Valentine’s Day fundraisers at Garden City High School
Garden City High School plans two Valentine events. On Feb 13 at 7 p.m. in Moody Hall First Assembly of God Church, couples dine and enjoy a live show with steak dinner and dessert. Tickets are 35 dollars per couple, 20 per person. portraits available. Reservations by Friday with Jan Kennedy or Deb Stout. On Feb 14 the modern show choir will serenade guests from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for 25 dollars per residence, first come, first served. contact Jane Vanderhoff.
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Vision clinic hosts support group for macular degeneration
The Western Kansas Low Vision Clinic and Foundation with Fry Eye Associates and the Senior Center of Finney County invite visually impaired seniors to a macular degeneration support group. The session runs 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday at 907 N. 10th St. Focus on Lighting features speaker Charles Schwartz. Reserve at 275-7248 ext 135 or 800 526 3937 ext 135.
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Sixth Grade Honors Band at Garden City CC
More than 100 young musicians from Cimarron Deerfield Fowler Garden City Holcomb Kismet Lakin Liberal Medicine Lodge Minneola Plains Satanta Scott City and Stanton County will perform at Garden City Community College on Saturday for the 2007 Southwest Kansas Music Academy Sixth Grade Honors Band. A free public concert caps the day at 4 p.m. in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium.
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Pancake Day Talent Show finalists named in Liberal
Performers were selected as finalists from five categories in the Pancake Day Talent Show preliminaries in Liberal. Finals set for 3 p.m. Feb. 18 at James Maskus Auditorium Liberal High School with tickets 7 in advance and 10 at the door.
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James Maskus
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Clawson Clan
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Meade
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Dance Images
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Sublette
Ashley Underwood
Forgan
Logan Argo
Plains
Jimmy Ortiz
Sarah Schwartz
Iris Jaquez
Becky Robison
Grandpa Doug
Ray Lee Hoskinson
Niki Moler
Adrianne Bemiss
Dodge City
Rural Kansas mental health needs highlighted in Senate hearing
The Rural Committee of Mental Health Services for Children and Families told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that care in western rural Kansas is hampered by distance, costs, and provider shortages. They noted psychiatrists have declined from 26 to seven since 2000, increasing geographic caseloads, while partnerships and joint programs help but underline regional differences in access and stigma.
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Flamik
Barton County
Ric Dalke
Area Mental Health Center
Garden City
Wendy Lockwood
Center For
Great Bend
High Plains
Ruth Teichman
R-Stafford
Reading program boosts student reading level in USD 457
USD 457 officials reported Read 180 raised eighth grader Crystal Dominguez from a sixth grade reading level to a mid-year tenth grade level after August enrollment. The district plans to expand the program to two intermediate centers with about 100000 in funds, part of an 800000 state boost for districts with high free lunch eligibility.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Kenneth Henderson
Bernadine Sitts
Charles O. Stones
Kathleen Whitley
Whitley
Storm aid options for hard-hit Kansas counties outlined
The late December storm prompted private help from the Red Cross Salvation Army and churches while FEMA offers public aid for damaged sites. Finney and Haskell counties report tens of millions in losses with total damages over 360 million across facilities. The Kansas Rural Helpline notes calls on fuel snow livestock and insurance, with referrals to mediation service and church funds. Red Cross offers up to 500 dollars for primary residence damage. FEMA public assistance covers disaster-damaged public facilities and certain non-profits, with state disbursement of funds.
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Garden City
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Red Cross
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Dodge City
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Hays
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