Garden City USD 457 Holds Staff Kick-off Assembly Monday
Garden City USD 457 will hold a back-to-school staff assembly starting at 8:30 a.m. Monday with breakfast in front of Garden City High School. Superintendent Jim Lentz will speak at 9:30 a.m. in Clifford Hope Auditorium about the district’s achievements and progress toward adequate yearly progress under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. All buildings, including the district office, close until 1 p.m. Monday.
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Garden City High School
Jim Lentz
Clifford Hope
Singers set to perform at VIP Building in Scott City
The White Woman Basin Chapter of the Kansas Old Time Fiddlers Pickers and Singers will perform from 2 to 4 30 p m Sunday at the VIP Building 300 Church St Scott City The public is invited at no charge
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White Woman Basin Chapter
The
Kansas Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers
Church St
Scott City
KU Aims in SensorNet to Detect Terrorist Act Networks
The University of Kansas Information and Telecommunication Technology Center joins SensorNet a federal effort to deploy sensors nationwide in cities and ports for early detection of terrorist activity such as chemical or biological releases. Oak Ridge leads the project with DOE support and KU will help build a communications network to disseminate collected data among agencies including Army CE Command Naval Research Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley Lab Sprint Nortel.
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University of Kansas
U.S. Army
Communications Electronic Command
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sprint Corp
Nortel
Walker may quit extradition fight in Indiana case
Topeka woman Donna Lynette Walker faces charges in Indiana for felony identity deception and misdemeanor false reporting. Her attorney said she is weighing whether to abandon her fight to be transferred, after extradition warrant left her jailed and bond not allowed.
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Indiana
Donna Lynette Walker
Shawnee County
Kathleen Sebelius
Walker
Billy Rork
Nancy Parrish
Rork
Legislators push for farm tourism amid veto fallout
Kansas lawmakers press Gov. Sebelius on agritourism after her veto of a bill shielding small farmers. They seek a plan balancing tourism growth with liability concerns, noting Missouri Iowa and Illinois examples while awaiting legal guidance. Committee chair Wilk signals possible bill reintroduction.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Commerce Department
Sebelius
Ali
Phill Kline
Nick Jordan
R-Shawnee
Kenny Wilk
Lansing
Montezuma Man’s Life Blends Art Belief and Odd Jobs
Jim Frank, a 40 year old Montezuma resident, advertises rattlesnake removal on the Montezuma Press while tending to snakes and tombstones for $5 a headstone. He crafts outdoor art inspired by American Indian motifs from cut trees, metal, and beds the spiritual with a leap of faith lifestyle in a ranch style home on Aztec Street.
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Jim Frank
Montezuma Press
Frank
Qarla
Gibson
Monte
Koppeli
Walter Boehs
Verna
Bethel Home
Aztec St
Chester Wiswell
Jim
Wiswell
Meth Research? Rural Kansas Faces Widespread Meth Abuse
Rice County Sheriff Steve Bundy told the Joint Committee that meth production and use are pervasive in rural Kansas. Anhydrous ammonia, crop fertilizer tanks, and stolen equipment fuel cooks across open spaces, with teens lured by easy money. Law agencies rely on the KBI and KDHE for training, cleanup, and prosecution, as lawmakers seek a broad strategy.
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Joint Committee of Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
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Hutchinson
McPherson
Salina
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Art in the Park and hospital gala highlight weekend events
The 34th annual Art in the Park at Stevens Park runs Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with about 110 vendors from Kansas and nearby states. Garden City artists will showcase watercolor to wood art. The St Catherine Hospital gala starts at 7 p.m. to celebrate new facilities and fund a Dominican Prayer Room, with tickets via Anita McGraw. Weekend also features pond and red run tours, a farmer’s market, and Stevens Park concerts.
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Stevens Park
Irene Unruh
Sandhills Arts Association
Unruh
Garden City
Jim Matthews
Becky
Wayne Whitcomb
T.K. Winter
Louise Nichols
Margaret Crowley
Wanda Stalling
Pat Brown
Susan Crase
Duane West
Barbara Valdois
Evelyn Schrader
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
St. Catherine Hospital
Walnut St
Spruce St
Fabulous Flippers
Lawrence
Anita McGraw
St. Catherine
Hospital Development Foundation
Garden City Public
Garden City Area Pond Association
Chamber of Commerce
Garden City Travel Plaza
Garden True Value
H & H Machine
High Plains Public Radio
Tropical Arena
Ward’s
Garden Center
Western Kansas
Westlake Hardware
Wharton’s
Tively
Scott City
South Main Street
Freddy Fox
The
Hotrods
Scott County Fair
Farmer’s Market
Fleming St
Melissa Dawn
Chris Lund & His
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