Schools celebrate Kansas Day anniversary in Garden City
Fourth graders at Edith Scheuerman Elementary staged the Kansans Wax Museum for Kansas Day with speeches on Kirstie Alley John Riggins and Forrest Phog Allen. Brandy Macedo recited Alley life while Abraham Vallejo impersonated Riggins. Jesus Ramos presented Allen through a read from a clipboard.
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Garden City
Edith Scheuerman
Wilcox St
Brandy Macedo
Kirstie Alley
Alley
Abraham Vallejo
John Riggins
Vallejo
Forrest Phog Allen
University of Kansas
Jesus Ramos
Ramos
Economy gains steam as consumer spending fuels growth
Washington reports the economy grew at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in Q4 2010, driven by the strongest consumer spending since 2006. With unemployment at 9.4 percent, analysts warn that housing and government spending offer little support and sustained gains require continued strong consumer demand.
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Commerce Department
Military plans fast rollout of gay ban repeal training
Pentagon leaders say training to apply the repeal allowing openly serving gays will start in February and proceed quickly. They avoid promising full implementation within 2011, despite President Obama’s State of the Union claim. Gen Cartwright says expeditious unit training is expected and a year for completion is a reasonable goal.
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Washington
Pentagon
Barack Obama
James Cartwright
Kansas race history tied to founding and 150 years
Kansas marks 150 years since statehood while historians note that early settlers sought to ban blacks, not abolitionists, in a debate sparked by the 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act. The piece links John Brown, Brown v Board, and ongoing race issues including immigration in a state shaped by its Civil War era conflict.
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Topeka
Kansas
Union
Free State
Jonathan Earle
University of Kansas
Lawrence
John Brown
Kansas Territory
Harpers Ferry
Brown
Topeka Board of Education
Kris Kobach
Arizona
Earle
Congress
East
Constitution Hall
Lecompton
Grain prices at Garden City Co op Wheat and soybeans
Market prices list at the Garden City Co op shows wheat at 8.00, corn at 5.61, soybeans at 12.93. The brief entry records commodity values for wheat corn and soybeans with no additional context.
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Garden City
Weather Forecast Today Cooler and Sunny
The forecast calls for a cooler day with bright sun and a high near 50 and a low around 22. Details appear on page A8.
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