Disabled students urged to pursue college and work
Community leaders urge independence for students with disabilities, noting families often struggle to let them venture out. Agencies like Center for Independent Living Southwest Kansas and Mosaic provide peer support, housing aid, job placement, and accessibility services to help them live productive, engaged lives.
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Schwindt
Baessler
Troy Horton
Center For Independent Living Southwest
Kansas
Horton
Center For Independent Living
SRS Rehabilitation Services
Workforce Investment Act Program
Advocacy Services of
Western Kansas
Mosaic
Southwest Kansas Area
Kosters Samy buy Plaza Inn plans for upgrades and events
Kosters and Samy outline plans to remodel Plaza Inn after acquiring it, aiming to turn the hotel into a community hub with entertainment, a possible sports bar, and facilities for banquets and seminars. They will host a lunch buffet May 13 and a Mother’s Day brunch as part of the celebration.
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Samy
Kathy Koster
Samny
McGee's
Police officer aids birth in Ulysses keeps calm during emergency
A Ulysses police officer DeLao helped deliver a baby girl in a home birth after the mother went into labor. The newborn Raquelle weighed six pounds 12 ounces and was reported healthy along with the mother. DeLao said officers train in CPR and first aid and must stay composed to reassure the public. Fry, the mother, expressed gratitude and noted the officer was jokingly nicknamed the midwife after the incident.
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DeLao
Raquelle
Fry
Music academy broadens reach with classes for all ages
The Southwest Kansas Music Academy led by Amy McAllister expands from the 2004 start with the Southwest Kansas Children's Choir to private and group lessons for all ages. Adults, including Mary Lake and Helen Lynn, perform a Purcell guitar duet as the choir prepares a free 2:30 p.m. concert at Trinity Lutheran Church. Future sessions offer theory, composition, First Step in Music, Violin for the Young Child, and a Show Choir Camp. Registration runs through May 14 with details from McAllister or the GCCC campus office.
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Kansas
Ethiopia
China
Amy McAllister
Academy
Southwest Kansas Children’s Choir
McAllister
Jim
GCCC
Mary Lake
Helen Lynn
Henry Purcell
Karina Camacho
Johann Christian Bach
Garden City High School
GCHS
Camacho
Kansas State University
Melissa Fulton
Priscilla Hallberg
Wes Wagner
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
Sue Tiffany
Garden City
Sublette
The
Southwest Kansas Music Academy
Amy
Pauline Joyce
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Sounds of Music
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Egram.com
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