Nurse aide classes offered in Garden City and Lakin
Garden City Community College expands allied health offerings with CNA classes in Lakin and Garden City for southwest Kansans seeking certification. Lakin sessions run 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays Jan 12 to March 3. Garden City options include multiple morning and evening slots Jan 12 to Feb 27 and Feb 16 to May 11 with varying times. Enrollment is on a first come basis. passing Nelson Denny reading test required. Contacts: Sarah Wells at sarah.wells gcccks.edu or 276-9561. campus testing at Saffell Library 276-9654. Free assessment and advising, about 45 minutes, usually 4 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays.
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Garden City
Nelson- Denny
Sarah Wells
Allied Health Coordinator
Sarah. Wells
Gcccks.edu
GCCC
Saffell
Garden City schools prepare free week of concerts
Several Garden City schools will present free public concerts this week. Charles O Stones Intermediate Center orchestra performs at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria at 401 Jennie Barker Road with students from Jennie Barker and Plymell elementary schools. Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center hosts a band concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the school cafeteria at 3101 Belmont Street, followed by a winter music program at 7 p.m. Thursday. Garden City High School holds a band concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Clifford Hope Auditorium, 1412 N Main Street. Jennie Barker Elementary hosts a kindergarten through second grade music concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the gymnasium, 5585 N Jennie Barker Road. Kenneth Henderson Middle School’s music department presents a concert with band, choir and orchestra at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the school gym, 2406 Fleming Street.
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Garden City
I Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center
Jennie Barker Road
Jennie Barker
Plymell
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Belmont St
Garden City High School
Clifford Hope
N. Main St
Kenneth Henderson
Fleming St
Hemenway to step down as KU chancellor in 2009
After 14 years as chancellor Robert E. Hemenway will retire next June 30 to teach and write. He said there is no good time to step down but cited KU’s recent achievements and said he will return to the classroom knowing the university is in excellent shape for the challenges ahead.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Robert E. Hemenway
Hemenway
GCCC board to vote on funding faculty insurance
Garden City Community College trustees consider approving a revised three year faculty contract to cover full single health insurance premiums for faculty not exceeding 417.65 per month starting January 1. The move aligns faculty benefits with staff under a re negotiated deal sparked by the faculty union.
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GCCC
Garden City Community College
Gccc Board of Trustees
Carol Ballantyne
Gccc Higher Education Association
Ballantyne
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Finney County
Motorola
Garden City
Holcomb
Pierceville Township
Garfield Township
Red Stocking Breakfast supports Kansas Children's Service League
The annual Red Stocking Breakfast at Lone Star Steakhouse drew families including Mandi Deniston with Brooklyn and Brody, and Sandy and Terry Rodgers. The event funds KCSL Head Start programs serving over 500 low income children. Volunteers, Santa visits, and celebrity servers helped serve a pancake breakfast to about 450 attendees, with Lone Star staff donating time and food.
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Mandi Deniston
Kansas Children’s Service League
Deniston
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon
Brooklyn
Brody
Santa
Sandy
Terry Rodgers
Sandy Rodgers
KCSL
Southwest Kansas
Santa Claus
Knoll
Lone Star Restaurant
Bryan Taylor
Lone Star
Dacia Stratman
Isabel
Danica Amerin
Stratman
Officials debunk mountain lion hoax emails in Kansas
Kansas biologists say a viral email claim showing a mother mountain lion with cubs feeding near Mulvane is false. The images came from South Dakota and Wisconsin, while real cougars in the Midwest trace to the Black Hills and northern Arizona events.
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Wichita
Mulvane
Kansas
Matt Peek
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Peek
South Dakota
Ottawa
Arizona
Mark Dowling
Cougar Network
Rockies
Dowling
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Arkansas
Medicine Lodge
Midwest
Black Hills
Delay in Kansas school funding sparks concern
The state delayed a $220 million monthly payment to Kansas 297 public school districts for four days, with 75 percent disbursed Friday and the rest due next week. Officials warn of possible midyear budget cuts while noting districts are coping.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ned
Nusbaum
Topeka Unified School District 501
Kansas Registative
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Shirley Martin
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