Legislative forum set for Tuesday by SDSI and Russell Center
Southwest Developmental Services and Russell Child Development Center host their sixth annual legislative forum from 6 30 to 8 30 p m Tuesday Dec 20 at the SDSI Conference Center 1808 Palace Dr Suite B Area legislators are invited to discuss developmental disability services for adults and children Refreshments served after the forum.
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Southwest Developmental Services, Inc
Russell Child Development Center
SDSI
Palace Dr
Old Timers Host Saturday Dance in Ulysses
The Old Timers Dance in Ulysses runs 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday in the South Room at the fairgrounds. The Moonshiners will perform. This will be the organization’s final dance event.
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Ulysses
Fairgrounds
Downtown Drop and Shop at Tribune Holiday Event
Parents can drop children at the movies and shop late Tuesday in downtown Tribune. Participating businesses stay open late for holiday shopping while the Tribune Family Theater hosts a free showing. Because of Winn Dixie starts at 6 30 p.m. Santa will be available for visits and candy. For details contact the Greeley County Community Development Office at 620 376 2548.
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Tribune
Tribune Family Theater
Winn Dixie
Greeley County
Capital Improvements Committee to meet twice this week
The Garden City Capital Improvements Program Committee will meet at 6 p.m. today and Thursday in the City Administrative Center on the second floor to review and prioritize projects for the 2007 2012 plan. About 250 projects exist in the plan but only 170 are scheduled for review.
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Garden City
City
Man pleads guilty to sex assault in Falls City case
A 22-year-old Falls City man pleaded guilty to sexual assault after impregnating and secretly marrying a 14-year-old girl who turned 15 last week. The girl gave birth Aug. 24 to a 7 pound 1 ounce daughter. Sentencing set for Feb. 7 and the man may face up to 50 years in prison.
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Falls City
Neb
Matthew Rose
Kansas
Crystal Koso
Samara
Koso
Board fights crowd over Kansas school choice proposals
State Board of Education faced a hostile crowd of superintendents and officials as it debated two school choice plans. A final decision was postponed, with endorsements likely to move to the 2006 Legislature. Proposals include vouchers for poor and special needs students and expanded charter schools with state board appeals.
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Topeka
State Board of Education
Kansas
Lori Dohrmann
Nickerson
Reno County
Education
Bob Corkins
Corkins
Jane Corkins
Greg Forster
Milton and Rose D. Friedman
John Wratil
R-Leawood
KCP&L to build 100.5 MW wind farm in Kansas
Kansas City Power & Light plans a 100.5 megawatt wind park north of Spearville in Ford County. The 67 turbine facility will cover 5,000 acres, deliver power for about 33,000 homes, and cost around $160 million. In service target is October 2006.
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Kansas City
Ford County
Kan
Kansas City Power & Light
Great Plains Energy
enXco Inc
Palm Springs
Calif
Spearville
Kcp&l
Kansas
Beaumont
Empire District Electric Co
Joplin
Montezuma
Wind Farm
FPL Group Inc
Juno Beach
Fla
Missouri
Mike Chesser
Galarraga Named Garden City Library Director
The Garden City library board selected Galarraga as director after interviewing her and Lorraine Simoneau, coordinator at the Medical Center of Central Georgia public health library. Galarraga, with 20 years in library operations and degrees from Kansas and Catholic University, returns from almost a decade abroad to serve the diverse community. The county funds the library via LSSI at 857000 annually after a prior candidate declined.
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Board of Trustees
Galarraga
Lorraine Simoneau
Medical Center of
Central Georgia
Public Health Library
University of
Mexico
Library Board of Trustees
LSSI
FCEDC continues president search in Garden City
FCEDC begins interviews for its next president with Gari Ward from Pecos Texas being interviewed as a finalist. Other candidates Carol Meyer and Peter Kampfer are slated for December 29. The board also nominates Ron Schwartz and Della Brandenburger for the Garden City Community College seat.
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Gari Ward
Pecos
Texas
FCEDC
Jeff Whitham
Carol Meyer
Garden City
Garden City Community College
Steve O’brate
Ron Schwartz
Burtis Motors
Della Brandenburger
Americnn
GCCC
Beth Tedrow
Carol Ballantyne
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Audit finds no silver bullet for good schools
Four Kansas districts Arkansas City Geary County Olathe and Scott County were audit assessed by Standard & Poor's. No single strategy guarantees efficiency yet shared practices include strong focus on math and reading, teacher development and a businesslike district management. benefits come from maximizing returns not cutting costs. Gov Sebelius anticipates results will guide how 3 billion in K 12 funds are spent.
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Topeka
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
Arkansas City
Geary County
Olathe
Scott County
S&p
Jason Kingston
Kathleen Sebelius
Kauffman Foundation
Kansas City
Kansas
Kingston
Junction City
Fort Riley
Sebelius
Legislative Post
Kansas Supreme Court
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Kansas Corporation Commission
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Little River District
Rice County
Windsor Hotel
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