Weather snapshot with a Steve breeze and storms risk
A breezy tonight with a 40 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, low around 70. South wind 15 to 25 mph. Tuesday likely to bring thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon. High near 85. For more weather, see page 2.
Jayhawker Days Parade Opens Williamsburg Festival
Color guard Melvern Dufur and Larry Moore from Hulk Cromwall American Legion Post 119 lead the annual Jayhawker Days parade in Williamsburg as it travels downtown east and back. The B and B Railroad train, part of Grandpa's Production, St Joseph, carries children for a downtown tour with games and rides at the festival.
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Melvern Dufur
Larry Moore
Hulk Cromwall American Legion Post 119
Waverly
Williamsburg
B & B Railroad
Grandpa
St. Joseph
Supreme Court bans student led prayer at high school games
The Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that public schools may not permit students to lead prayers over the stadium’s public address system before high school football games. Justice Stevens writes the prayer is not private speech and highlights the government church separation.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Bronday
Texas
Nity
John Paul Stevens
ABC News
George W. Bush
Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor
Anthony M. Kennedy
Franklin County Children’s Coalition Identifies Three Key Areas
The Franklin County Children’s Coalition names Preschool and Child Care, Early intervention of problem behaviors, and Community laws and norms favorable toward problem behavior as its top three welfare priorities for county youth. The needs assessment by Connect Kansas used census data and student surveys to guide planning with school districts, SRS, health and mental health agencies, and juvenile justice. Coalition chair Ken Woods stresses collaboration to turn identified problems into solutions.
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Herald
Franklin County Children’s Coalition
Connect Kansas
Communities That Care
Coalition
Ken Woods
Woods
Children’s Coalition
State
SRS Office
Franklin County Mental Health
Franklin County Health Department
ECEAN
DCCA
COF
Juvenile Justice System
Jennifer Carmona
Welfare reform linked to rising uninsured adults
Washington AP reports nearly a million low income parents lost Medicaid due to welfare overhaul, leaving about 945,880 adults with children dropped from 1996 to 1999 in 15 states. Families USA cites strict rules, low income thresholds, and mismanagement as causes, urging fixes amid claims of policy success.
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Washington
Families USA
Louisiana
Ron Pollack
Pollack
William Waldman
The
American Public Human Services Association
Silent Heroes of the Chosin Breakout in Korea War
The Korea War’s harsh Chosin Reservoir fighting showcased the 1st Marine Division’s grim winter withdrawal. Chinese attacks under -75 degree winds left Marines surrounded. a brutal two week breakout ferried out wounded and dead. Veterans recall a homefront indifferent to the war’s sacrifice.
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Ansacio
Prass
William Schreier
Hendersonville
N.C
Schreier
Chosin Reservoir
Associated Press
1St Marine Division
North Korea
Pusan
Inchon
Seoul
Win Scott
China
1St
Marine Division
U.S
Northeastern
Manchuria
Martin Russ
Chosin
United Nations
8Th
Korea
Mark Winger
Oregon
Yudam Ni
Scott
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Advica
Camics
Waynesville, N.C
Chosin Few Veterans Association