
Henry Carr Showcases Unconventional Free Throw Form
Wichita State University standout Henry Carr defies norms with an unusual free throw style yet achieves results equal to his conventional method. The Herald highlights his dedication and unique approach, illustrating how persistence and individuality can drive success.
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Wichita State University
Henry
Carr
Reagan seeks funds for six billion dollar supercollider plan
President Reagan will ask for funding to build the six billion dollar nuclear particle supercollider. Energy Secretary John Herrington said the project aims to probe matter, with cost sharing among other nations private industry and governments. No site is chosen yet though Kansas between Ottawa and Emporia is being studied as a possibility. Proponents say the machine is essential to keep US leadership in physics and prevent researchers from moving to CERN in Europe if a smaller accelerator is built there.
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Washington
Reagan
Energy
John S. Herrington
Herrington
United States
Geneva
Switzerland
Europe
Ottawa Board of Education, U.S.C. 290 plan talks
Ottawa Board of Education and the Ottawa Education Association will discuss more than twenty non salary topics in contract talks next month. The board listed six topics and the OEA fourteen, with first bargaining sessions expected in the third week of February. Negotiators include Almeda Edwards Chuck Tilman Bud Gollier Frank Garvin Barry Robinson Shirlene Taylor Ken Brecht and Jan Burik. Topics cover certification re training schedules leaves class size pay and dismissal just cause.
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Jay Bemis
Ottawa Board of Education
U.S.C
Ottawa Education Association
Almeda Edwards
Chuck Tilman
OEA
Bud Gollier
Edwards
Frank Garvin
Barry Robinson
Shirlene Taylor
Ken Brecht
Jan Burik
Uaw
Legislature sees death penalty push and waste compact debate
In Topeka the House approved a death penalty bill by 71 to 53, with lethal injection as the official method, while a Senate measure to withdraw Kansas from the Central Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact was introduced. Senate hearings on the waste issue are likely three weeks away, as other liquor-law changes and bills take priority. The session also advanced river streamflow protections and kept an employment training institute in Topeka with House action pending amendments.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Senate
Kansas
Ed Reilly
R Leavenworth
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Reilly
Mike Hayden
John Carlin
House of Representatives
Hayden
Capitol
Phil Martin
Pittsburg
Martin
Merrill Werts
Junction City
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Paul Feleciano
Wichita
Robert T. Stephan
Werts
County Forecast Mostly Cloudy With Rain Chances
The county forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies today with a 30 percent chance of light rain this afternoon and a high near 50. Tonight will be cloudy with a 70 percent chance of rain and lows around 35 to 40. Sunday remains cloudy to mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and daytime highs in the low to mid 40s.
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Steve Zuk
Supercollider
Ottawa
Emporia
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