Project Destiny HEP accepts new GED students in Scott City
The Project Destiny High School Equivalency Program invites farm and seasonal workers aged 16 plus with limited local residence to enroll in GED preparation. Offers weekly stipends tutoring and Spanish classes at Bryan Education Center three evenings a week. Information from Lourdes Antillon and Itzel Rodriguez. Operated under Kansas State University and CAMAC.
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Project Destiny
Scott City
Bryan
Lourdes Antillon
Itzel Rodriguez
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Garden City
Ulysses
Kansas State University
Collaborative Intercultural
HEP
Jammin In the Gazebo Arts Event Planned by Satanta Council
The Satanta Arts Council schedules Jammin In the Gazebo from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the town gazebo. Musicians of blues gospel jazz and rock are invited to perform. acoustic instruments only. The event is free, bring chairs blankets and fans or jackets. Limited parking for listeners in cars. Info contact Mike Anton or Donna Foster.
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Satanta Arts Council
Mike Anton
Donna Foster
Art Rendezvous showcasing pig themed works in Ulysses
The 38th Annual Rendezvous with the Arts will run 10 a.m. Saturday at the Main ARTery, 103 S. Main St. Ulysses. About 14 southwest Kansas artists including Terry Anderson Janice Baldwin Mike Blackard Carol Barnum Tracy Caffey Gustafson Karen Holliday Jennifer Moyer Sue Nim George Phillippy Tracy Teeter Jeanie Tomson and Doug West will present pig and wild boar art across various mediums. Demonstrations of technique are planned in the afternoon as artists create pig paintings and discuss process in a Warhol like collage project.
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Ulysses
S. Main St
Southwest Kansas
Jeani Gustafson
Terry Anderson
Janice Baldwin
Mike Blackard
Carol Barnum
Tracy Caffey
Gustafson
Commission Ties Sunflower Expansion to County Goals
Finney County commissioners discussed the Sunflower Electric expansion amid a pending Kansas Department of Health and Environment air permit ruling. They tied the project to the 2007 strategic plan priorities on workforce management and public service delivery, approved a 2008 COLA, explored cross city training, and addressed court system tech repairs and dust-control options with a September 4 meeting set.
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Finney County
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Sunflower
Commission
Pete Olson
Cliff Mayo
Olson
Mayo
Law Enforcement Center
Court Vision Communications
California
CVC
Nex-Tech
John Ellermann
Martin Nusser
Ellermann
Nusser
Roberts hears Farm Bill and war concerns on Kansas listening tour
Senator Pat Roberts toured southwest Kansas towns and met about 20 residents at Greeley County Courthouse, hearing views on the 2007 Farm Bill, Iraq war, health care, immigration, and No Child Left Behind. He plans a Wednesday Dighton stop and ends the tour Saturday in Norton.
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U.S
Pat Roberts
Tribune
Iraq
USS
Roberts
Kansas
Sublette
Scott City
Sconi
Lakin
Ulysses
Johnson City
Hugoton
Cimarron
Syracuse
Lane County
S. Lane
Dighton
Greeley County
Wade Dixon
Dixon
House of Representatives
Senate
Town & Country Kitchen
Norton
Kansas appoints Robin Kempf as Medicaid inspector general
The Kansas Health Policy Authority Board hires Robin J. Kempf to audit and review Medicaid MediKan and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Kempf, awaiting Senate confirmation after January, has served since 2005 as associate general counsel for the Kansas Board of Regents and previously taught in China. Medicaid serves about 250,000 monthly. MediKan covers about 4,000 adults with disabilities.
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Topeka
Kansas Health Policy Authority Board
Robin J. Kempf
Health Policy Authority
Robin
Kansas
Marci Nielson
Authority
Kempf
Senate
Kansas Board of Regents
China
Kansas Legislative Division of
Post Audit
Law spurs concern over uninsured drivers in Kansas
In Kansas, a July 1 license rule for illegal immigrants raises fears of more unlicensed and uninsured motorists. About 160,000 Kansans lack insurance and estimates place 50,000 current licenses at risk as renewals occur. A task force weighs electronic insurance verification to curb underinsured driving. Paula Carter, struck by an uninsured driver, faced medical bills exceeding $50,000 despite partial insurance coverage.
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Wichita
Kansas
John Holroyd
Public Service
Department of Motor Vehicles
Kansas Secretary of Revenue
Joan Wagnon
Wagnon
Kansas Department of Revenue
Insurance Research Council
Bob Tomlinson
Assistance Insurance Commissioner
Paula Carter
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Arts Council
Art Rendezvous
Finney County Commission
Medicaid
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