Elks Training Center Receives $5000 Grant
The Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped got $5,000 from the Finnup Foundation Trust of Finney County to fund Projects With Industry programs in southwest Kansas. The funds back job development and placement for people with mild to severe disabilities and link employer needs to applicants skills. Garden City Community College will close Thursday for The Fourth of July. summer sessions continue through July 19. Enrollment hours are 8 am to 8 pm Monday through Thursday and 8 am to 4 pm Friday at the Administration Building.
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Kansas Elks Training Center For
Finnup Foundation Trust
Finney County
Kansas
Garden City Community College
Finney County Community Learning Center
GCCC
Dawn to Perform at Stevens Park Concert Series
Christian vocalist Dawn from Healy headlines a free 7 30 p m Sunday concert at the Stevens Park band shell. The show kicks off the Stevens Park Concert Series sponsored by the Garden City Recreation Commission arts program and The City of Garden City.
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Melissa Dawn
Stevens Park
Shell
Dawn
Healy
Garden City
Ryun eyes top GOP post after Watts exit
Kansas Rep. Jim Ryun seeks the No. 4 GOP Conference chair role as Oklahoma Rep. J C Watts announces he will not seek re election. Ryun, 55, aims to build on Watts tenure and leverages a sports background to speak for rank and file Republicans and broaden the party message.
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Washington
House
Kansas
Jim Ryun
Oklahoma
J.C. Watts
Ryun
Watts
Cheney Uses Pledge Ruling to Bash Democrats in Kansas
Vice President Dick Cheney urged quicker Senate action on judicial appointments at a Kansas GOP fundraiser after a federal ruling deemed the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional in schools. He noted 90 federal judgeships nationwide are vacant and criticized Senate delays amid campaign in Kansas to gain House and Senate seats. The event raised about 200000 for the Kansas Republican Party as it eyes Dennis Moore's seat and a gubernatorial successor.
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Wichita
Dick Cheney
Senate
Cheney
Bush
Circuit Court of Appeals
Judiciary Committee
9Th Circuit
Congress
U.S. House
Kansas
Mark Parkinson
Republican Party
Dennis Moore
Washington
Bill Graves
Parkinson
GOP
Finney County eyes mill levy hike amid budget review
Finney County commissioners discussed steady value losses and a likely mill levy increase while reviewing budgets for the Sheriff's Office Health Department Road and Bridge and EMS. Sheriff Bascue noted rising salary and medical costs as budgets rise. the panel eyed project postponements and bond refunding to save funds.
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Finney County
Stephens
Cliff Mayo
Gray County
Scott County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Sheriff's Department
Kansas infant toddler services seek feedback forum
Kansas health officials hosted a public forum with four area providers to discuss Part C of IDEA and how to better link physicians, SRS, and outside agencies for infant and toddler services. Providers cited physician delays, staff turnover, bilingual staffing shortages, and fluctuating state funding as barriers to timely and holistic support for families.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Jean Ann Summers
Gwen Beegle
University of Kansas Beach Center
Summers
Kersenbrock-Ostmeyer
Oakley
Nwkesc
Deanna Berry
RCDC
Hixson
Hermann
Limited blessing for non married couples in Kansas Diocese
The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas will begin authorizing limited blessings of non married couples, homosexu al or heterosexual, where marriage would be financially hard. The blessing is not matrimony and may not resemble liturgy. Bishop William E. Smalley says the decision, effective immediately, follows a 2000 Episcopal resolution acknowledging committed relationships outside marriage.
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Topeka
Episcopal Diocese of
Kansas
William E. Smalley
Smalley
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Elks Training Center
Watts’ Shoes
Kirsten Haas
J.R. Esparza
Kirsten
Braden
Seventh Street
Mary Street
Finney County Commission
Katherine Kersenbrock-Ostmeyer
Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center
Pam Hermann
Russell Child Development Center
St. Catherine Hospital
Kersenbrock- Ostmeyer
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