Settlements: Memories of Kansas Jewish colonies fading
The Beersheba colony and others such as Leeser Gilead Touro and Montefiore formed in 1886 across Kansas with aid from the Hebrew Union Agricultural Society. They faced blizzards drought and poor farming land, led to sod houses and a sod synagogue, and collapsed by 1890 with few remnants marked except Beersheba and a restored historical marker near Kalvesta.
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Leeser
Kearny
Finney
Gilead
Comanche County
Roselea Hostetler
Harper County
Kansas
Prairies
Wise
Hebrew Union Agricultural Society
Regan
Beersheba
Joseph Baum
Baum
Hostetler
New Jerusalem
Hebron
Joan Sutton
Barber County
Touro and Leeser
Harris
Touro
Wichita
Kansas City
Jewish World Review
Barton
Mary Davidson Cohen
Cohens
Kalvesta
Health care grant rejection draws sharp Kansas critique
Cotsoradis and Anna Lambertson of the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition decry the denial of a federal health care grant, arguing it leaves Kansas with 350,000 uninsured residents and shifts cost to the state if a federal exchange is imposed. They question Medicaid cut plans amid ACA expansion and possible repeal scenarios.
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Kansas
Cotsoradis
Anna Lambertson
Kansas Health Consumer Coalition
Praeger
Kansans
Brownback
Congress
Supreme Court
Obama
U.S. House
Senate
Group unveils rebranding options with global slogans
Identity Group presents five tag lines to accompany a new logo including Welcoming the World and A Global Community. Public voting runs through Aug. 28 with ballot boxes at banks, government offices, hotels and motels. Booths will be at the Tumbleweed Festival Aug. 27–28 at Lee Richardson Zoo. Online voting at growgardencity.org.
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Kansas
Brighton
Lee Richardson Zoo
Growgardencity. Org
Where to Vote on Logo Drop-off and Online Vote
Residents can vote online or drop ballots at numerous locations across Garden City. Venues include American State Bank, Bank of the West, Best Western Red Baron, Garden City Administrative Center, Garden City Recreation Center, and others such as hotels, inns, banks, and the campus student center. Voting options direct to www.growgardencity.com for online submission and list multiple street addresses for in-person ballot drop-off.
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Growgardencity.com
American State Bank
E. Mary St
Commancho Drive
Americian Lodge
Kansas Ave
Bank of the West
E. Fulton St
Beth Tedrow
Garden City Community College
Campus Drive
Garden City
Kansas SRS to push adoption initiative statewide
Kansas Social and Rehabilitation Services plans an adoption push as part of a broader effort to reduce childhood poverty neglect and abuse. The plan includes discussions with Gov Brownback and his wife who adopted siblings in 1999 and a state tour with meetings in Wichita Topeka Garden City and the Kansas City area to gather ideas and promote options to increase adoptions.
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Gary Haulmark
Siedlecki
Sam Brownback
Mary
Guatemala
China
Wichita
Topeka
Garden City
Kansas City
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Taylor Plaza
First National Bank
E. Kansas Ave
Flamingo
Buffalo Jones Ave
Garden City Inn
W. Kansas Ave
Garden City State Bank
St. Catherine Hospital
E. Spruce St
Golden Plains Credit Union
Hampton Inn
E. Crestway Drive
Holiday Inn Express
National Inn
Honeybee Court
Sunflower Inn & Suites
Garden City Recreation Center
N. Sixth St
Sunnyland Bed & Breakfast
N. Fifth St
Finnup Drive
Western State Bank
Wheatfields
N. Main St
Garden City Family Ymca
Center St
SRS
Southwest Kansas
Lisity Wyerm
Mos
11Th St
Mosaicingardencity
Garden City Telegrams
Gardencitystatebank
E Mary Street
FDIC
Leleg
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