Smoky Hill LLC to Open Mary Street North Segment
Salina Mary Street work continues next week from Jennie Barker Road to KS 156 as Smoky Hill LLC opens Mary Street to traffic. Access remains from the east for North Jennie Barker Road and from the west for nearby businesses and homes while construction from the bypass to Tractor Supply Co. begins Monday. For details, contact City Engineer Steve Cottrell at 276-1130.
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Salina
Mary Street
Tractor Supply Co
E. Mary St
Cottrell
Kansas Don’t Spoil It Calendar Contest Seeks Entries
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment invites entries for its annual Kansas Dont Spoil It Calendar Contest. Submit 8.5 by 11 inch landscape artwork by Sept 30. Winners announced in late fall. calendar released by December. More details at kansasdontspoilit.com.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas
Kansasdontspoilit.com
State AG to be hosted by area Republicans
The Finney County Republicans will host Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt in September. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 6 at Samys Spirits and Steakhouse, 1911 E. Kansas Ave. For more information, contact chairwoman Lynn Ballinger at Sballinger2 gmail. com.
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Finney County Republicans
Kansas
Derek Schmidt
Samy
Kansas Ave
Lynn Ballinger
Sballinger2
Gmail. Com
Storm cuts power across Kansas stalls schools in Topeka
A storm with winds up to 70 mph left thousands without power in Kansas, with Westar Energy listing about 12,395 outages by Friday noon after 34,000 on Thursday. Shawnee and Douglas counties bore the worst outages, while KCP&L reported Northeast Kansas damage. The Shawnee Mission district canceled Trailridge Middle School classes, a house fire in Overland Park caused $70,000 in damage, and Shawnee Heights Seaman and Topeka districts closed several schools.
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Topeka
Westar Energy
Shawnee
Douglas
Kcp&l
Kansas
Kansas City
Shawnee Mission
Trailridge
Overland Park
Shawnee Heights
Seaman
Storm closes Topeka state agency center due to roof damage
In Topeka the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service call center sent workers home after a Thursday night storm knocked out power and ripped a roof section. The third floor flooded and water leaked to the second floor. About 200 employees affected. no damage estimate yet. center aimed to reopen by Monday.
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Topeka
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service
Kansas unemployment rate slips to 6.5 percent in July
Kansas unemployment eased to 6.5 percent in July from 6.6 percent in June, with a mixed job picture. Private sector jobs rose slowly, led by construction and education and health services, while information and finance sectors fell and total private growth remained at 0.1 percent year over year. Government employment also declined.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Department of Labor
Karin Brownlee
Department
Tyler Tenbrink
Department of Labor
Garfield Elementary cited for high reading gains nationwide
Garfield Elementary in Kansas is highlighted by the U.S. Department of Education as a model Reading First program focused on comprehension for Kindergarten through Third Grade. Principal Willis Pracht notes ELL passing rates rising from 50 percent in 2006 to 90.7 percent in 2010, with overall reading proficiency from 69.6 to 91.3 percent. The school, with about 85 percent ELL students, was chosen for the Doing What Works site along with schools in Illinois Virginia and Delaware.
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Alissa Espinosa
Graciela Herrada
Garfield Elementary
U.S. Deperenent of Education
Garfield
Garfield Elementary School
Willis Pracht
U.S. Department of Education
Kansas
Department
Illinois
Virginia
Delaware
Devel
Institute of Education Sciences
Pracht
Abby Dudley
Dawn Chappelear
Erin Warne
Brandy Gnad
Kerry Unruh
Unruh
Department of Education
Norma Cregan
Kansas State Department of Education
Leigh Ann Roderick
USD 457
Roderick
Federal Education Department
Education Department
September Fall Fest brings Arts in the Park and Oktoberfest to Downtown Garden City
Garden City Downtown Vision hosts the ninth Fall Fest on September 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring Art in the Park at Stevens Park, Knights of Columbus Oktoberfest on Grant Avenue, bierocks and sauerbraten, plus live entertainment from Senior Center Line Dancers to the GCHS Drumline and JROTC. The event includes the Nasduck 500 Duck Race, Buck-A-Duck kids races, a kid obstacle course, tours of the State Theatre, a rummage sale, and a car show, with proceeds supporting area art scholarships.
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Garden City
Beverly Schmitz Glass
Downtown Vision
Knights of Columbus
Knights
Grant Avenue
Schmitz Glass
Sandhill Arts Association
Kansas
Cecilia Sherraden
Stevens Park
Main Street
Cox Communication
Fol
Garden City High School
GCHS
Golden Plains Credit Union
Legacy Auto
Garden City Recreation Commission
Finney County Preservation Alliance
Windsor Hotel
Dodge City
Stage
Emmaus House
Vision
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State AG
Area Republicans
Ayaag
G.C. School
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