Lumina misclassifies Seward County Community College as unaffordable
A Lumina Foundation study using 1998 federal data wrongly labeled Seward County Community College in Liberal as unaffordable for low and median income students. Lumina says a typo caused the error, and surveys show the college may be the sole misclassification after scrutiny prompted by a local newspaper inquiry.
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Seward County Community College
Lumina Foundation
Sara Murray-Plumer
Murray- Plumer
Southwest Daily Times
Garden City High School Blood Drive Friday
The Garden City High School Senior Class Blood Drive at Clifford Hope Auditorium runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. Sponsored with the American Red Cross, the drive aims for 150 donors. Call 276-5170 for appointments. walk-ins welcome. donors must be at least 17 and weigh 110 pounds.
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Clifford Hope
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Understanding Islam set for Dodge City
The Catholic Diocese of Dodge City and St. Dominic Parish of Garden City co sponsor a day of prayer and discussion titled Understanding Islam on January 24 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City. The ecumenical conference features 9:45 a.m. gathering, 10 a.m. welcome by Bishop Ronald Gilmore, sessions on Islamic faith and Muslim-Christian relations, lunch, and a panel, ending about 3 p.m. Attendance is open to all and free with a lunch free-will offering. Advance registration by Sunday is required, or register by calling 276-3500 with name, affiliation, phone, and party size.
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St. Dominic
Garden City
John Paul II
Assisi
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Ronald Gilmore
Firefighters find body in bathtub after apartment fire
LIBERAL AP Firefighters in a burned out apartment found a man's body in the bathtub after extinguishing the blaze. The victim is unidentified pending autopsy results. Authorities believe the fire was accidental and no foul play is suspected. The roommate woke to the fire and escaped.
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Jim Fisher
Fisher
Girl 14 testifies in father figure stabbing case
A 14-year-old girl testified in Finney County District Court that Dennis Miller called her mother before allegedly attacking her, saying she was with friends and that the man she called her father figure prompted the incident. Jenice Brown suffered 13 superficial wounds as Miller tried to stab her in a Grain Bin parking lot on May 17, 2001.
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Mary Brown
Dennis Miller
Sean
Miller
Jenice Brown
Brown
Jenice Miller
Finney County
Lee McGowan
McGowan
Thomas Jefferson Lecture Delights Southwest Kansas Audience
About 200 people heard Clay Jenkinson present a first person portrait of Thomas Jefferson at Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. He traced Jefferson's aims and the Lewis and Clark expedition, noted the Louisiana Purchase, and connected Jefferson’s ideas to regional agriculture and family farming.
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Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
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Jefferson
West
Meriweather Lewis
William Clark
Louisiana Purchase
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Congress
Lewis
Monticello
Mr. Jefferson
Washington, D.C
Kansas
Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
High Plains Public Radio
Pruter contract extended as Holcomb USD 363 leader
USD 363 unanimously votes to extend Daryl Pruter’s contract through the 2003-04 school year. Pruter, in year one of a two year deal, has served five years in Holcomb. Board discusses evaluation format and goals amid budget uncertainty and upcoming negotiations. Public forum set for Jan. 28 at high school.
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Holcomb Usd 363
Pruter
John McClelland
Kansas Association of School Boards
Prater
McClelland
Kansas State University
Holcomb
Kansas Academy of Leadership and Technology
Sunflower farmers’ poison option on hold
Sunflower growers must wait until spring to learn if poisoned rice to kill up to six million blackbirds will be allowed. The USDA wildlife agency delayed drafting the environmental impact proposal after public comment closed, due to funding delays from the federal budget debate.
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Washington
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Agriculture Department
USDA
Federal
Phil Mastrangelo
GCCC enrollment up for Spring 2002
Garden City Community College opened the Spring 2002 term with 1,725 students registered and a full-time equivalency of 1,121.1 The day saw 157 more students than last spring, a 10 percent rise, while FTE grew 7 percent to 1,121.1. Enrollment week and extended hours aided signups.
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