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Attorneys Jeff King for the Legislature, left, and Stephen McAllister for the state listen as Alan Rupe, a lawyer for the school districts on the opposing side, makes his case Tuesday to the Kansas Supreme Court. ASSOCIATED PRESS/ORLIN WAGNER/KNS/KCUR.ORG
Justices seek ed funding answers By CELIA LLOPSIS-JEPSEN Kansas News Service
Attorneys for the state and the Legislature faced a barrage of questions from skeptical Kansas Supreme Court justices Tuesday scrutinizing the Legislature’s school finance plan. Solicitor general Stephen McAllister and Jeff King, a former Senate vice president, sought to fend off claims from school districts that Kansas is doing too little to make up for several years in which budget cuts and funding stagnation became the norm and school budgets fell behind inflation. The justices repeatedly interrupted their arguments See JUSTICES | Page A5
Hulls prepare Allen County Fair projects By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register
There’s probably not a pile of lumber in Allen County that the Hulls — Josh, Sam and Laney — couldn’t, if given time and tools, twist into an elegant piece of furniture. When Josh Hull was only 7 years old, he approached the judges at the Allen County Fair with his very first 4-H woodworking project. A toy box. Eight years later, Josh, now 15, is putting the finishing touches on a species of Adirondack chair with a special up-swooping cantilevered footrest, lined with a series of plywood slats. A solidly constructed piece of furniture — a lounger with a sturdy, imposing upper half, but one so light on its feet that it thinks it’s a Queen Anne table. In the years since Josh picked up his first plank of wood, he’s completed a number of large-scale construction projects, including a coffee table and a porch swing. Josh is enrolled in the fair’s photography and cooking competitions as well, but he enjoys woodworking best. “It’s hands on,” he explained. “It keeps my attention, rather than doing something where I’m sitting at a computer all day.”
Above, Laney Hull adds the final touches to one of her many 4-H projects — an elephant planter comprised of clay pots. Below, brothers Josh, left, and Sam Hull assess the level on Josh’s Adirondack chair. REGISTER/RICK DANLEY On MONDAY, Sam, 11, was applying trim to his large, L-shaped desk. The Hulls work in their grandparents’ shop, and on this day, while Sam carefully sized his trimwork, one of the three Fox Red Labradors that roam the Scantlin farm found shade beneath the modesty panel on Sam’s new desk. Some of the staining was difficult, Sam said, but, other than that, building a desk of such advanced proportions — “it wasn’t that See HULLS | Page A5
Water line break hits Emporia
Crews survey the damage of a two-vehicle accident on Tank Farm Road south of Humboldt. The picture above shows how the truck had jacknifed after the impact of the crash. REGISTER/
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a major water main break has left Emporia nearly waterless as temperatures soar. Police said in a Facebook post early today on the department’s official page that crews were working to fix the problem in the town of about 25,000 residents. The outage comes as temperatures are expected to hit 100
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Drivers unscathed in Tank Farm Rd wreck HUMBOLDT — The drivers of a sport utility vehicle and a semitractor-trailer unit escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon after they collided along Tank Farm Road just south of Humboldt. Gerry G. Waltz, 72, Overland Park, was entering Tank Farm Road from the U.S. 169 southbound offramp, when his sport utility vehicle collided with an eastbound truck driven by
Wesley G. Gahman, 60, Erie. Gahman’s truck then slammed into the Tank Farm Road overpass guardrail over U.S. 169 and jackknifed. The impact of the truck caused extensive damage to the guardrail, but it largely remained in place. “It worked exactly as it was designed to,” Sheriff ’s Deputy Daren Kellerman noted. Kellerman also praised the truck driver for maneu-
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vering enough to prevent a head-on collision. “Somebody could have died out there,” he said. Rescue crews from the Humboldt Volunteer Fire Department and Iola Fire Department assisted sheriff ’s deputies and Kansas Department of Transportation workers. The overpass was closed through the afternoon until the wreckage was cleared, but has since been reopened.
degrees. The National Weather Service said the humidity will make it feel closer to 105. Police say the communications center has been flooded with calls about the water outage. Residents were urged not to call 911 to inquire about the situation. A photo on the Emporia Gazette website showed a street covered with water because of the break.
At the bandstand Jake Ard, director Thursday, July 20, 2017 8 p.m. PROGRAM
Star Spangled Banner....................................... (arr. J.P. Sousa) March from Centennial Suite........................... John J. Morris A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes.....David, Hoffman and Livingston William Tell Overture...............................Rossini, arr. Nerden Springfield Regiment........................................... Paul Curnow The Lord of the Rings...................................... Shore, arr. Ford Washington Square............................................ Nancy Seward Visalia Galop......................................................... J.J. Richards A Hanover Prelude............................................... Paul Curnow Boy Scouts of America................................ John Philip Sousa Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.
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