Police warn against hosting minors drinking alcohol campaign
Garden City Police Department and Finney County Community Health Coalition urge residents to avoid allowing minors to consume alcohol on property they own or control. Violators face class A misdemeanor charges with a $1000 minimum fine plus costs and possible added charges. In the past year officers cited six people for violations and residents may contact 276-1300 for questions.
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Garden City
Finney Unty Community Health Chaltition
Garden City Police Department
Stauth Museum hosts Midway WWII film night in Montezuma
Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma invites visitors to view the Memories of World War II exhibit and a 7 p.m. screening of the film Midway. The event runs with 6:30 p.m. doors open, offering a carpet picnic option and lawn chairs, with free will donations supporting the traveling exhibit through Sunday.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Associated Press
Midway
Henry Ponda
Charlton Heston
Glenn Ford
Hal Holbrook
Pearl Harbor
Celebration at Garden Valley opens with ribbon cutting
Garden Valley Retirement Village hosts a Celebration of New Beginnings at 1505 E Spruce, beginning 2 30 p m with a ribbon cutting and owner meet greet. Refreshments follow. information available at 275-9651.
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Garden Valley
Gardeney Retirement Village
Ster
1505
E. Spruce
Morning Garden Column Heads for 10th Street Issue
A fragment from a Garden City morning page notes planning for a morning edition on the tenth of the month. It mentions local garden topics and city life, with no further readable details or names available.
Unemployment fund under scrutiny in Kansas hearing
Kansas labor secretary Jim Garner faced sharp questions from Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee as the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund may run dry by year end. Rep. Jason Watkins accused the Labor Department of relying on wrong information and delaying acknowledgment of rising claims and longer benefit durations. The fund, starting with 566 million, slipped to under 335 million, with a projected 292 million deficit by March if no changes occur.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jim Garner
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Labor
Jason Watkins
Wichita
Garner
Watkins
Peggy Mast
Emporia
Kevin Yoder
Overland Park
Garden City students tour state universities on ETS college trip
A group of Garden City High School students and 4 mentors spent 10 days visiting the Regents universities from University of Kansas to Washburn. The trip funded by Kansas Board of Regents and the College Access Challenge Grant gave freshmen exposure to college life and aid in applying for higher education.
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Garden City High School
Regent
Debbie Berkley
Berkley
Zuleima Landeros
Denys Tejada
Tejada
University of Kansas
Garden City
Hispanic American Leadership Organization
HALO
Landeros
Wichita State University
ETS
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Department of Education
Martinez and
Hector Morillo
Morillo
Tive
Alisa Morillo
Bianca Martinez
GCHS
Martinez
Kansas Cosmosphere
Hutchinson
Topeka
Mark Parkinson
Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
Eisenhower Museum
Russell-Stover
Finney County
Garden City USD 457 Board Action Highlights
The USD 457 Board moved a district employee from paid to unpaid suspension pending further action. It did not name the employee. The board approved a $13,900 turf grooming equipment bid, a $65,000 drive and parking project bid, and an architecture agreement for a new high school on land north of Mary Street. A $129,112 migrant literacy grant was accepted. Pepsi became GCHS beverage provider. a physical therapy contract with Lane County Hospital was approved. New hires include Falor, Marwaha, Dinguas, Gutierrez, Mendiola, Rodriguez, Stana, Pittsburgh. resignations were approved for Baca, Bennett, Case, Nay Paw. and terminations for Cantu, Fuller, Jones.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Roy Cessna
Rick Atha
Atha
Chillicothe
Memorial Stadium
Garden City
JAG Construction
Dodge City
Gibson, Mancini, Carmichael
Pepsi
GCHS
Lane County Hospital
Danielle Falor
Saint Johns, Mich
Garden City High School
Neeta Marwaha
Cherie Dinguas
Bernadine Sitts
Estea Gutierrez
Victor Ornelas
Yadira Mendiola
Lorena Rodriguez
Rose Stana
Florence Wilson
Jeanie Pittsburgh
Orlando
Fla
Charles O. Stones
Aurelia Baca
Stephanie Bennett
Alta Brown
Chelsea Case
Abe Hubert
Hai Nay Paw
Julia Cantu
Ashley Fuller
Candace Jones
Russell Child Development Center
Garden City Telegram
Gctelegram.com
Governor outlines 10 year plan to lift Kansas higher education rankings
Gov Mark Parkinson told the Kansas Board of Regents that current national rankings of public universities are mediocre and laid out a decade long strategic plan targeting top 50 for the University of Kansas and top 100 for Kansas State. He urged tighter admissions, limited open enrollment, and accountability with a funded upward path if the Legislature approves.
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Wichita
Mark Parkinson
Kansas Board of Regents
Parkinson
U.S. News and World Report
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Wichita State
Gary Sherrer
Kansas State University
Kansas
Laveen
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Casandra Ayala
Victoria Newell
Juan Herrera
Luis de la Rosa
April Montoya
Keysha Sherraden
Diana Vanegas
Efren Frayre
Heath Winkleman
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