Enrollment packets due Friday for GCHS students
GCHS mails early enrollment packets in June and urges families to return forms with a 36 enrollment fee or 20 activity ticket. Mail to Garden City High School or visit 1412 N Main St during summer hours 8 am to 3 pm Tue Thu. New to district enroll at Educational Support Center 1205 Fleming St. First day Aug 16 with orientation and full classes Aug 17. Call 805-8010 for details.
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Counties join Rural Opportunity Zones in Kansas
Ten Kansas counties including Hamilton Kearny Wichita and Stanton join the Rural Opportunity Zones program offering loan forgiveness of up to 3000 per year for five years after moving to rural counties. Other new members include Barber Graham Mitchell Morton Ness and Trego with many already in the program.
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Hamilton
Kearny
Wichita
Stanton
Sam Brownback
Barber
Graham
Mitchell
Morton
Ness
Trego
Greeley
Hodgeman
Kingman
Lane
Pratt
Rooks
Russell
Scott
Wallace
Woodson
KansasCommerce.com
RuralOpportunity Zones
Grief Workshop Offered by St Catherine Hospice
St Catherine Hospice Program hosts a five week Educational Grief Workshop at 602 N Sixth St Tuesdays 7 to 8 30 p m from July 26 to August 23. Sessions cover normal grief myths handling holidays mourning needs healing led by Dr Kenne Whitson CHPCA CT and registration is free contact Gina Cash at 800 281 4077 or 272 2519 for details.
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St. Catherine
N. Sixth St
Kenne Whitson
CHPCA
Gina Cash
Garden City native to lead Topeka Public Schools
G C native Julie Ford, born in Garden City and long tied to Kansas schools, becomes interim superintendent of Topeka Public Schools USD 501. A veteran educator and former USD 457 deputy superintendent, Ford plans to start Wednesday after resigning from KSDE.
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Topeka
USD 501
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KSDE
Kansas
Finney County
John Morton
Topeka Public Schools
Morton
Newton
Kevin Singer
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Tama
GCHS
Garden City Community College
Buffalo
Patrick Woods
Wichita State University
St. Mary of the Plains
Trinidad
Colo
Tulsa
Okla
USC
Jim Lentz
Rick Atha
Kansas abortion rules face legal delay after swift rollout
Gov Brownback's administration pushed new abortion provider licensing effective July 1, but a federal judge blocked enforcement amid a lawsuit by two clinics. The rules set facility size and recovery room standards and require licensed annual oversight, with one clinic already licensed by the health department and others awaiting compliance or relief. Critics say the process rushed rules and that some space requirements do not clearly affect patient safety.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Aid For Women Clinic
Kansas City
Kan
Center For Women’s Health
Overland Park
Health Department
Teresa Woody
Brownback
Aid For Women
State Board of Healing Arts
Planned Parenthood of
Mid- Missouri
Planned Parenthood
Richard Levy
University of Kansas
Kansas court fees rise to bolster court funding
Kansas lawmakers raised the surcharge on traffic tickets and most court cases by 25 percent, adding about 4.50 to docket fees and lifting total costs for divorce or lawsuits. The change, effective July 1, targets funding after court closures, with total docket fees for divorce or suit rising from 173 to 178 and ticket cases from 93.50 to 98. Kansas Judicial Branch official Ron Keefover explains the move shifts costs to users rather than taxpayers.
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