Wal-Mart drivers win state team trophy at Kansas contest
Wal-Mart Stores’ Ottawa based truck drivers won the 2005 Kansas Motor Carriers Association Professional Truck Driving Championships team trophy at the Kansas Expocenter in Topeka on June 17 18. Ottawa drivers Jeff Davis Vaughn Harris and Christopher Jones led class wins and national contenders.
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Wal-Mart
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
Kansas Expocentre
Topeka
Jeff Davis
Ottawa
Vaughn Harris
Christopher Jones
Perry Goodenberger
Winterset
Iowa
Dennis Hull
Liberty
Wal- Mart
Tampa
Fla
Mary Napier
Wal-Mart Stores
Special session opens over Kansas school funding mandate
TOPEKA AP Legislators open the first special session in 15 years divided over how to meet a Kansas Supreme Court order to add 143 million dollars in education funding by July 1 plus the prior 142 million increase. The plan would lift annual state aid past 3 billion across 300 districts. Some conservatives dispute the court’s authority while others urge compliance to avoid a constitutional crisis.
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Titer Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Doug
Mays
Topeka
Senate
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Sebelius
Bush urges Congress on energy bill to back nuclear power
President Bush pressed Congress to pass an energy bill ahead of promoting nuclear power as a major domestic energy source. He toured Calvert Cliffs noting plans for a third reactor and cited nuclear power as key to reducing fossil fuel use while acknowledging fuel prices may not drop immediately.
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Lusby
Bush
Congress
U.S
France
White House
Constellation Energy Group Inc
Calvert Cliffs
United States
Constellation Energy
County Clerk payroll overtime controversy intensifies
Commissioners charge County Clerk Perry failed to disclose overtime rules in 2003 executive sessions. A wage hour seminar and a consulting attorney opinion are cited, with a call for a professional HR department. They oppose returning payroll to the Clerk and note a 205,782.54 overtime expense drawn from equipment reserves amid a court appeal.
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Perry
District Court
Human Resources Department
Franklin County
Kansas Court of Appeals
Don Hay
Commission
Don Stottlemire
Two-Headed Cat Gemini Dies in Oregon
Gemini, a two headed kitten born this month in Glide, Oregon, died after seeming very tired and refusing to eat. Owner Lee Bluetear said the cause was not known and noted the worldwide interest sparked by the animal’s story and photo.
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Gemini
Roseburg
Ore
Lee Bluetear
Glide
Bluefear
Goodwill Plans Aggressive Expansion Across Counties
Nolan says Goodwill will aggressively expand into eight new stores across eastern Kansas and western Missouri within 18 months. The nonprofit operates 13 stores in the Kansas City region, funding programs for disabled and disadvantaged people and providing employment opportunities.
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Goodwill
Ottawa
Kansas
Missouri
Nolan
Kansas City
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