Family battles cancer as Lynn Goodman returns to work
Craigg and Kandi Goodman of Scott City cope with 7-year-old Tarryn’s lymphoma diagnosed November 23. Chemotherapy began November 25 in Denver while Lynn Goodman, recovering from a near fatal 4 wheeler accident, returns to Scott County Brookover Feedyard, rallying family and community support for a chili feed and benefit auction.
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Tarryn Goodman
Goodman
Scott City
Tarryn
Lynn Goodman
Craigg
Kandi Goodman
Denver
Scott County Brookover
Tom
Sam Brookover
Brookover
Texas
Sheryl Goodman
Mischele
Carlos Prieto
Holcomb
Craigg Goodman
Tarzyn
Sue Flower
David
William Carpenter
Scott County Fairgrounds
Garden City
Fred Brittan
Flower
Kylee
Taylor
Road Condition Hotline Information Released
Staff writer Kathy Hanks notes a toll free line 1-800-585-7623 for road condition updates and directs readers to contact the GCTelegram staff for further information.
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Kathy Hanks
Hanks
Library board weighs Maryland based management contract
Finney County library trustees mull a contract with LSSI of Germantown Maryland to run operations. Two board members John Frazier and Carol Ham resigned after the decision to pursue external management. A contract is slated for approval at a 4 30 p m meeting at 605 Walnut Street with local control claimed to remain.
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Finney County
John Frazier
Carol Ham
Finney County Commissioners
Library Systems & Services, LLC
LSSI
Germantown
Walnut St
Frazier
Ham
Todd Humble
Finney County Commission
Roman Halbur
Modoc Schoolhouse becomes a home and spa for family
Browen Anderson, 13, returns from the bus at the Modoc Schoolhouse now home to the Andersons and a day spa named My Time. The two story red brick facility preserves chalkboard walls and a male bathroom with a urinal as it transitions from a rural school to a pampering retreat.
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Modoc
Scott County
Scott City
Browen Anderson
Richard
Bridget Anderson
Anderson
Peggy Shimanek
Wichita County
Shimanek
Deb Bauck
Leon
Bauck
Andersons
Richard Boulware
Brad Boulware
Boulware
USD 457 Board Meeting Announcement
The USD 457 Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m on Monday in the board room at Educational Support Center located at 1205 E Fleming St. The session will cover district updates and policy discussions.
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E. Fleming St
Board to Discuss Bilingual Education At USD 457 Meeting
USD 457 Board members will hear about bilingual education complexities with Kathy Escamilla of the University of Colorado at Boulder, who is in Garden City for a training session with district teachers. The session follows her prior talk at Alta Brown Elementary. The board will also review the Energy Education Program aiding cost cuts, which has saved the district $136,510 since April on utilities.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Kathy Escamilla
University of Colorado At Boulder School of Education
Garden City
Milt Pippenger
Alta Brown
Pippenger
Escamilla
Energy Education
Ex-teacher pleads no contest in knife threat case
Gretchen Paul, a 55-year-old former Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center special education teacher, pleaded no contest to aggravated assault after allegedly drawing a 3 inch knife on a 13-year-old student on Feb 21. Finney County Attorney dismissed a misdemeanor criminal restraint charge. Paul faces sentencing at 9 a.m. January 8.
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Gretchen Paul
Finney County
John Wheeler
Paul
Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center
Finney County to discuss possible budget cuts
Finney County plans a Monday meeting of the County Commission to review potential cuts if the Legislature reduces city and county funding to support the state budget. Proposals include a one percent cut to general fund departments, project reductions, and shifting funds to reserves such as a $50,000 EMS transfer to capital reserves for an ambulance.
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Finney County
Finney County Commission
Pete Olson
Public Works
EMS
Fairgrounds
Finney County Fairgrounds
Capital Reserve Fund
EMS Department
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