Deadline approaching for Garden City football seats
Garden City High School warns reserved seat holders to return the reply card by Friday to hold football seats for the 2012 season. Pick up and pay at 1 p.m. Aug 15 in the GE HS Athletic Office. Unreturned cards and unpicked tickets go to the general public on Aug 27. First practice for fall sports is Aug 13. participants must have a current physician signed physical dated after May 1.
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Garden City High School
Buffalo Way Blvd
High School
GCHS
GCHS Enrollment Packets Due In August
GCHS invites enrollment for the 2012-13 year with packets mailed and due back by August 10. Fees include a 36 enrollment charge and 40 for the iPad protection plan, with summer hours 8 am to 3 pm Tuesday through Thursday. New district entrants enroll at the Educational Support Center, 1205 Fleming St. First day Aug 22 with select grades having a half day orientation. full classes resume Aug 23. Call 805-5400 for more information.
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GCHS
Buffalo Way Blvd
Fleming St
Garden City
YMCA to start sand volleyball league at Garden City
Garden City Family YMCA announces a sand volleyball league starting July 26. Team entry costs 75 dollars for six league games plus a post season tournament. Registration closes on Tuesday. Contact Doug Marshall at 275-1199 or gckymca.sports@gmail.com for details.
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Garden City Family Ymca
Doug Marshall
Gckymca.sports
Gmail.com
Volunteer Training Sessions Coming Up at Family Crisis
Family Crisis Services will hold a volunteer training session from 7 to 9 p.m. July 19 at 106 W. Fulton St. The program trains volunteers to answer the crisis hotline, provide information and referrals, and contact the on call advocate for in person help. The agency runs a 24 7 crisis hotline for domestic and sexual violence dating violence and stalking. For more information or to register call Janene at 275 2018.
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Family Crisis Services
W. Fulton St
Janene
Girl Scouts
Garden City Recreation Commission
Stuart Little
Wiley Park
Kearny County Fair
Kansas hires former Wichita official as Medicaid inspector general
Bill Gale, ex Sedgwick County election commissioner and Wichita city council member, starts as inspector general for Kansas Medicaid programs within the Department of Health and Environment. He will oversee audits of contracts with three private managed care providers amid a broad Medicaid overhaul aiming to save over a billion dollars in five years. Gale notes this role brings checks and balances to ensure transparency and accountability in care for the state's vulnerable residents.
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Topeka
Sedgwick
Wichita City
Kansas
Gale
Inspector General
ECHE
Robert Moser
Gale’s
Moser
Attorney General’s Office
Sam Brownback
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Amerigroup Corp
Virginia Beach
Centenc' Corp
St. Louis
United Healthcare
Minneapolis
Kansans
Sedgwick County
Wichita Council
Wichita State University
Christmas in July fundraiser anchors weekend events
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney and Kearny County hosts its second annual Christmas in July at the Clarion Inn ballroom to raise local funds for mentoring programs. The night features music, dancing, food, live and silent auctions, and free beer for attendees 21 and over. Proceeds stay in the community.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters
Finney and
Kearny County
Clarion Inn Ballroom
Tammy Davis
Clarion Inn
Finney County Humane Society
Garden City
Finney County
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
Tumbleweed Service Unit
Stevens Park
Girl Scouts of the Kansas Heartland
Girl Scouts
New problem arises in Kansas Planned Parenthood case
Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe acknowledged a new hurdle in pursuing 58 misdemeanor counts alleging illegal late term abortions at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park. A key expert witness is too ill to testify, delaying court proceedings and filings as the defense seeks dismissal of remaining charges amid prior rulings and dismissed counts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Planned Parenthood
Kansas City
Johnson County
Steve Howe
Overland Park
Howe
State Supreme Court
Stephen Tatum
Tatum
Pedro Irigonegaray
Irigonegaray
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