GCCC Offers Weekend Firefighting and Police Classes This Fall
Garden City Community College lists eight weekend and evening courses for future firefighters and police. Fire science joins crisis management with classes starting Aug 14, including Firefighter I and police administration. Also offered are defensive tactics, a forensic wounds course October 26-27, and three weekend rappelling levels. Admissions contact and hours provided. road hotline 1-800-585-7623. Lucas hosts Smithsonian exhibit Yesterday's tomorrows: Past visions of the American future at Grassroots Arts Center through Sept 20, part of a six-town Kansas tour sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council.
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Gccc Department of Public Safety and Criminal Justice
GCCC
Lucas
Smithsonian
America
Smoky Hills
Garden of Eden
Russell County
Grassroots Arts Center
Kansas
Newton
Liberal
Burlington
Coffeyville
Atchison
The
Kansas Humanities Council
Kansas State monitors Nebraska horse with West Nile case
Veterinarians at Kansas State University continued to monitor a Nebraska horse infected with West Nile virus after the first Kansas case involving an unvaccinated horse in Cowley County. Experts urged vaccination, outlined costs, and noted summer is peak mosquito season for transmission.
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Topeka
Nebraska
Kansas
Bonnie Rush
Kansas State University
Kansas State
Veterinary Medical Center
Cowley
National Veterinary Services Lab
Ames
Iowa
Rush
Missouri
University of Missouri
Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Columbia
Stan Castel
Castel
Gail Hansen
Hansen
Holcomb Board Sets Budget Hearing For 2002-03
Holcomb school board will hold a public hearing Monday night at 8 in room 25 Holcomb Elementary School to discuss the proposed 2002-03 budget. The district mill levy remains 43.83 with 3.6 mills for the Holcomb Recreation Commission. No major changes are planned and the board will also vote on supplemental contracts for middle and high schools.
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Holcomb School Board
Holcomb Elementary
Daryl Prater
Holcomb Recreation Commission
Commission
Prater
Lonnie Baird
Rec Commission
Baird
State budget cuts threaten KSU campus upkeep
Kansas State University faces budget shortfalls that could force job losses and reduce campus maintenance. With a $100,000 reduction in maintenance funds and about 8 percent of staff held open, tasks like trash removal and light bulb changes may be delayed while prioritizing health and safety, leaving the campus looking less polished this fall.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Kansas
Kansas State
Ed Rice
Rice
Art in the Park event remains set for Aug 17 at Stevens Park
Irene Unruh confirms Art in the Park will proceed August 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stevens Park despite confusion sparked by a flier from Jim Schroeder. Schroeder’s card claimed cancellation, but organizers say the 33rd annual show stays on with 119 exhibitor booths, eight food booths, and diverse entries.
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Stevens Park
Jim Schroeder
Dodge City
Schroeder
Irene Unruh
Irene Unruh, Director of Art In the Park
Unruh
Art In the Park
Sherrer to join Gold Banc Corp as executives vice president
Kansas Lt Gov Gary Sherrer will resign as secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing to become executive vice president of bank administration at Gold Banc Corp, the Leawood bank. He starts October 1 and will serve until his term ends January 13. Gold Banc, parent of Gold Bank, operates 49 offices across four states with 3.3 billion in assets.
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Leawood
Kansas
Gary Sherrer
Gold Banc Corp
Bank Administration
Sherrer
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Commerce and Housing
Gold Banc
Gold Bank
Missouri
Oklahoma
Florida
Ellsworth County sees surge in wealth from prison boom
Ellsworth County Kansas credits the 1988 Ellsworth Correctional Facility with boosting jobs and wages. Median household income rose 78.3 percent from 1990 to 2000, far surpassing the state, as the prison expanded capacity and staffing. Full-time prison jobs grew from 185 to 223, with salaries rising to about 25,521 dollars for officers.
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Kansas
Ellsworth County
Jan Andrews
Pat Oslund
University of Kansas Policy Research Institute
Associated Press
MHI
Hone Stanton
Scott
Gray Lane
Stevens
Haskell
Wichita
Hamilton
Seward
Finney
Kearny
Greeley
Grant
STATE
U.S. Census Bureau
AP Computer Analysis
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Justin Hartley
Oklahoma City
Hartley
Garden City
Kansas County
Lewis McAtee
Citizens State Bank and Trust Co
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