City Band to play at Chautauqua and July Fourth concert
The City Band will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday with selections including The Chimes of Liberty and Daughters of Texas and highlights from Phantom of the Opera. There is no concert July 3. a July Fourth show at Forest Park at 8 p.m. precedes a Jaycees fireworks display. City officials also plan a road trip to inspect the Haysville sewer plant, leaving City Hall at 8:30 a.m. and returning about 5 p.m., with no work session that day.
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Ritchie Named to American Angus Association Group
Jacque Ritchie of Wellsville is named a new junior member of the American Angus Association. Junior members may register Angus cattle and participate in association shows and events.
Bills eyed to allow fire donations to departments
The bill would permit donation of used firefighting gear to volunteer departments with re certification to meet manufacturer specs. It follows an effort in Texas and has support from Rep Jo Ann Emerson as part of expanding liability protections and increasing grant funding for firefighting equipment nationwide.
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Contamination Rise Tugs at High Plains Aquifer Water
U S Geological Survey finds rising nitrates pesticides and dissolved solids in the High Plains aquifer including the Ogallala under western Kansas. In 16 percent of central-area sites nitrates exceed safe drinking water standards, with 29 percent of dissolved solids above 500 mg per liter. Cleanup costs loom as farms fuel pollution in a system serving 2.2 million people across eight states.
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Litke
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Oklahoma
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Kansas prescription drug program moves toward rollout
The program targets residents 67 or older with proof of prescription purchases and income under 150 percent of poverty. Applicants must not qualify for other drug programs. Applications arrive in September with enrollment in December, payments to begin in January. participants pay 30 percent. Maintenance meds are covered. OTC drugs are not. Representative Nichols criticized delays, but officials cite funding and schedule intentions.
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Rocky Nichols
Topeka
Spankings policy debate in Kansas schools continues
Kansas lawmakers have resisted a full ban on corporal punishment with local boards handling discipline. The Kansas State Department of Education notes that corporal punishment differs from grabbing or touching, with policies requiring parent notification. Some districts like Honston High School have stopped spankings, using detention, in school suspension or expulsion for misbehavior. Parental support and engaging programs are seen as key to better student behavior.
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Topeka
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Concordia's first airplane partially rebuilt in old shop
Don Kerr, a former grocer and car restorer, is piecing together Concordia’s historic aircraft built in 1929 by Frank E. Keller. The plane, flown by Walta Lewis in the early 1930s, spent 45 years in a Pittsburg barn before returning to the Keller family and now to Cloud County Museum with Kerr restoring it in his north of town shop.
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Wichita
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St Louis unveils radical new planetarium approach
St Louis Science Center transforms James S McDonnell Planetarium into a multi exit 80 foot dome space with revolving exhibits. The revamped center opens June 22 after 18 months and 13 million dollars featuring 10 minute talks and self guided star viewing with glow maps and Scout sleepovers.
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