Agronomy Day to Spotlight No-till Farming
Franklin County Extension hosts Agronomy Day at Centennial Hall starting 9 30 a m with specialists Kilgore Lamond McVay and Taylor covering soils fertilizers application equipment weed management and carbon sequestration through farm plants. Program runs to mid afternoon. Call 229 3520 for details.
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Franklin County Extension
Centennial Hall
Gary Kilgore
Ray Lamond
Kent McVay
Randy Taylor
Lyndon Mayor Wins Leadership Grant Award
Alden Cristesen, Lyndon's mayor, receives a $1000 American Hometown Leadership Award from the National Center for Small Communities funded by Wal-Mart. The nationwide program honors community improvements with 450 awards nationally and 13 in Kansas.
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Lyndon
Alden Cristesen
National Center For Small Communities
Wal-Mart
Kansas
Meneley perjury charges dropped in Topeka case
Two perjury charges against ousted Shawnee County Sheriff Dave Meneley were dismissed as the district attorney said pursuing a second trial outweighed any potential sentence. A prior trial deadlocked on the perjury count, and Meneley still faces a theft charge filed by the attorney general amid ongoing appeals and other prosecutions.
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Topeka
Dave Meneley
Robert Hecht
Hecht
Meneley
Margie J. Phelps
Phelps
Sheriff’s
Timothy P. Oblander
Joan Hamilton
Shawnee County
Carla Stovall
Attorney General's Office
Joel Meinecke
David Debenham
District Attorney’s Office
Meinecke
Hamilton
Debenham
Sheriff's Department
Labette County
Inventor touts fuel from junkyards in energy push
Topeka hearing features Great Bend inventor Steve Thomas describing a process using pulverized scrap metals with water and alcohol to generate hydrogen gas, steam, heat, and electricity. He demonstrates a flame from a tin can and pitches municipal wastewater recycling and on demand energy for vehicles and industry. Thomas holds patents in 81 countries and expects rapid movement by Hydronics Energy Technologies with several large-company negotiations underway.
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Carol Crapper
Harris News Service
Topeka
Great Bend
Steve Thomas
Boeing
Thomas
Senate Utilities Committee
Indus
Hydronics Energy Technologies
Kansas
House gives tentative OK to mental health bill
The Kansas House narrowly advances a study on mental health coverage costs for state workers with a report due March 1, 2002 and a final vote to send the measure to the Senate. Supporters push for a broader mandate while opponents warn of higher premiums and delays.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
Insurance Committee
Bob Tomlinson
R-Roeland Park
Kansas
Tomlinson
Rotunda
Garner
Sandy Praeger
Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
Praeger
Lawrence
Ink.org
Multiple arrests and icy road incidents reported
Daily Report lists arrests at various addresses including Danielle Norton for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Kimberly Delatorre for battery, and others for warrants or license issues. Also notes several icing related traffic incidents with injuries and damages, plus an ambulance call on N Davis Ave.
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Danielle Marie Norton
S. Elm
Travis Winfield Savage
Lawrence
Canterbury Court
Kimberly S. Delatorre
Olive
Kerry S. Lamastres
Former KDHR workers allege sexual discrimination in lawsuits
Two ex KDHR directors, Jill Crumpacker and Heather Whitley, accuse top officials of sexual discrimination and retaliation after raising pay inequities and a pornography finding on agency computers. Whitley plans a Kansas Human Rights Commission complaint. Crumpacker was fired for reporting the incident.
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Topeka
Kan
Department of Human Resources
Jill Crumpacker
KDHR
Heather Whitley
Kansas Human Rights Commission
Lawrence Journal-World
Whitley
Kathy Ketchum
Kansas Lottery
State Board of Regents
Christine Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Crumpacker
Wayne Franklin
Puters
ECHR
A.J. Kotich
Roger Aeschliman
Kotich
Franklin
Aeschliman
Hr.state.ks
Democrats press Graves on declaring energy emergency
Kansas House Democrats urged Gov. Bill Graves to declare an energy emergency, seeking legal opinion on state powers and an emergency payment plan for high natural gas bills. They cite price spikes from tight supplies and cold weather, while a House resolution seeks federal settlements funding for gas assistance.
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Democrats
Graves
Topeka
Bill Graves
House Democrats
Don Brown
Kansas Corporation Commission
Brown
Kansas
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
McKinney
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Glasscock
House
ECC
Senate
Kansas Legislature
Ink.org
Woman leads 30-year effort for Eskridge swimming pool
Eskridge resident Maisie DeVore has spent three decades raising funds through jam sales scrap metal raffles and donations to build a town pool. Gov Graves will present a 73000 grant this week bringing the project to completion and a July 1 opening is planned with space for 144 people.
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Eskridge
Eskridge (Ap
Maisie DeVore
DeVore
tal-Journal
Glenn Close
Close
Sarah
Tall
Deann Williams
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Lawrence Senior Center
8Th
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Robert Angelo
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Peoples National Bank
Fifth and Main
Ottawa Area
Daily Report
Police News
Community Corrections
Kelly
Otter-Jorgensen
S. Hickory
10Th and
Cedar
Sharon E. Blomquist
Garnett
Otter- Jorgensen
Blomquist
Angie Kay Jackson
Wellsville
Vermont
William J. Spratt
Rantoul
Jackson
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lorina M. Schulz
Schulz
Jason W. Wylie
Lane
Wylie
Donna M. Ritter
Ritter
N. Davis Ave
Wabaunsee County
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