Neighborhood Improvement Project to clean Wagon Wheel park
The Neighborhood Improvement Project schedules a graffiti paint over and trash cleanup at 8 a.m. today at Wagon Wheel Mobile Home Park on 2401 W. Kansas Ave. A group meeting at the park entrance will assign teams, hand out maps and flyers to nearby residents, and participants should wear gloves and appropriate clothing for a morning of outdoor painting. Officer Clint Brock can provide more information at cbrock gck schools.org or 276-1300.
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Wagon Wheel Mobile Home Park
Kansas Ave
Clint Brock
Cbrock
Gckschools.org
Down Syndrome Buddy Walk in Southwest Kansas Today
The Down Syndrome Society of Southwest Kansas hosts its second annual Buddy Walk from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Deane Wiley Park. Registration closes at 11 a.m. Call Stefanie Tatro, Marisa Perez, or Maria Mendoza for more details.
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Down Syndrome Society of
Southwest Kansas
Deane Wiley Park
Stefanie Tatro
Marisa Perez
Maria Mendoza
Fall phonathon begins with letter campaign at GCCC
The Garden City Community College Endowment Association launches the 2010 fall scholarship phonathon, sending 7,000 letters to alumni and supporters to raise 80,000 for academic and technical scholarships. About 200 volunteers will call from Oct 4–7 and Oct 11–14, 6 to 9 p.m., from the Endowment Room at Beth Tedrow Student Center. Last year pledges and gifts totaled 82,160, supporting 899 GCCC students with 425,632 in awards.
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Garden City Community College Endowment Association
GCCC
Beth Tedrow
GCCC Offers Painting and Ceramics Courses
Garden City Community College announces two Continuing Education courses at its site. A painting class led by Cindy Crandall runs Sept 30 and Oct 7 from 6 to 9 pm, costs 99 dollars, includes supplies except paper towels, and covers technique and composition. A ceramics course runs Saturdays Sept 18 to Nov 20 from 10 am to noon, costs 215 dollars, includes supplies, and guides making pottery or sculpture. Registration requires one week before and can be done by calling 276 9647 or emailing personal enrichment gcccks.edu.
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Garden City Community College
Cindy Crandall
Bob Ross
Oktoberfest by Garden City Knights of Columbus set Sept 18
The Garden City Knights of Columbus host an Oktoberfest at the hall on 205 N. Eighth St on September 18 with German food served 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Menu includes bierocks cabbage rolls krauts and beef and noodles. Children plates and to go options plus frozen bierocks by the dozen. Also serving bierocks and brauts during Marketfest near Keps Men's Wear.
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Garden City
Knights of Columbus
Eighth St
FCEDC to Craft Online Business Development Manual
Finney County Economic Development Corp plans a living online policy manual for existing and prospective businesses. President Eric Depperschmidt said the one stop resource will replace the current piece meal approach and grow with funding and new incentives. The board discussed policies for cash and other incentives, with about 180000 set aside in 2011 to fund grants site development and training. A small scale manufacturer expressed interest in expanding to the county needing 2 3 acres, a 25000 square foot building and 50 start up jobs. The meeting lacked a quorum and next session is scheduled for September 22 at the City Administrative Center.
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Eric Depperschmidt
Dopperschmidt
FCEDC
Depperschmidt
Gary Newman
Bob Tempel
Tom Walker
Cathy McKinley
Eighth St
Mary Street Improvement Projects Begin In Garden City
Garden City will start three Mary Street reconstruction projects in mid to late September affecting traffic on the north side of town. A $364000 West Mary Street concrete paving project from near Taylor Avenue to near Eighth Street will replace asphalt and dirt with seven inches of concrete over about 745 feet east of Taylor to 100 feet west of Eighth, with one lane open each direction and brief lane closures. A second project widens East Mary Street east of Campus Drive by adding a turning fifth lane at Buffalo Way Boulevard, estimated at $200000 and about a month and a half, on the north side. A third plan replaces asphalt on East Mary Street from Campus Drive to Lamplighter Lane with concrete later this fall, total cost $875000. Traffic will drop to 20 mph during work.
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Garden City
Mary Street
West Road
Taylor Avenue
West Mary Street
Eighth Street
Steve Cottrell
Cottrell
Dollar General
W. Mary St
Finney County Ems
Ing
Dodge City
Buffalo Way
East Mary Street
Campus Drive
Lamplighter Lane
East Mary
Kansas mental hospitals strained by budget cuts amid rising demand
State lawmakers heard that funding cuts and a budget crisis have forced Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services to halt voluntary admissions at state hospitals. Over capacity stretched three facilities for a year, with Larned State Hospital overrun 302 days. Waiting lists grew as courts mandated treatment, while staff shortages and delayed funding left centers like Johnson County Mental Health Center with 32 vacancies and thousands of patients. Medicaid and private insurance help, but about half of seekers lack coverage, shifting costs to hospitals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Larned State Hospital
SRS
Don Jordan
Kansas City Star
Johnson County
David Wiebe
Wiebe
Senate
John Wratil
Leawood
Theft charges filed in probe of girl's death
Authorities filed one count each of vehicle burglary and theft of property against Adam Longoria in the death of 14 year old Alicia DeBolt. He was found near Salina after a Friday arrest, held in Barton County, and to appear in court Monday.
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Wichita
Central Kansas
Adam Joseph Longoria
Highway Patrol
Salina
Barton County
Longoria
Alicia DeBolt
Kansas
Texas
Rocco
Gavin Young
Attorney General
Venture Corp
Steve Six
Alicia
Young
Great Bend
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