Trustees elect officers boost mammography at RMH
Ran som Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees elected Gaeddert as chairman with Redeker as vice chair and Derousseau as treasurer Ransom as secretary. They approved 65540 for new mammography equipment and 3000 for suite remodeling to regain ACR accreditation by August. Auxiliary pledged 35000 and foundation fundraising planned. Finance and performance improvement reports discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eith Gaeddert
Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Robert L. Redeker
Adrian Derousseau
W.B. Ransom
Kathy Kaub
ACR
Bob Bregant
Garnett
Olathe
AMH
Bregant
RMH
RMH Charitable Foundation
Penny Andrews
Andrews
Lela Mae Jones
Redeker
Gaeddert and
David Alderman
Recycling Efforts Push Kansas Toward Cleaner Future
Kansas moves to expand recycling amid rising centers and 17 percent household trash recycling. Leaders warn markets and costs challenge growth while grassroots support and curbside programs in Hays and Hutchinson push communities to recycle for water safety and future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Foerster
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bureau of Waste Management
Kansas
Foerster
Hutchinson
Fallis
HOPE
PET
North Carolina
Republic Paperboard
Far East
Cary
Hays
Kansas sets pollution standards for major river basins
The 1995 settlement with the EPA requires KDHE to establish pollution limits for polluted segments in all Kansas river basins by 2006, with a target to finish by 2003 in the Kansas and lower Republican basins. Officials state the Kansas basin holds about 40 percent of the population and faces urban and agricultural contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KCHE
Kansas
Republican River
Charles Benjamin
Kansas Natural Resource Council
The
Sierra Club
KDHE
Arkansas
Cimarron
Benjamin
Tom Stiles
Republican
Stiles
Dust storms shaped life on a Dodge County farm
Holladay recalls 1960s dust storms near Dodge City as 1700 acre farm on grandparents' land faced erosion and darkness. Families kept dishes covered, lit kerosene lamps, dampened windows with wet sacks, and wore dust masks while enduring scorching heat and static electricity from wind driven dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holladay
Harley
Dodge City
Dust Bowl fears mix with Kansas weather history
The article recalls Dust Bowl era farming, drought, and heat in Kansas. It cites state climatologist Mary Knapp on the unlikely repeat but notes past droughts and severe storms across centuries. It discusses ongoing erosion prevention, shifting farming practices, and the growing impact of natural disasters on urban growth. It references extensive tornado, flood, and heat events, with historical death tolls and notable May 3 tornado activity.
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Holladay
Boot Hill
Dodge City
Mary Knapp
Kansas
Manhattan
Knapp
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States
Central Plains
Plains
Florida
California
Massachusetts
National Weather Service
Mississippi
Arkansas
Secon
Iowa
Texas
Centre Plains
Oklahoma
Osage City man charged in Lebo bank heist
A 75-year-old Osage City man, Charles Marvin Peer, was charged by federal authorities with robbing the State Bank of Lebo last month. An affidavit alleges he passed a note, showed a handgun, and left with about $12,500. A detention hearing is set for Tuesday. conviction could bring up to 20 years without parole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiles
KDHE
Benjamin
Osage City
Lebo Bank
Topeka
Lebo
Peer
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Russell Fallis Jr
Kansas Recyclers Association
Midwest Recycling
Fort Riley
Nemaha County
Salina
Images Recycling
Fourth Street
Ken Reitz
Jim Hill
Salina Sanitation Superident
Reitz
Council
Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Marvin Peer
U.S
Jackie Williams
Dow Jones
SAP
Avver
S&p
Siegaig
Jones
Industria
NYSE
S&p 500
Russell
AME
Nasdaq
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