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Hutchinson, Kans.
> CHEMICAL-FREE TREES The college town of Lawrence, Kans., is testing a plan to ban all pesticides and herbicides from public parks
In Jennings, Kans., students from kindergarten through high school total about 30 in a single building. Next year only the elementary grades will remain; Grade 6 and up will be bused some 30 miles to Oberlin or Hoxie. It's expected that the younger kids will be bused away as...
Such failures offer lessons. Free land alone is not enough. Struggling towns need to attract folks who bring incomes with them or will commute to a larger city for work. And the towns are not above a little salesmanship. So Ellsworth, where Wild Bill Hickock once roamed and locals insist...
Minneapolis, Kans., started a successful program in 1999. But it wasn't until Marquette enjoyed huge success with its program in 2003 that word spread, inspiring copycats. Marquette, within an hour's drive of Salina and Hutchinson, bought 50 acres of wheat field on the west side and began laying...