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. Tue, 26 Nov 2013 3:25:38 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129583?rssfeed=true Tue, 26 Nov 2013 0:01:00 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129583 Pratt Energy, the organization operating the ethanol plant, has applied for a property tax exemption in consideration for the amount of work they had to do to get the plant up and running after it sat vacant for five years. It has about 35 employees.
The Pratt County Commissioners will consider the application that could last a maximum of 10 years. The plant has had about $18 million in start up improvements.
http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129590?rssfeed=true Tue, 26 Nov 2013 0:01:00 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129590 Democratic Rep. Paul Davis, the 41-year-old minority leader in the Kansas House and candidate for governor, isn't willing to second guess how the Kansas Supreme Court will rule in the educational funding issue now waiting their decision.
"I don't predict what the (Supreme Court) judges will do. They can be unpredictable," Davis said. "Conventional wisdom says they will probably uphold the lower court decision."
http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129591?rssfeed=true Tue, 26 Nov 2013 0:01:00 +0000 Carol Bronson http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129591 What does a day for a newspaper and photographer look like? How does an attorney spend his time? Or a veterinarian? Or a police officer?
During this school year, every Liberty Middle School eighth grader will shadow someone in a career he or she is considering as part of a nine-week career class. Eleven students shadowed for a two- to four-hour period last Wednesday.
Students had been asked to indicate their top [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129592?rssfeed=true Tue, 26 Nov 2013 0:01:00 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129592 The Circles Campaign is a national action plan that brings the best efforts and resources of individuals, organizations, communities and government in a program it says is proven to raise people out of poverty.
The Hope Center plans to use Circles as its third tier of helping, after getting people the immediate resources they need and connecting them to other agencies that can assist.
In the model, the family is [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131123/NEWS/131129695?rssfeed=true Sat, 23 Nov 2013 0:01:00 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131123/NEWS/131129695 The funding of education in Kansas and a possible change in the Kansas Constitution will probably rest on the shoulders of Kansas Legislators when the 2014 session begins on Jan. 13.
Prompting that debate is the impending decision from the Kansas Supreme Court concerning the requirement of Article Six in the Kansas Constitution that calls for the State Legislature to fund education equal to the cost amounts of their own studies, said Skyline [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131123/NEWS/131129720?rssfeed=true Sat, 23 Nov 2013 0:01:00 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131123/NEWS/131129720 Kansas Wesleyan University is the latest Kansas institution of higher education to sign an agreement of understanding with Pratt Community College that will make it easier to transfer student hours from PCC to other universities.
Agreements of understanding between PCC and state universities are not new. But with the ever-increasing costs of a college education, PCC students have recently been seeking verification that their course work will be [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131123/NEWS/131129726?rssfeed=true Sat, 23 Nov 2013 0:01:00 +0000 Carol Bronson http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131123/NEWS/131129726 The number one problem in Kansas is our perception of ourselves, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Secretary Robin Jennison said at the annual Pratt Area Chamber of Commerce annual meeting Thursday night.
"We don't think we have anything anybody wants to see," he continued. "That couldn't be farther from the truth."
Kansas has never promoted itself and ranks 47th among the states in money spent [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131122/NEWS/131129736?rssfeed=true Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:41:04 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131122/NEWS/131129736 The Hope Center fund-raiser, An Evening With Miss Kansas, has been rescheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the National Guard Armory, due to the illness of Theresa Vail.There is still time to RSVP to 770-2277, 672-5870 or landis @sctelcom.net
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129874?rssfeed=true Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:12:02 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129874 The Pilot Club Holiday Express train event at Sixth Street Park has been canceled for Sunday, due to cold weather.
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129887?rssfeed=true Thu, 21 Nov 2013 8:55:15 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129887 The nation's wounds have never truly healed in the 50 years since an assassin's bullets cut short the life of the thirty-fifth president John F. Kennedy.
News of the assassination on Friday, Nov. 22, 1963 made its way across the country on television and radio.
Like other critical historical events, people who were old enough still remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. On [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129889?rssfeed=true Thu, 21 Nov 2013 8:50:20 +0000 Carol Bronson http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129889 Volunteers at Pratt Regional Medical Center are serious about funding two $1,000 scholarships each year for students interested in going into the health care field. This year they're having a lot of fun raising money to support the project.
Instead of the usual bake sale, they're selling toys from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 in the hospital cafeteria.
Volunteer coordinator Susan Lynch's office is crowded [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129890?rssfeed=true Thu, 21 Nov 2013 8:48:18 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129890 After an absence of several years, the renewal of a golf program at Pratt Community College is under review.
Number crunchers in the administration will be busy over the next month looking at costs and revenues of reinstating golf and will report to trustees at their next monthly meeting in December.
Kurt McAfee, PCC athletic director, said the state-funding model was different the last time the college [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129895?rssfeed=true Thu, 21 Nov 2013 8:42:24 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129895 A community Thanksgiving service will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at the Pratt Municipal Building. The service is sponsored by the Pratt County Ministers Association.
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129899?rssfeed=true Thu, 21 Nov 2013 8:12:39 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129899 Not much has changed in terms of the expected timing of the approaching cold front... meteorologists are still talking about rain chances starting tonight and increasing on Thursday, with a changeover to a "wintry mix" sometime Thursday evening/night.
What has changed is that forecasters are now discussing ice accumulations as that precipitation makes the crossover from nice, friendly rain to treacherous, freezing rain. At the moment, [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131120/NEWS/131129969?rssfeed=true Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:17:11 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131120/NEWS/131129969 Due to cold weather predictions for Saturday, Old Fashioned Christmas activities will be held at the Pratt Municipal Building from 3 to 5 p.m. At this time, all scheduled activities will go on, including a visit from the reindeer, whose trailer will be parked outside.
Unless the weather is wet, the lighting ceremony is planned for Main Street at 5:30 p.m.
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119361?rssfeed=true Tue, 19 Nov 2013 9:38:47 +0000 Carol Bronson http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119361 As the first order of business, the Pratt City Commission presented service awards to a dozen employees Monday evening.
10 years: Rodney Tritt, animal control; and Lewis Mayes Jr., parks department
15 years: LuAnn Kramer, city clerk and utility billing; James Ferbert, police officer; Darrell Hohensee, power plant operator; Jimmie Koontz, line distribution; and Greg Denny, wastewater plant
http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119368?rssfeed=true Tue, 19 Nov 2013 9:29:27 +0000 Gale Rose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119368 The Pratt County Commissioners have offered the position of Community Service Coordinator to Nancy Smith.
The position is subject to Smith’s acceptance and the completion of a background check, said Pratt County Counselor Bob Schmisseur at the regular weekly commission meeting Monday night.
The community service coordinator is responsible for organizing the various activities that law offenders have to [...]]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119372?rssfeed=true Tue, 19 Nov 2013 9:15:24 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119372 The public is invited to attend the Liberty Middle School seventh and eighth grade band concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19 in the LMS auditorium.
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119374?rssfeed=true Tue, 19 Nov 2013 9:11:45 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119374 A sing-along will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 at the Senior Citizens Center. Usually held the last Friday of every month, the date was moved up a week because of Thanksgiving.
]]> http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119375?rssfeed=true Tue, 19 Nov 2013 9:06:57 +0000 http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119375 A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the Pratt Community Center, 619 N. Main. Walk-ins are welcome
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