Lifelong devotion to seniors shapes Ulysses leader
LaVonne Michael of Ulysses has spent 40 years aiding elders, starting with a snowy 1963 grocery ride that sparked a local public transport and meal program. Now director for 39 years, she presides over the Grant County Senior Center, serving meals and fostering community for retirees and caregivers alike.
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LaVonne Michael
Ulysses
Michael
James
Denver
Jerry Menize
Grant County
Grant County Senior Center
Court near end of appeal over Wheatland water ruling
Wheatland Electric Sunflower Power and nearby property owners face a Jan 17 deadline to appeal a Kansas ruling granting about 2000 acre feet of water for a Garden City reverse osmosis plant. Pope denied larger use, with Adams upholding the decision on Dec 18.
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Wheatland Electric Co-op Inc
Garden City
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture
Wheatland
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Water Resources
David Pope
Pope
Sunflower
Jamie Clover Adams
Adams
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Lisa Taylor
Taylor
8Rh Judicial District Court
Shawnee County
Neil Norman
Garden City and
Garden City Commissioners
Rishel to run for USD 457 school board in April election
Ken Rishel, a Bethphage computer network technician, filed for the USD 457 Board of Education seat. He cites improving community relations and education quality after his daughter Jaime’s graduation dispute as motivation, with four seats open and filing deadline January 21.
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Bethphage
USD 457 Board of Education
Ken Rishel
Rishel
Garden City
Jaime
Susan
Jaime Rishel
Garden City High School
Kandis Griess
Griess
Kevin Burr
Susan Rishel
GCHS
Will
Garden City Community College
Pueblo
Colo
Finney County plans grants and zoning at year-start meeting
At the year’s first meeting Finney County commissioners entertain two Youth Services grant applications. One for 27,370.03 to fund a drug and alcohol counselor under the Garden City Finney County alcohol tax fund, and a federal grant request for 332,858.80 to expand services for rural counties and the Hispanic population in the 25th Judicial District. Also on the agenda is a 9,990 change order for more electrical work at the Finney County Fairgrounds show ring, a zoning change proposal from commercial to suburban residential, updates from the county Economic Development Corp and the public works department.
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Finney County
25Th Judicial District
Garden City
Commission
Finney, Greeley
Hamilton, Kearny, Scott and
Wichita Counties
Finney County Fairgrounds
Menke
Reiff
Finney County Area Planning Commission
Finney County Economic Development Corp
County Public Works Department
Kansas to start voluntary smallpox vaccines for health workers
About 4 400 Kansas health care workers will be offered vaccinations starting in early February with initial sites in Topeka Parsons and Kansas City Kansas. Clinics in Overland Park and Wichita follow a week later and others in Garden City Great Bend and McPherson open the following week.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Department of Health and Environment
Parsons
Kansas City
Kan
Overland Park
Wichita
Garden City
Great Bend
McPherson
Department
National Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
US Department of Health and Human Services
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Norman
IBP
Finney County Rural Water District No. 1
Ramon Loya
First Christian Church
Seventh St
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Bush
Sharon Watson
Health and Environment Department
United States
Centers For Disease Control and
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