County meeting to discuss computers and IT billing agenda
Franklin County Commission set for Monday meetings with County Health Director Barbara Conus at 8 30 a m to discuss computers and IT phone billing with consultant Jason Parks at 11 a m. Sheriff Davis and others join topics on Osborne Terrace easements Community Corrections contract Rock Creek Road personnel and more. County Oaks to perform at Ottawa Senior Center noon Wednesday with lunch reservations by noon Tuesday. Ottawa City Commission to review draft ordinance creating Municipal Auditorium Authority at 3 p m and electric fund details. ORC holds special meeting Tuesday at 11 30 a m to review recreation center options after the City Commission rejected the latest proposal.
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Bioterrorism training expands in Kansas and Oklahoma
State and local officials increase preparedness for bioterror threats amid heightened vigilance since Sept. 11. Maj. Gen. Greg Gardner and Anne Allen note growing interest and health care involvement, with drills revealing gaps and stressing local action and private partnerships to detect, isolate, and treat outbreaks. Organizations cited include Kansas Emergency Management, KDHE, and the CDC.
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Homeland Security
Anne Allen
Kansas Emergency Management
Allen
Gardner
Manhattan
Holton
Jelly justice not sweet at Sherwood Middle School
Eighth graders at Sherwood Middle School threw jelly at classmate Andy Johnson as discipline as a reading exercise alternative. The incident prompted a school board review of student discipline and handbooks across the district amid concerns about civil rights and peer-administered punishment.
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Sherwood Middle School
Frank Flemg
Andyohnson
Williams
Johnson
Daphne Thacker
Kansas farmers better prepared for drought than 1996 impact
Insurance experts say Kansas farmers facing this year’s drought are in better shape than in 1996 due to higher crop insurance coverage and heavier government subsidies. As of now about 3,633 farmers filed claims covering 453,667 acres worth nearly $30.6 million in Kansas, with losses rising weekly and Greeley County posting the largest insured-dollar losses.
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Topeka
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Greeley County
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Stevens
Morton
Stanton
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Haskell
Thomas
Art Barnaby Jr
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Department of Agricultural Economics
Cheyenne
Sherman, Stanton and
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Regents Confirm Bond Grier and Shank to Kansas Board
The Senate Confirmations Oversight Committee endorsed Gov. Graves' picks Dick Bond James Grier II and Donna Shank for four year terms on the Kansas Board of Regents. The appointees begin Monday, serving until the full Senate considers confirmations next year amid looming gubernatorial changes.
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Board of Regents
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Overland Park
James R. Grier II
Wichita
Martin K. Eby Construction Co
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