Free child screenings offered Friday by RCDC and USD 457
Russell Child Development Center and USD 457 offer free screenings for children 5 and younger at Trinity Lutheran Church 1010 Fleming St. Appointments via RCDC at 275-0291. RCDC covers infants to 3 years, USD 457 covers 3 to 5 years for Garden City residents and Southwest Kansas children. Screenings evaluate hearing vision muscle development and speech language and thinking skills and take 90 minutes.
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Russell Child Development Center
USD 457
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
RCDC
Garden City
Kansas
ArtsCENTER hosts couple’s exhibit by Zahradniks
ArtsCENTER at 318 Main St hosts a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday for Gordon and Rae Zahradnik. The show runs through Feb. 28 featuring Gordon's paintings and 3-D works and Rae's 2-D paintings. Gordon, a 42-year veteran teacher, held multiple roles in Kansas art education and associations.
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Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Gordon
Rae Zahradnik
Artscenter
Main St
Gordon Zahradnik
Great Bend Public Schools
Army
Sterling College
Northeast Magnet High School
Wichita
The
Kansas Watercolor Society
Society of Kansas Painters West
Kansas Federation of Art
Dodge Citian Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charge
Isaac Sepulveda Acevedo a 20 year old from Dodge City was charged with drug trafficking after a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper found 150 pounds of marijuana in his car during a traffic stop on Interstate 70 west of Concordia. He is held in Lafayette County Jail awaiting further proceedings.
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Lexington
Kansas
Missouri
Isaac Sepulveda-Acevedo
Dodge City
Lafayette County
Concordia
Sepulveda- Acevedo
Garden City district eyes tougher gang policy changes
USD 457 board discussed a revised gang activity policy to tighten identifiers and prohibited conduct. The aim is stricter discipline and better records, with a higher membership threshold and explicit dress, signs, and symbols rules to curb intimidation and illegal activity.
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Garden City
USD 457 Board of Education
Lentz
John Scheppner
Holcomb District delays nepotism policy amid small-district concerns
Holcomb USD 363 board halted a proposed nepotism rule after 7-0 vote to tailor it for a small district. The draft would bar relatives of board members from district employment, with existing staff allowed to stay if related members join the board. Board members urged attorney review to avoid a “minefield” in wording.
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Holcomb
USD 363 Board of Education
Kansas Association of School Boards
USD 363
Daryl Prater
Sean Thayer
Russ Komlofske
Thayer
Prater
Cindy Messenger
Capital Improvement Committee
Bruce Glass
Wiley Elementary
Glass
Batts
Wharton Files Re Election Bid for Garden City Commission
Longtime Garden City resident and former dissenting Home Depot vote holder Jim Wharton, 87, filed Monday to seek another term on the Garden City Commission. Crain, Holcomb mayoral candidate since 1992, also filed to run for Holcomb mayor. Dennis Lauer and others filed as council hopefuls amid several open seats.
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Garden City Commission
Holcomb
Jim Wharton
Garden Cit
Terry Crain
Wharton
Garden City
Liberal
Home Depot
Crain
IBP
Cindy
Steven
West Texas State A&m
Command and General Staff College
U.S
Interim director finds potential at Finney County Library
Interim director Tom Hehman praises the Finney County Public Library in Garden City for its warm reception and growth potential. Hehman, with LSSI, arrived Jan 2 and aims to hire a permanent director within about three months after board interviews begin.
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Tom Hehman
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Hehman
Finney County Public Library Board of Trustees
Library Systems & Services
LSSI
Library Board
Garden City
Tve
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Hutchinson High School
Wynona Winn
Lorie Norris
Winn
Jim Lentz
Brad Nading
Nicole Steele
Garden City Community College
USD
Holcomb High School
Richard Soetaert
Iowa
Carrie Mantooth
Kansas City
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