Garden City summer meals highlight obesity concerns
City officials reported 43 percent of students from pre school to sixth grade are overweight and 24 percent obese in 2006 07. Summer meal sites list breakfast and lunch hours at schools and community locations through late July. Local officials urge families to add physical activity like biking walking swimming and yard work to combat rising overweight rates.
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Witt
Garden City
Johnson
Board of Education
East Garden Village
E. U.S. Highway 50
Edith Scheuerman
Wilcox
Farmland Road
S. Farmland Road
Tonio Avenue
Thompson Street
Towns River View South
Old Post Road
Victor Ornelas
E. Spruce St
Wagon Wheel
Massey Ferguson
CDC
Atha
Tracy Johnson
Steve Cottrell
Florence Wilson
Kansas minimum wage rise eyed amid mixed business impact
Wages in Kansas rise as federal and state wage discussions affect workers and employers. East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp. and supporters expect higher take home pay for many in nine counties, while critics in hospitality fear price hikes and uncertain gains. Economists note conflicting research and unclear exact beneficiary numbers.
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Richard Jackson
Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
Jackson
Don Sayler
Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association
Wichita
State Department of Labor
Noormahmad
Kansas
U.S
Beachy
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Sayler
Buffalo Hotel tours reveal history of Garden City promoter
Finney County historian Bryce Baker notes C J Buffalo Jones sparked Garden City growth by promoting rail access and lodging. The three story Buffalo Hotel opened 1885 with grand supper, later fell into hands of the Alliance and now hosts tours led by Ross Miller and Dean Ryan.
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C.J
Buffalo
Jones
Bryce Baker
Finney County Historical Society
Garden City
Kansas
Wichita
Baker
John Stevens
Windsor
Harness
Stevens
J.H. Stevens
C.L. Thompson
Grant Avenue
ABC Pregnancy Center
Center For Independent Living
Traditions Soda & Sandwich Shop
Grant Ave
Alliance
Vision
Western State Bank
Garland Furniture
Laurie Oshel
Finney County Historical Museum
Kendall
Osher
Phillips
B.E. Phillips
Arkansas Valley
Coffee Ann Restaurant
Schulman Hardware
Ross Miller
The
Dean Ryan
Historical Society
Ryan
Walterscheid Productions Inc
Buffalo Hotel
Don Harness
School board approves salary increases and security upgrades
The USD 457 Board of Education approved a 5 percent average pay raise for central office admins coordinators principals technicians and other classified staff. Superintendent Rick Atha’s base salary rose 5 percent to 123900 with a 240 fringe-benefits increase. The board also reviewed timing for a electronic controlled access system at four elementary schools with recommendations from ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions to delay for a cheaper up to date option.
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Board of Education
Rick Atha
Rick Lewis
Assa Abloy Door Security Solutions
Buffalo Jones
Gertrude Walker
Jennie Barker
Pierceville-Plymell
Lewis
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Abe Hubert
Alta Brown
Hudson
Bernadine Sitts
N. Belmont Place
Charles O. Stones
N. Jennie Barker Road
Talley Trail
Lee Richardson
YMCA
Garden City Recreation Commission
Bill Beachy
Kansas Action Network
Scott Bershof
Kenneth Henderson
Garden City High School
Memorial Stadium
Educational Service Center
Skyward Inc
Waite Park
Minn
Wre
Garden City Community College
Gcccks.edu
Eee Ein Iay Savings Bank
Securitysb.com
North Main
East Kansas
Tyson Complex
FDIC
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