Johnson City quilt project links pride and community
Johnson City residents unite to create a patriotic quilt to fund a flagpole replacement at Stanton County’s Main Street. Local groups including Loose Threads, Pioneer and the Stanton County Historical Society coordinate donations of fabric and funds while volunteers manage sewing, repairs, and flag maintenance for the bellwether project.
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Kansas
Johnson City
Pioneer i
Stanton County Historical Society
Herrick
Loose Threads
Stanton County Senior Center
Wynn Cockrum
Garden City considers ninth grade center to ease crowding
Garden City USD 457 discusses creating a ninth grade center to move 600 to 640 of 1,900 high school students out of the main building. Options include converting Bernadine Sitts Intermediate or Abe Hubert Middle School to ninth grade centers or building a new site. Cost estimates were reviewed, with the intermediate center the cheapest option.
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GCHS
Pippenger
Bernadine Sitts
Abe Hubert
Garden City board to review three facility options Monday
Garden City USD 457 plans a Monday evening board meeting to discuss three options for a new facility each designed for 800 students. Pippenger will present advantages and disadvantages, with board members to provide input after individual talks. A population projection for the next decade is pending before a public hearing set for February.
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Garden City
USD 457
Milt Pippenger
Pippenger
Kathleen Whitley
Romero picked for governor's address
Finney County Jail sergeant Tracy Romero was chosen by Gov. Bill Graves to attend the state of the state address as a representative of law enforcement and state diversity. She will join other public safety workers in the House gallery in Topeka, the only southwest Kansas representative, with her family attending.
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Finney County
Tracy Romero
Romero
Bill Graves
Kansas
House of Representatives
Topeka
Graves
Kevin Bascue
Sheriff's Office
Don Brown
Sheriff’s Office
Homeland Security
Gov. Graves
Holcomb evaluates superintendent contract at regular meeting
Holcomb USC 363 school board will evaluate Superintendent Daryl Pruter at Monday night’s meeting. Pruter, in year five of a two year deal, faces an evalu ation, then potential one year extension. Executive session then a discussion of goals, strengths, weaknesses and salary prospects amid unknown state funding. A buildings update and city sidewalk easement discussion are also on the agenda.
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Holcomb
USC 363
Daryl Pruter
Pruter
Sean Thayer
Prater
Mary Ann Bennett
Vandals hit Garden City schools in Christmas break
Garden City schools sustained extensive vandalism during the Christmas holiday, with windows broken, thefts and graffiti at KHMS Edith Scheuerman and Garden City High School. Repairs from a $200,000 maintenance budget run into thousands, with losses propelling cleanup and boarding up efforts. Police note youths, opportunistic damage, not theft.
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Garden City
Jerry Bell
Kenneth Henderson
KHMS
Edith Scheuerman
Garden City High School
GCHS
Bell
Charlie Armentrout
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