Garden City YMCA Opens After School Program at Local Schools
The Garden City Family YMCA launches an After School Enrichment Program this week at Jennie Wilson Alta Brown and Victor Ornel elementary schools to replace Project Effort. Space limited to 60 per building with snacks and transport provided by USD 457, pricing 10 dollars weekly for member families or 20 dollars for nonmembers.
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Garden City
YMCA
Jennie Wilson
Alta Brown
Victor Ornel
Edith Scheuerman
Charles O. Stones
USD 457
Helping Hands
Center St
Connie Williams
Most Wanted arrest ties to Mississippi case
A temporary Garden City resident, Justin Kimball, 22, was arrested in Yazoo County Mississippi on sexual assault charges for an incident July 31. He previously appeared on Finney County’s Most Wanted List for burglary. He faces a second assault count over an alleged rape in Holyoke Colorado. He has a prior Kansas conviction for aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
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Garden City
Yazoo County
Miss
Justin Kimball
E. Fair St
Apt
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Kimball
Mississippi
Holyoke
Colo
Williedele Hood
Kansas
Medical fund set up for local man Chuck Hamill
A medical fund for Chuck Hamill of Garden City has been established to help with his medical expenses. Hamill, diagnosed with leukemia, is in Houston undergoing extensive treatment for an extended period. Donations can be made at any Western State Bank location in Garden City. All checks should be payable to Chuck Hamill Medical Fund.
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Chuck Hamill
Garden City
Hamill
Houston
Western State Bank
Garden City Class of 1973 to meet Thursday
Garden City High School class of 1973 holds an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at 1610 Glenellen Drive to plan their parade float for the Quasquicentennial Parade honoring Garden City’s 125th anniversary. Arlene Clark can be contacted at 276-2182 with questions.
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Garden City
Glenellen Drive
Arlene Clark
Hays airport evacuated after bomb scare clears
Hays municipal airport was evacuated early Monday after a bag initially tested positive for explosives. Police later said the bag contained a radio scanner and no flights were canceled. Assistant Chief Rate Philip Hartsfield called it a false alarm that tested response procedures.
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HAYS
Philip Hartsfield
District boosts Garden City students on state tests
USD 457 officials reported strong gains in reading and math proficiency since 2001 with reading up from 45 percent to 71 percent and math from 37.9 to over 57 percent. District aims to sustain progress toward No Child Left Behind targets by 2014 and address gaps among subgroups while maintaining focus on high achievers. The board noted three schools missed AYP in math for the first or second year, and planned strategies to lift bottom performers without neglecting top students. The next meeting is Sept 7 at 7:30 p.m.
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Garden City
USD 457
Board of Education
No Child Left Behind
Shelly Schwatken
Michael Brom
Kenneth Henderson
Charles O. Stones
Garden City High School
GCHS
Brom
Schwatken
Jeff Crist
Crist
Wichita aviation museum terminal gets exterior restoration
Rainbow Construction will lead an 835000 exterior restoration of the Wichita Municipal Airport terminal to regain its original look by removing 1950s additions and restoring windows, doors, entrance steps, and the observation deck. Architect Sam Frey notes the work reclaims the building’s historic aviation era charm and may attract visitors.
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Kansas Aviation Museum
Wichita
Rainbow Construction
Sam Frey
Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture
Wichita Municipal
Wight Brothers
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Fred Astaire
Howard Hughes
Frey
Storm dumps heavy rain causing flash floods in Kansas City area
A slow moving storm drenched northeast Kansas from Manhattan to Lawrence and into Missouri, triggering flash floods with four to six inches of rain. Cars floated, power outages affected 3,200 customers, and a brief tornado touched down near Lawrence. University of Kansas reported flooding and dorm basement issues. Spring Hill schools canceled some classes. Authorities warned of more rain and issued a flood watch for 17 counties along with scattered funnel activity and strong winds.
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Kansas City
Kansas Turnpike
Manhattan
Johnson County
Missouri
State Line
Kansas
National Weather Service
Topeka
Lawrence
Curt Holderbach
Westar Energy
Karla Olsen
North
Clinton Lake
Big Springs
Douglas-Shawnee
University of Kansas
Spring Hill
Iowa
The
Weather Service
Emporia
Holderbach
Lyon County
Chase County
Lyon-Chase County
Glenaire
Texas
Parents defend optional items in Kansas school plan
In Topeka a special legislative committee weighs a bill defining suitable education and listing services that could become optional, including nurses librarians and early childhood programs. Parents and superintendents argue trimming offerings harms students, citing nurse hour cuts and four day weeks in some districts.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas
Salina
Dodge City
Kansas Supreme Court
Salina Public Schools
Rob Winter
Mike O'Neal
R Hutchinson
Angie Boling
Austin Anschutz
Megan Cook
Counothers
Jerry Cullen
Ashland Public Schools
Clark County
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Shawnee
Douglas Counties
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