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Month: March 2013

FHSU to Hold the Big Event

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Fhsu entranceIn 1982, Texas A&M University started the Big Event as a way to say thank you to the community. Other schools have adopted the same idea, including Fort Hays State. Coordinator Chris Roberts says this year’s event will be the third annual, and it has grown and become more organized each year.

Over 250 students are expected to help with a variety of community service projects across town. Those projects range from reading to elementary school children to painting a garage.

Students who want to volunteer or community members who want to suggest a project should go to the website fhsustudents.org.

The Big Event will be held April 4th.

Midwest Energy Sets Deregulation Info Meetings

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Midwest EnergyMidwest Energy is conducting a vote of its 49,000 customer-owners in May to become self-regulated, returning most decision-making authority from the Kansas Corporation Commission to its member-elected Board of Directors.

Midwest Energy has mailed informational brochures to inform its members on self-regulation, and is hosting a series of member meetings to discuss it in the coming weeks.  The meetings will be held in:

Great Bend: Tuesday, Mar. 26, Barton Community College, Fine Arts Bldg.

Colby: Thursday, Mar. 28, Colby Community College, Student Union.

Scott City: Tuesday, April 2, Scott County Library.

Hays: Thursday, April 4, Robbins Center, Fort Hays State University.

All of the meetings begin at 6:30 p.m.

How Should You Display Religious Material?

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The Kansas House will consider historic and religious displays today. House Bill 2037 discusses how “religious material should be displayed in a balanced, objective and not soley religious manner, a manner than neither favors nor disfavors religion generally, or any religious belief, in Kansas public buildings and on public properties.”

The House Committee on Federal and State affairs approved the measure.Statehouse

Moran: Unmanned Aerial Systems good for Kansas

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 U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, a member of the Senate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Caucus, on Mondamoran formal portraity announced that Kansas is one of the top ten states predicted to see enormous economic and job creation impact as production of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) increase. In the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) report titled Economic Benefits of UAS Integration in National Airspace, Kansas is ranked #7, with a total projected economic impact of $2.941 billion and an estimated 3,716 new jobs created between 2015 and 2025.

“The economic impact the UAS industry will have for Kansas is immeasurable, and this news underscores the fact that Kansas is making incredible progress in UAS’ emerging aviation enterprise,” Sen. Moran said. “Kansas already boasts the necessary attributes to manage UAS activities: airspace for UAS operations; multiple airport support facilities; university research and development on sensors, airframes, and engines; university flight and operations training; and avionics development and manufacturing capabilities. The FAA still has much to do to make certain UAS is properly incorporated and accounted for in our national airspace, but the future for UAS in Kansas – the Air Capital of the World – is bright.”

FreedomWorks Honors Huelskamp

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HuelskampFreedomWorks, a national grassroots community of over 4 millions activists, today recognized Kansas First District Congressman, Tim Huelskamp, with the second annual “FreedomFighter Award,” an award given for members of Congress who consistently vote in defense of economic freedom.  FreedomWorks members believe in individual liberty and constitutionally-limited government.

Congressman Huelskamp released this statement regarding the award:

“I am honored to receive the ‘FreedomFighter Award.’ Kansans sent me to Washington to defend their economic freedom from Washington politicians and bureaucrats.  Individuals, businesses and families deserve more freedom, not bigger government.  I will continue to work to protect hard-working taxpayers – and fight for fiscal responsibility in our nation’s Capitol.”

The FreedomWorks Congressional Scorecard is a ground-breaking piece of technology that has drawn an abundance of national media attention.  The user-friendly technology allows activists the ability to track the votes of Members of Congress in ‘real time’ on key issues of economic freedom. Users have the option to search for their lawmakers’ scores by zip code, or to browse each year’s scores by name, state, political party, or score rankings.

FHSU Go Global Students Have Busy Spring Break

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Fourteen Fort Hays State University students are spending their spring break working in Peru. These students are part of the university’s Go Global Program. Screen Shot 2013-03-19 at 6.15.52 AMAccording to the University web site, “

Go Global was developed as one component of the FHSU Learning Communities program, which launched in 2010, and focuses on bringing first-year students with similar interests together by living, taking classes, and participating in university activities together. Go Global students are also offered the opportunity to study aboard during the summer, and this year, for the first time, the opportunity to do humanitarian work in an under-developed country.

Since their arrival in Peru, the students have had the opportunity to sample Peruvian cuisine, tour the city, and begin building relationships with the parish children. They have also toured the local medical facilities and had the pleasure of presenting Father Jack, of their host parish, Los Amigos de Chimbote, with a check to purchase school supplies for the parish children. They have said that the people of Peru are “all so welcoming and friendly,” and they look forward to “literally making an impact” in the community.
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Before leaving, the students agreed to chronicle their experiences in Peru on the newly launched FHSU Making an Impact Blog (www.fhsumakinganimpact.blogspot.com).   (Photo courtesy of FHSU)

Guns and Schools, Hays Police Have Prepared

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Last week the Kansas House approved a measure that would let school districts designate employees who could carry concealed firearms inside their buildings.Hays police

In January, the school board in Emporia voted to have their school resources officers carry guns. Those school security officers have been working with Police in highly publicized active shooter training.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines an Active Shooter as an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area.

Because of the action by their school board, Emporia has made news. But Law Enforcement in Hays has had similar training.

Lt. Brandon Wright told Hays Post in an email, “The Hays Police Department has conducted Active Shooter training in local schools in the past, and we have ongoing plans to do so in the future as well.”

 

 

Sunny Tuesday Ahead

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wxTuesday: Sunny, with a high near 55. East southeast wind 6 to 16 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. North northeast wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow before 9am, then snow likely between 9am and 10am, then a chance of rain and snow after 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Pension Bonds Might Help KPERS

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AP — The top administrator of the retirement system for Kansas teachers and government workers says it would benefit from a legislative proposal to issue $1.5 billion in pension bonds.

Executive Director Alan Conroy told the House pensions committee Monday that its plan would boost the short-term financial health of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System.

KPERS projects a $9.3 billion gap between anticipated revenues and the benefits promised to public employees through 2033. Its assets now cover 53 percent of its obligations.

Legislators made changes last year to close the gap. But KPERS officials say dumping bond proceeds into the retirement system would boost the funding ration to 61 percent in 2015 and accelerate its rise toward 100 percent.

The state would pay off the bonds with KPERS investment earnings.

State Highway Projects in Jeopardy?

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TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) — Kansas’ transportation secretary says a key part of a legislative proposal to lower sales and income taxes will force the state to delay HIGHWAY 40 brollhighway projects.

Transportation Secretary Mike King issued a statement Monday about a provision of a tax bill before the Kansas House that diverts $382 million in revenues over two years from highway projects.

The House bill would follow up on last year’s income tax cuts by allowing further reductions in rates if state revenues grow by more than two percent. It also would allow the state sales tax to drop in July, as scheduled by law.

Lawmakers also must stabilize the budget, and so the House plan diverts highway funds.

Gov. Sam Brownback wants to cancel the sales tax reduction to stabilize the budget.

New Effort to Kill Keystone Pipeline

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MARTELL, Neb. (AP) — Now that a recent environmental report has cleared the way for a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a diverse band of activists is Oil Pipeline 002mustering a new effort to kill the project. The opponents hope to make a big showing at a public hearing on the pipeline in Nebraska this spring. They say they are also appealing to new Secretary of State John Kerry to recommend that federal approval be denied.

The activists include both veteran environmentalists and conservative ranchers angry about intrusions on their property.

The pipeline would transport 800,000 barrels of oil per day from the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast.

The TransCanada oil company says the project would create jobs and further North American energy independence.

 

Glam It Up With Color @ Regis & The Mall In Hays

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