http://www.pratttribune.com/section/ pratttribune.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Sat, 25 May 2013 14:44:57 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529392?rssfeed=true Sat, 25 May 2013 0:01:00 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529392 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529396?rssfeed=true Sat, 25 May 2013 0:01:00 +0000 J.W. Keene http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529396 The Pratt County Extension Office has asked for a small increase in the county's budget appropriation this year ($5,700), following two years of remaining the same. In 2012 the county's appropriation was $188,000, while the request for 2014 is $193,700. The last time the county's appropriation was raised was in 2012 when it was raised $3,000.
Expenditures are proposed as follows: printing, audit, treasurer bond and liability insurance ($2,500); [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529400?rssfeed=true Sat, 25 May 2013 0:01:00 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529400 Each year Pratt Community College recognizes faculty and staff who have gone above and beyond throughout the school year.
This year, Stephanie Wiese, English instructor at PCC for 13 years, was the recipient of the Professional Higher Education Association Instructor of the Year Award.
"I felt very honored to receive this award," Wiese said. "It's always an honor to receive an award that you were nominated for [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529592?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 8:55:05 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529592 Starting around Tuesday, May 28, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will begin an asphalt paving project on US-54 Highway in Kiowa County. This project starts at west city limits of Greensburg and continues east 16 miles to the Kiowa-Pratt County line.
Project construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of October, depending on delays due to adverse weather conditions.
Traffic through this [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529594?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 8:52:20 J.W. Keene http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529594 Pratt County Commissioners discussed vacation and sick leave accumulation with Pratt County Road and Bridge Supervisor Randy Phillippi and Emergency Medical Director Mark McManaman at length, during this week's regular session. Accumulated vacation and sick leave makes the county responsible for a considerable amount of pay, which has not been budgeted for at the present time.
Phillippi and McManaman had previously met with all of the other county [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529597?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 8:49:05 J.W. Keene http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529597 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529839?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 9:24:16 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529839 Beaver sports fans may be yelling "Fore" in the future if a proposal to reinstate golf at Pratt Community College is approved.
A member of the PCC Board of Trustees, Darrell Shumway, presented the proposal at the regular monthly Trustee meeting Monday night. The Trustees took no action on the matter but did discuss the possibility at length.
The new owners of Park Hills Country club are interested in helping the [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529843?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 9:18:18 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529843 Part of its business plan to reorganize after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy was for South Wind Hospice to secure outside financing and to negotiate a discounted agreement on industrial revenue bonds issued by the City of Pratt in 2005 for the construction of the hospice house on Yucca Lane.
That has been accomplished, said Edward Nazar of Redmond and Nazar, LLP, attorney for South Wind Hospice, as he requested that Pratt City commissioners [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529849?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 9:03:32 Carol Bronson http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529849 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529856?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 8:44:47 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529856 The Agape Health Clinic will be open on June 1 from 8 to 11 a.m. The clinic is located in the Chandler Building on Pratt Community College Campus. Please bring proof of income and photo I.D.
The next dental clinic is Aug. 10, but patients must come through the clinic to obtain a referral.
For questions, please call 388-4191.
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529858?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 8:42:50 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529858 A team captain meeting for the 2013 Relay for Life will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 23 at the Pratt Municipal Building. All captains are encouraged to attend.
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529972?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:54 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529972 A one-vehicle roll-over accident on K-61 northeast of Preston claimed one life Monday morning. Another child was transported by helicopter to a Wichita hospital and an adult and child were taken by ambulance to Pratt Regional Medical Center.
Names and further information is not available at this time.
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529973?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:00 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529973 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529976?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:17 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529976 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519262?rssfeed=true Sun, 19 May 2013 0:01:00 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519262 Kansas State University's Bronson Blasi, a senior in architectural engineering, Pratt, is one of just five national recipients of a scholarship from the Besal Scholarship Fund for the 2013-2014 school year. Blasi is receiving a $3,000 scholarship.
The merit-based scholarship is awarded through the Robert J. Besal Memorial Education Fund, which was established to improve education in illuminating engineering and to recognize top lighting students [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519245?rssfeed=true Sat, 18 May 2013 0:01:00 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519245 A pair of promoted sheriff's officers has filled two sheriff's department vacancies with familiar faces.
Sheriff Sgt. Jimmy White was promoted to undersheriff and detention Sgt. Dan Ailstock has been promoted to jail administrator.
Both have been filling these positions in an interim capacity. The pair officially took office Monday, May 13 when Pratt County Sheriff Vernon Chinn notified the Pratt County [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519440?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 10:44:43 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519440 It didn't take long for the Kansas Legislature to respond to the amendment in the Kansas Constitution allowing the Legislature to change the way watercraft are taxed in Kansas.
Legislators created the bill and Gov. Sam Brownback signed it into law on April 16.
The new law will reduce the boat tax to 11.5 percent of assessed value effective on Jan. 1, 2014. The rate will fall again a year later to five percent of [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519441?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 9:01:50 J.W. Keene http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519441 Pratt County Commissioner Glenna Borho has questioned policies presently being used to regulate, or not regulate, employee use of vacation and sick leave. Accumulation of hours of both, according to Borho, does not seem to be fair to Pratt County.
One of the major flaws in the present policies being used, allows employees to be paid for accumulated hours at their most recent rate of pay even though hours were earned years ago when employees were [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519439?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 8:58:46 Carol Bronson http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519439 The Pratt USD 382 Board of Education approved the donation of two scholarships at its regular meeting Monday night.
Letha Mae Gilham will give a scholarship of $500 per year, renewable for up to four years, for a total gift of $4,000.
"She really wants to help kids go to college," Superintendent Suzan Patton commented.
In addition, the family of Clifford Brown, who taught [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130515/NEWS/130519495?rssfeed=true Wed, 15 May 2013 16:52:45 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20130515/NEWS/130519495 http://www.pratttribune.com/section/ pratttribune.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Sat, 25 May 2013 14:44:57 +0000