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		<title>Annual Kansas Wheat Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/05/01/annual-kansas-wheat-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schrant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mother Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter Wheat Crop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just how bad is it? We should know the answer by the end of the week, the answer to the question – how much damage did Mother Nature dish out to this year’s Winter Wheat Crop in light of the several early spring cold snaps that have occurred. Nearly 80-farmers and other agricultural experts will ...]]></description>
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		<title>More State Workers Hired in 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/04/25/more-state-workers-hired-in-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/04/25/more-state-workers-hired-in-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schrant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil Service System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kansas State University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report from the Kansas Department of Administration shows that the trend in hiring state employees is to hire unclassified workers and fewer classified workers who are protected by the Civil Service System. In those new numbers – more state workers hired overall in 2013, however, most of the new positions were temporary jobs with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas Wheat Innovation Center</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/04/22/kansas-wheat-innovation-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schrant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[April]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[host]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Grand Opening of the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center takes place this week in Manhattan. There won’t be the traditional ribbon-cutting to open a new business but rather the slicing of an 8-foot long loaf of bread. The Kansas Wheat Commission will host the ceremony and open house this Friday, April 26th. The $10.3-million center ...]]></description>
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		<title>Human Trafficking Bill Signed into Law</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/04/22/human-trafficking-bill-signed-into-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/04/22/human-trafficking-bill-signed-into-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schrant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governor Brownback]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trafficking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed into law today the state’s first ever comprehensive anti-human trafficking law. The emphasis of the new law is to protect children from commercial sexual exploitation. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt helped craft the new law. He called it, “… a great stride in the fight against modern-day slavery.” Governor Brownback ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas Residents Seeking State Assistance to be Tested</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/04/17/kansas-residents-seeking-state-assistance-to-be-tested/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schrant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Sam Brownback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kansas Senate Vice President Jeff King is the lead sponsor of a bill that will require a Kansas Welfare Agency to test residents seeking cash assistance if there is a reasonable suspicion they are using drugs. King estimates that about 8% of welfare recipients in Kansas show indications of drug use. Senator King will get ...]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Cautions</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/burning-cautions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/burning-cautions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[KQNK News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S FARM SERVICE AGENCY AND THE KANSAS STATE CONSERVATIONIST FOR USDA’S NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE HAVE ISSUED A JOINT BURN ADVISORY. KANSAS LANDOWNERS AND OPERATORS ENROLLED IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM CONTRACTS WITH PRESCRIBED BURNS PLANNED OR SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED SHOULD BE AWARE THAT PERSISTENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS KANSAS ARE CREATING ...]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Cantata</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/easter-cantata/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/easter-cantata/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE NORTON CHURCH OF GOD CHOIR WILL PRESENT THE EASTER MUSICAL &#8220;MY SAVIOR, MY GOD&#8221; THIS SUNDAY. THE PRESENTATION WILL BEGIN AT 10:45 A.M. AT THE FIRST CHURCH OF GOD, 1010 CHURCHILL DRIVE. THIS MUSICAL IS ARRANGED BY RICHARD KINGSMORE. IT NOT ONLY TELLS THE STORY OF JESUS&#8217; FINAL HOURS ON THIS EARTH, BUT ALSO ...]]></description>
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		<title>Story Time</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/story-time-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/story-time-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[KQNK News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SPRING IS HERE AND THE NORTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE HELPING THE KIDS CELEBRATE THE NEW SEASON AT STORY TIME TODAY.  BEGINNING BRIDGE LESSONS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00 NEXT WEEK, INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY. TODAY’ STORY TIME WILL BE HELD AT 10:30. THE LIBRARY STAFF WILL BE SHARING STORIES, SONGS, ACTIVITIES, AND ...]]></description>
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		<title>Norton City Council Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/norton-city-council-notes-19/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/norton-city-council-notes-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[KQNK News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE RESOLUTION FOR AN UNSAFE PROPERTY AND THE ISSUE OF DOGS WERE ITEMS FOR THE NORTON CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.  AT THE LAST MEETING, THE COUNCIL HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN UNSAFE PROPERTY AT 109 EAST MAIN, OWNED BY PAUL GOWER OF PHILLIPSBURG.  AFTER THE HEARING THE COUNCIL FOUND THE PROPERTY TO BE UNSAFE ...]]></description>
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		<title>Big Bang Theory</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/big-bang-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/21/big-bang-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[KQNK News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MANY RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED THE SOUND OF A LOUD BANG LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  AFTER INVESTIGATION, THE NORTON POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF A TRANSFORMER BEING BLOWN, OR ANY OTHER EXPLANATION.  POLICE CHIEF PAT MOREL IS ALSO ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO LOCK AND SECURE THEIR VEHICLES, HOUSES AND SHEDS DUE TO ALL AGES OF PEOPLE WALKING ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hansen Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/12/hansen-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/12/hansen-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE DANE G. HANSEN FOUNDATION OF LOGAN HAS NAMED 260 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FROM 59 NORTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES AS WINNERS IN ITS 38TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION.  12 SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO KANSAS COMMUNITY OR TECHNICAL COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS WHO ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AT A KANSAS FOUR YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.  IN ...]]></description>
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		<title>Court Report</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/12/court-report-178/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/12/court-report-178/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Court Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A BELLEVILLE RESIDENT PLED TO A DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED CHARGE IN NORTON MUNICIPAL COURT.  JODY SKIPTON WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED FEBRUARY 8TH INCIDENT.  SKIPTON PLED GUILTY AND WAS FINED 250 DOLLARS PLUS COURT COSTS OF 76.  SKIPTON WAS TO HAVE THE FINES PAID BY MARCH 8TH, ACCORDING TO ...]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Devo Agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/12/eco-devo-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/12/eco-devo-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[KQNK News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE UPDATE ON THE NORTON ESTATES AND THE E-COMMUNITY YOUTH INVOLVEMENT WILL BE ITEMS FOR THE NORTON CITY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD TONIGHT.  THE NORTON ESTATES CONTINUES ON THE ROAD TO 12 DUPLEXES.  THE E-COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TEAM CONTINUES TO WORK WITH NEX-TECH AND THE TWIN CREEKS EXTENSION ON YOUTH INVOLVEMENT.  FOUR NORTON BUSINESSES WERE REPRESENTED ...]]></description>
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		<title>School Board Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/12/school-board-notes-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/12/school-board-notes-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[YEAR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE FINANCES FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE SUMMER PROGRAMS WERE ITEMS FOR THE USD 211 NORTON BOARD OF EDUCATION LAST NIGHT.  SUPERINTENDENT GREG MANN REVIEWED THE BUDGET PICTURE FOR 2013-14.  WHEN LENORA USD 213 JOINED THE NORTON DISTRICT, THE STATE ALLOWED A BUDGET BLESSING TO USE FOR THREE YEARS.  THE BASE AID PER PUPIL AT ...]]></description>
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		<title>Library Spring Break</title>
		<link>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/11/library-spring-break/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kqnk.com/2013/03/11/library-spring-break/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Wente</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[KQNK News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE NORTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE HOSTING SEVERAL FUN ACTIVITIES TO HELP CHILDREN KEEP BUSY DURING SPRING BREAK:  ON WEDNESDAY,  THERE WILL BE A BOARD GAME MORNING FOR 1ST THROUGH 6TH GRADERS FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M.  CHILDREN ARE ASKED TO BRING A BOARD GAME AND A FRIEND! ON THURSDAY, PRESCHOOL STORY TIME WILL ...]]></description>
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