Nurse Finds New Calling With Public Health Service
Christine Mattson, 50, lost her IBM job in her 30s and pivoted to public health. She earned a Public Health Service grant in 1990, became a nurse practitioner, and will begin a three year stint at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas, as a Ready Responder. She will train at Ft Detrick and Aberdeen Proving Ground after arrival. She has worked with Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni reservations and plans to wear uniform at community discretion.
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Seoti
Oklahoma Eyes Route Change for Southwest Chief Train
Oklahoma officials push to reroute Amtrak Southwest Chief through Oklahoma, claiming benefits for western districts while Amtrak says Kansas route remains satisfactory for now. Key figures include Marc Magliari of Amtrak and Paul Adams of Oklahoma DOT, with cost and funding debates tied to Amtrak's federal request of 1.8 billion dollars.
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Oklahoma
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Kansas
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Hutchinson
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Raton
N.M
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Chicago
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Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Adams
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Kansas reports 10th West Nile case as 83-year-old ill
KDHE confirmed the 10th Kansas human West Nile infection this year. The 83-year-old patient in Sherman County began showing West Nile meningitis symptoms on August 1 and is no longer hospitalized. A prior Sherman County case involved a 65-year-old with encephalitis. The agency also announced the state's first West Nile death, a 93-year-old Butler County resident.
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Sherman County
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Board to review scores and hear recruiting updates
USD 457 Board of Education will review final state assessment results versus preliminary figures reported earlier. The meeting is at 7 30 p m in the educational support center board room at 1205 Fleming St. Preliminary reading scores show gains to proficient and higher levels across fifth eighth and eleventh grades with math also shifting upward from lower to higher levels.
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USD 457 Board Meeting Preview and AYP Update
The USD 457 board meets at 7 30 p m Monday in the boardroom Educational Support Center 1205 Fleming St State math tests target grades four seven and 10 while reading tests target grades five eight and 11 Results inform Adequate Yearly Progress toward 100 percent proficiency by 2013 14 under ESEA Deputy Superintendent Julie Ford will discuss personnel and recruitment before a tour of the district service center and warehouse 4665 E Highway 50 at 6 30 p m
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E. Highway 50
Trials for two men accused of rape start next week
Finney County District Court will hear murder charges? No, rape cases. Michael Benitez 18 and Ramiro Bernal 21 of Garden City face trial for allegedly raping a 17 year old girl at a July 2002 Campus Drive party. Bernal’s prior mistrial due to a juror conflict. both trials set before Judges Richardson and Vieux on Monday to Friday schedule.
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Ramiro Bernal
Garden City
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Wheeler
Bernal
Thomas Richards
Richardson
Benitez
Philip Vieux
Pit bull theft alleged as 17 year old faces charges
Garden City police filed an affidavit with the Finney County Attorney for burglary theft and criminal damage against a 17 year old who allegedly stole two pit bulls from the Finney County Garden City Animal Shelter between Aug 5 and Aug 6. Pit bulls valued at 400 remain missing. Enrollment at Garden City Community College continues with more than two dozen fall courses and times listed in the catalog.
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Finney County
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Isabel Ave
Utz
Karen Casanova
North Eighth Street
Garden City Community College
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