Syracuse welcomes new superintendent Joan Friend
Joan Friend, former Palco administrator, begins leading Syracuse USD 494 with surveys of budget cuts and program preservation. She adapts quickly, noting district attrition maintained most programs, including Parents as Teachers, while facing statewide funding pressures and community ties.
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Nens
Joan Friend
Syracuse Usd 494
Palco
Friend
Syracuse
Jerry Burch
Burch
Nickerson-South Hutchinson
Dodge City Community College
Fort Hays State University
Plainville
Wakeeney
Hays
Cimarron
Larry
Tamarisk
First Man Lands On Reopened Garden City Runway
Karel Roberts became the first to land on the newly repaved section of Garden City Regional Airport runway after its partial reopening on Friday morning. The project, a 3.4 million dollar FAA funded effort, aims to strengthen the airfield and attract regional jets, with remaining work planned through September.
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Karel Roberts
Garden City
Roberts
Hutchinson
Mike Scerman
Chanay Ag Services
Bob Halloran
Federal Aviation Administration
Halloran
West Nile Case Reported In Kansas Horse
A horse in Kearny County is among the latest confirmed West Nile Virus cases in Kansas, raising the state total to 16 counties with a confirmed case in birds, mosquitoes, or horses. Western Plains Veterinary Hospital treated the mare, with Corrine Gugelmeyer noting she is doing well. KDHE confirms six more cases this week, with no human West Nile encephalitis or meningitis cases reported this year.
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Kearny County
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Western Plains Veterinary Hospital
Lakin
Corrine Gugelmeyer
KDHE
Kansas
Sharon Watson
Poet Park envisioned for Sabine Hall grounds in Garden City
Sabine Hall at 201 Buffalo Jones Ave could become a 11 plot xeriscape themed community garden and park called Poet Park. Deputy Planner Shaun Rydell leads efforts with High Plains Horticultural Society to blend poetry with plants, sculpture, and education while awaiting city bid process planned for September or October.
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Sabine Hall
Buffalo Jones Ave
Shaun Rydell
Rydell
Garden City
High Plains Horticultural Society
Robert Frost
Kansas Avenue
MetroPlains
St. Paul
Janie Perkins
Reynaldo Mesa
Poet Park
Sebelius Rejects Kansas in Head Start Control Plan
The U S House approved a plan to give eight states control of Head Start in a five year pilot by 217 to 216 margin. Governor Sebelius favors current structure and Kansas says it will not apply. Kansas education leaders voice mixed views on shifting oversight while critics warn of weakened protections for poor children.
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Topeka
U.S. House
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Nicole Corcoran
Senate
Bruce Wyatt
Salina
US Department of Health and Human Services
Bush
Alexa Pochowski
Kansas’ Assistant Commission
Pochowski
House Education
Kathe Decker
R-Clay Center
Clay County
Decker
Shirley Long
Head Start
Ottawa
Children’s Defense Fund
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Sherman
REL
West Nile
Brad Nadina
Annabelle McLendon
Molly Harrington
Stevens Park
Sebelius
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