GCCC creates Ciren W. Hill Memorial Scholarship
The Garden City Community College Endowment Association announces the Ciren W. Hill Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund to aid students in technical education science criminal justice or health care. Funded by Pam and Skip Caldwell and friends, it honors alumnus and U S Army veteran Hill who died in August 2010 after serving in the Army and studying at GCCC from 2004 to 2007 before transferring to Panhandle State University.
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Local group to perform at Garden Valley Tuesday
A musical variety by The Half Fast Singers will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St. The group includes Richard Taylor David Miller Wendel Wurst and Dr Mark Neuman who also plays guitar. Admission is free. For more information call 275 5086.
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Ulysses Blood Drive Slated At Civic Center
The Grant County blood drive in Ulysses is set for Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m. in the Commercial Building at the Grant County Civic Center. Donors must be 17 or older and weigh at least 110 pounds. 16-year-olds may donate with parental permission. Cancer survivors in remission for one year may donate. Walk-ins welcome with donor card or photo ID.
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Topeka rally highlights Kansas school funding cuts
About 300 people gathered at the Statehouse in Topeka denouncing reductions in base state aid per pupil funding. Rep. Sean Gatewood urged restoration, warning of another proposal in 2012 to deepen cuts from the current $3,780. Topeka USD 501 officials Hal Gardner Nancy Kirk and Ned Nusbaum attended alongside Kansas Families for Education president John Martellaro outlining concerns over funding.
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Numbers rise at Salina juvenile detention center
Salina County Detention Center, once with spare beds, now houses more than a dozen youths at times in its 10 beds. Lt. Sean Kochanowski notes more girls are admitted and offenses are increasingly violent. Saline County may send overflow youths to North Central Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Junction City, a 28 bed, 14 county regional facility.
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Garden City Schools Prepare for 2011 12 Year Start
Garden City Public Schools gear up for the 2011 12 year with multiple orientation events. Activities include student athlete and parent workshops at the Clarion Inn, teacher in services, enrollments at Educational Support Center, yearbook distribution, and bus inspections.
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Kansas defunding clinic charged as abortion politics test
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri seeks a federal injunction to block a state law cutting $330,000 in Title X funding, arguing it harms 5700 patients in Wichita and Hays who rely on contraceptive and health services while opponents say other agencies can cover care. The case tests state sovereignty and implications for access to low income care.
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Julie Burkhart
Trust Women
Kansas antiabortion groups push for new laws in Bill heartbeat ban drive
In Kansas, anti abortion groups hold majorities in the Legislature and a receptive governor. They have passed age restrictions, licensing for providers, and a late term debate. The Kansas Coalition for Life seeks 15,000 signatures to urge a special session for a fetal heartbeat ban by about the ninth week.
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