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The Kansas Authors Club announces its 2008 Writing Contest for Youth. Kansas students, grades 1 through 12, may submit one entry in each of three categories. via Salina Journal

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“It seems the most natural path to take.”

Imagine University of Kansas senior Nick Weiser as a 5-year-old sitting at the old upright piano in his dad's bar in a western Kansas town. via The University of Kansas

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“I would have been one of those displaced children, probably”

Ninety-one years young, Beryl still talks proudly of the little guy with asthma who used to shoot baskets in the goal above the garage. via The Oklahoman

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“A lot of people have seen rotation, but no one has reported a funnel”

At least one tornado has touched down on the High Plains of western Kansas this afternoon, and a line of thunderstorms is pounding central sections of the state with large hail and damaging winds. via The Wichita Eagle

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued administrative orders assessing civil penalties for violations of state food service or lodging regulations, or for operating without a license. via WIBW-TV Topeka

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Recent government inspections of federally inspected beef processors have found two large facilities in violation of humane handling standards. via Western Livestock Journal

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Storm Team 12 is on alert for more thunderstorms this afternoon, bringing the threat of large hail, wind and heavy rain. via Kansas' CW

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Click for More News Updated: One-thousand hay bail will likely take days to burn themselves out. via KWCH

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The fire chief in Ford County blames a downed powerline for a five acre feedlot blaze. via KBSL 10

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NOTAM Number: FDC 8/5799 Issue Date: May 01, 2008 at 1601 UTC Location: Wichita, Kansas Beginning Date and Time: May 04, 2008 at 1750 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 04, 2008 at 2300 UTC Reason for NOTAM: ... via Aero-News Network

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