Garden City promotes Downtown Wellness Walking Program
Garden City Recreation Commission launches its first Downtown Wellness Walking Program to encourage weekly walking, blood pressure checks, pedometer use, and downtown business engagement. Activities include a July to August schedule with scavenger hunts, footwear sessions, yoga in the park, information boxes on Main Street, a photo project, and prize drawings.
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Downtown Vision
GCCC to Continue Talent Search With $1 Million Grant
The Garden City Community College will expand its talent search program with a $1 million grant, aiming to aid students from schools where over 60 percent qualify for free or reduced lunches. The program offers tutoring, counseling, ESL activities, career mentoring, and college visits, plus STEM support and course guidance. Notable alumni include five students honored in 2009, Abraham Rodriguez who earned a major Kansas scholarship, and Jorge Mendoza who became a Harvard intern in evolutionary biology.
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Wheat harvest drought to hit western Kansas economy hard
McClelland estimates 4.5 million bushels in Garden City Co op area and about 50 million dollars in lost wheat value due to drought. Insurance claims top 39 million overall with 308000 acres affected. Adverse weather cripples yields from Finney to Lane counties. Local farmers like Lee Greathouse report total losses amid hail damage and widespread dry conditions.
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