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Sandbaggers work to hold back flood.

The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS)

| May 09, 2007 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Stan Finger, Beccy Tanner, Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor and Barbara Isenberg

May 9--HAVEN -- With four counties including Sedgwick under a flood warning until Friday afternoon, farmers, businessmen and students worked Tuesday to fill sandbags and plug holes in dikes, trying to hold back the Arkansas River.

Twenty-five people in Reno County were rescued from floodwaters.

"We're trying to do rescues all up and down the Arkansas River," Reno County Emergency Management Director Bill Guy said. High water closed down a school in Nickerson and several roads in Reno County.

In rural Rice County, residents and rescuers used personal watercraft to evacuate neighbors from stranded homes.…

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