Roundup Orchestra concert to close summer string camp
Two groups of up to 20 young musicians perform a free 7 p.m. Thursday concert at Garden City Community College. David Littrell of Kansas State University conducts a chamber ensemble while Salina Symphony’s Ken Hakoda directs a full orchestra. The 2009 camp runs July 14 to 16 for seventh through 12th graders with rehearsals, theory and lessons. Seating auditions are Monday. Information in the college fine arts office.
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Southwest Kansas Music Academy
Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
College Fine Arts
Knock Out Group Meets Monday Over Flood Plain Changes
The Knock Out Committee will meet Monday from 5 30 to 6 30 p m at St James Lutheran Church 1608 Belmont Place. Chairman Duane West urges residents with property in the proposed flood plain along Drainage Ditch Nos 1 and 2 to attend and invites other citizens. The group opposes FEMA flood map changes that would add over 1800 properties in Garden City and Finney County to the flood plain.
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St. James Lutheran Church
Belmont Place
Duane West
West
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Garden City
Finney County
Garden City High School Football Tickets Due Date
GCHS football reserved seat holders must return reply cards by Friday to reserve seats for the 2009 season. Pick up and payment start August 12 at 1 p.m. in the Athletic Office at 1412 N. Main St. Call 805-8020 if no reply card was received. Unclaimed reserved seats go to the general public on August 24. First fall sports practice begins August 17.
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Garden City
GCHS
N. Main St
Hospital hosts Family Fun Day for children with special needs
St Catherine Hospital invites families to a four hour event on July 25 from 8 30 a m to 3 p m in Classrooms 2 and 3 at 401 E Spruce St. Activities for children youth with special needs and siblings run alongside parent networking on health care needs and stress management. Registration closes July 22 call Garden City Parent 276-6364 or (888) or email laurich familiestogetherinc.org.
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St. Catherine Hospital
E. Spruce St
Garden City Parent Ter
Laurich
Audit raises computer security questions in Kansas
A Kansas legislative audit reviewed five state agencies including the pension system and found weak password controls and missing security patches on servers. It showed 39 percent of one agency's passwords were cracked within five minutes using free Internet tools.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S
Allan
Foster
State Pension System
Department of Transportation
Board of Nursing
Glenn Deck
Pension System
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Schmidt
North Korea
Anthony Schlinsog
Kansas Department of Transportation
Holcomb teachers approve contract 46 5 vote
Holcomb USD 363 teachers vote 46-5 in favor of the 2009 10 contract with a 1.5 percent base pay rise for new hires and a 200 300 per year step increase. State aid cuts reduce total per pupil funding to 4218 from 4492, delaying final budget and mill levy decisions.
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Robert O’connor
Board of Education
Holcomb
O’connor
Mark Parkinson
Kansas
Ingalls Cattle Thief Sentenced To Two Years In Federal Prison
An Ingalls man, James D. Unruh, 37, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and theft of livestock. He admitted running a starter feed yard in Finney County and stealing cattle to fatten for sale, involving multiple owners and interstate auctions.
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James D. Unruh
U.S. District Court
U.S
Lanny Welch
Unruh
Finney County
Eugene Heiman
Allen Hales
Wayne Newton
Ken Winter
Brian Winter
Lee Borck
Innovative Livestock
John Koehn
Grant Gibson
Eastern Livestock Co. LLC
Kansas
James Cross
U.S. Department of Justice
Welch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cross
Garden City board agenda outlines budget and teacher contract
The Garden City US 457 Board of Education schedules a Monday meeting to review a negotiated teacher contract for 2009 10 with step raises for unfrozen salaries and health insurance up from 490 to 500 per month. The agenda includes a proposed budget, AYP presentation, board reorganizing actions, policy reviews, bids for electrical supplies and Apple computers, and set pay rates for substitute and non licensed staff.
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O’connor
Board of Education
Great West Activities Conference
New Activities League
Western Kansas
Garden City US 457 Board of Education
Core
Steve Nordby
Darren Dennis
Rick Atha
Atha
Freedom of
Apple Computers
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Gchs Football
Tara Gillum
Dennis McKinney
Kathy Porter
Brad Na
Angel Vox
Stevens Park
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