Mini Bus Helps Residents Get Around Town
A small bus service under Holcomb improves local mobility with routes serving residents across the town reducing travel time and expanding access to essential services. The program aids seniors and workers seeking affordable transit options.
City aims amended smoking rule for zoo not parks
Garden City commissioners back an amended smoking ordinance to ban smoking in the Lee Richardson Zoo while the Parks and Tree Advisory Board recommends excluding all city parks. Parks superintendent Alan Geier says second hand smoke is not a serious concern in open air parks. City Attorney See City, Page AS.
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Commerce panel weighs more visas for immigrant workers
TOPEKA HNS With labor demands rising in parts of the state the Senate Commerce chairwoman plans to urge the federal government to issue more visas for immigrant workers. Commerce Co-Chairwoman Karin Brownlee cites federal labor statistics as showing growing need for change as job openings exceed visa supply.
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Reading gains grow in Deerfield with Success for All
Editor notes a second in a series profiling area districts. In Deerfield Elementary, Zerikhan Filatov, a former non reader in third grade, now reads at a fifth grade level after adopting the Success for All program. Administrators say 65.69 percent of students are at or above grade level, a 48.8 point jump in state tests, with staff citing steady progress and statewide recognition for the district’s approach.
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Deerfield USD 216 School Details Released
Deerfield USD 216 lists enrollment 330 students across Deerfield Elementary Deerfield Middle and Deerfield High. Superintendent Jon Ansley heads 40 certified and 35 classified personnel. Phone 620 426 7890. Website www usd216.org.
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Cimarron Receives Streetscape Project Upgrade
Cimarron completes a streetscape project begun in 2002 to hide electrical lines and modernize Main Street. The work included burying power lines, replacing a 70 year old water main beneath newly rebuilt sidewalks from Canal Avenue to north of the railroad, with construction starting in May and finishing by September before a December storm.
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