Jeans contract talks hinge on dress language change
Garden City teachers and district officials met at the Education Support Center to resolve issues in the stalled USD 457 contract, focusing on professional dress language. Aimed for teacher approval by day’s end, the talks include facilitators from the U S Federal Mediation Service and multiple school representatives.
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Whitley’s and
Mangan
Fleming St
Whitley
Steve Karlin
Board of Education
Mike Utz
Jean Clifford
Gloria Hopkins
Utz
Hopkins
Garden City Education Association
Roger Lyng
Charles O. Stones
Melinda Duran
Georgia Matthews
Glenda Kail
Abe Hubert
Linda Ackerman
Garden
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Right turn only JC Street signs ordered amid congestion
City officials report heavy congestion at the JC Street and Kansas Avenue intersection with right turn only restrictions planned for 7 am to 7 pm as part of traffic relief measures. Officials cited limited virtual town hall participation and noted state highway upgrades along US 54 400 in Kingman and Pratt counties as good news for southwest Kansas communities. Public access channels and social media will carry town hall updates as residents are invited to participate.
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Kaleb Kentner
Commission
JC Street
Kansas Avenue
David Crase
Matt Allen
State Transportation Department
Kingman
Pratt
Sam Brownback
Sec. of Transportation
Deb Miller
Allen
Kansas
Wichita
Southwest Kansas
Dodge City
Garden City
Liberal
Tanner Lucas
Lucas
City Commission
Channel 8
Cox Cable
Facebook
Twitter
Lucas to lead new venture in public relations and social media
Lucas plans a state wide speaking tour on Garden Citys role in boosting resident communication via Internet based social media. He will join The New Boston Creative Group to develop their social media arm and work with existing clients while seeking new ones in the region. Lucas holds a KU masters in communication studies and will remain in Garden City with his wife Nicole and two children Makenzie and Breckyn.
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Garden City
New
Lucas
University of Kansas
Nicole
Makenzie
Breckyn
Kansas Arts Veto Draws Spotlight on State Funding
Governor Brownback moves to dismantle the Kansas Arts Commission, replacing it with a private foundation. He cuts 689000 from the arts budget and ends the commission staff, risking federal funds and thousands of jobs tied to arts programs while supporters argue private funding can sustain the arts.
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Alan Cobb
Americans For Prosperity
Brownback
Cobb
New Hampshire
Texas
Washington
Kansas
Vermont
Kansas Arts Commission
Arts Commission
Commission
State Historical Society
IARC classifies cellphones as possibly carcinogenic to humans
Health reporting notes IARC's shift from neutral to a cautious stance on cellphone cancer risk. Interphone data link decade-long use to higher glioma and acoustic neuroma risk, with tens of thousands of glioma diagnoses annually in the United States. Critics urge more robust research amid mixed findings.
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International Agency For Research On Cancer
WHO
Joel M. Moskowitz
Center For Family and Community Health
University of California, Berkeley
School of Public Health
IARC
Lennart Hardell
United States
Savitz
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