Central Heights eyes truck swap with Ohio Township
The USD 288 Board of Education may swap an older fire truck for a newer one with Ohio Township Fire Department to cut rising fire insurance costs. If approved, Central Heights would transfer the truck, and Ohio Township would base a newer vehicle at the school bus barn for ceremonies, parades and reserve use. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday at Central Heights.
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Cleon Rickel
Central Heights
Ohio Township Fire Department
USD 288 Board of Education
Ohio Township
Deanne Alexander
Alexander
Band festival unites three middle school groups under Dave White
Baldwin City Ottawa and Wellsville middle school bands performed separately before combining for a joint finale at the Frontier League Mid dle School Band Festival directed by Dave White on Tuesday.
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Baldwin City
Ottawa
Wellsville
Dave White
Justice Allen
Mark Paquette
Frontier League
OMS
Arts funding debate highlights Kansas education balance
Senate President Steve Morris and Sen Jay Emler, both former band and choir participants, addressed about 75 Citizens for the Arts supporters at the Capitol rotunda. They urged preserving arts in schools amid No Child Left Behind pressures. Speakers warn time for arts has fallen about 20 percent, risking creativity and broader learning.
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Topeka
Senate
Steve Morris
Jay Emler
Capitol Rotunda
Morris
R-Hugoton
Citizens For
State Department of Education
Joyce Huser
Kansas
Huser
Salina
Connie Burker
Kansas Alliance For Arts Education
Comb
Kansas Music Educators Association
Quilling
Robert Lee
Hutchinson
Lee
Sen
Ember
NCLB
Sign of spring grass fire in Ottawa raises meadow blaze
Firefighters battled a grass fire that spread across the 4100 block of John Brown Road and 1500 block of Texas roads in Ottawa on Thursday afternoon. Officials note spring burns by farmers often trigger such brush fires to clear pastures.
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John Brown
Texas
Ottawa
Franklin County farmers welcome extra rainfall boost
Rainfall over Franklin County has surpassed typical seasonal totals, with just over four inches from diverse storms. Extension agent Darren Hibdon notes the moisture recharges soils and refills ponds, aiding corn and wheat crops while drought risk remains due to heavy clay soils and the need for regular rains. The moisture may enable double cropping if summer weather cooperates.
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Darren Hibdon
Franklin County Extension Ag
Hibdon
Franklin County
Democrats face uphill push to end Iraq war in 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leads a closely divided Democratic caucus with a narrow majority as she proposes a plan to end U S combat in Iraq by September 1 2008, funded through war spending but facing White House veto and GOP opposition. Rep John Murtha remains optimistic the effort could influence policy despite internal dissent and lack of Senate support.
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Washington
House
Nancy Pelosi
Iraq
Pelosi
D-Calif
White House
John Murtha
Murtha
D-Pa
NBC
Senate
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Mike Quilling
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