KDOT announces March bids for highway projects state wide
The Kansas Department of Transportation announced approved March bids for state highway construction and maintenance. In southwest Kansas projects include Kearny County pavement work on US 50 near Lakin. Smoky Hill LLC of Salina won a 1.804 million bid for sealing miles of Kansas highways. Mid America Road Builders Inc. of Platte City won a 730 thousand dollar contract for work on routes including K-27 and related county lines.
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Kansas Depayment of Transportation
Kansas
Kearny County
Lakin Smoky Hill
Salina
Stanton
Hamilton County
Syracuse
Mid America Road Builders Inc
Platte City
Shakespeare program on April 14 at Cimarron Library
Dodge City College English professor Clark Killion leads an April 14 session titled Shakespeare: Twelve Questions About The First Folio And Shakespeare's Texts. The free program starts at 7 p.m. at 120 N. Man Cimarron City Library. Call (620) 855-3908 or email programming cimarroncitylibraryarg to register.
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Clark Killion
Dodge City Community College
Cimarron
Shakespeare
Cimarron City Library
N. ‘Man
Cimarroncityhbraryarg
High Plains Fiddlers Invite Music Makers in Lakin Sunday
High Plains Fiddlers monthly program welcomes fiddlers pickers and singers to the Memorial Building on Main Street Lakin. Sign up at 1 PM, program begins at 5 PM with a snack break. Open to all area musicians. Curtis Young and Ruth Romesturg listed contact numbers.
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Memorial Building
Main Street
Lakin
Spm
Peel Res
Curtis Young
Ruth Romesturg
First Christian Church Hosts Aim High SK Race at Zoo
First Christian Church of Garden City invites runners to the Aim High SK race at Lee Richardson Zoo on Sunday. Registration opens 2 PM at the Big Pool lot, race starts 3 PM, fee $15 per person. First 100 finishers medal, many get T shirts, goody bags from Finney County Tourism. Proceeds support church Run For God program and Y-week focus. For details call (620) 275-5411 or visit 306 N Seventh St.
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First Christian Church
First Christian Church of
Garden City
Lee Richardson Zoo
Aim High
Seventh St
Garden program extension at Finney County Library
Latelyn Barthal and the Finney County Extension Office present a noon to 12 45 pm session on establishing a garden. The talk covers plant types and vegetables suited to local climate and soil with contact Anne Cambs at 620 872 9870 for details.
Doctors Hesitate to Discuss Medical Costs with Patients
A Health Affairs study analyzes nearly 2,000 physician patient conversations on breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and mood treatment. It finds doctors often dismiss or avoid financial concerns, risking treatment adherence and patient health. Abel of Duke and Kolstad of UC Berkeley weighed factors behind hesitation and the need for productive cost discussions.
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Uber
Peter Abel
Duke University
Aftan
Abel
Jonathan Kolstad
University of California, Berkeley
Kolstad
Catholic Charities Wins Women of Purpose Award
Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas won the 2016 Women of Purpose grant of 4000 dollars at a Tuesday luncheon hosted by Western Kansas Community Foundation. The funds support the Project Save program aiding women in family financial management and budgeting, with case management and a 25 dollar monthly emergency fund matched by Catholic Charities.
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Rhonda Goodloe
Catholic Charities of
Southwest Kansas
Bracke Hamlin- Lopez
Women of Purpose
Community Congregational Church
CESK
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of South
West Kansas
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Women Purpose
WKCF
Women ‘of Purpose
Save
Brooke Hamlin-Lopez
Farl
Goodloe
Pat LeClerc
Comuity Congregational Church
Garden City
Melis
Kansas Children’ Service League
Gallegos
Hhalf
Women of Purpose Group
USD 457 Board Approves Extensive Personnel Moves
The USD 457 board authorized numerous resignations appointments transfers and retirements across Abe Hubert Edith Schs etc including Natalie Armijo Megan Breckan Mark Carrillo Samantha Hernandez and many more. It also approved Matilda Hall Carla Terman Macy Younger and others for new teaching roles and noted Polly Smith retirement effective June 3 with several nonrenewal contracts and staff transfers in special education paraeducators and transportation.
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Board of Education
Natalie Armijo
Abe Hubert
Exin Bergen
Edith Schsuarman
Jan Bitikofer
Charles’ Stones
Megan Breckan
Alta Brown
Mark Carrillo
Horace Good
Samantha Hernandez
Florence Wilson
Kelly Butcher
Marisol Chavarria
Karin Goad
Fabiolla Cuterrez
Jacob Hull
Tidlany LaVire
Moises Navarra
Dalia Galan-Romaro
Nancy Herrada
Kimberly Leepar
Cory Deleon
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Eric Kdot
High Plains Fiddlers
Stephanie Bogner
Blakeney
Michael Maresh Maresh
Ectesegram
USD
Tara Padilla
Kenneth
Macy Younger
Hays
Victor Ornelas
Emily Dizmang
Intary School
Lindsey Torres
Jenette Turpin
Garden City High School
Hillary
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