Conflicting Gradations Prompt Scheduling Revisions Area wide
Multiple graduation ceremonies clash at 2 p m on May 20 as Ottawa High Central Heights Wellsville High Ottawa University and Kansas University run simultaneous events. Officials foresee lighter Reunion attendance but plan date changes to ease conflicts and allow broader family participation.
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Ottawa High School
Central Heights
Wellsville High School
Ottawa University
Kansas University
the Baptist University
B. Martin Peck Animal Shelter Mission and Adoption Policy
The B Martin Peck Animal Shelter outlines its humane mission to place animals in loving homes and prevent running loose. It notes a 40 to 50 percent adoption rate, reasons animals are not adoptable, and the need for spaying or neutering by law. The shelter emphasizes education, euthanasia for incurable cases, and invites the public to visit or contact the facility at 230 W 19th Street. Hours are 1 to 5 30 p.m. weekdays and 9 to noon Saturdays.
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B. Martin Peck Animal Shelter, Inc
19Th Street
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Chaos ends legislative wrap up in Kansas like a late night scene
The Kansas Legislature wraps up after long delays and late night sessions. The Senate and House endured music, card games, and rubber band fights as members haggled over votes and last minute maneuvers to finish by the era’s end.
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Topeka
Senate
Kansas
House
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
Robert Docking
Gary Sherrer
Kent Glasscock
Glasscock
Manhattan
Bill Graves
Capitol
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Kansas communities depend on local leadership and participation
Kansas Farm Bureau writer John Schlageck highlights McCracken Kansas as an example of a shrinking rural town kept alive by five local residents who run the grocery. He argues that sustained vitality requires active citizen engagement, local commerce, and collaboration between farmers, ranchers, and businesses to resist depopulation.
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Kansas
Dodge City
Kansas City
Rush County
McCracken
Hays
Main Street
Ness City
LaCrosse
McCracken Community Grocery
McCracken Grocery
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