Garden City hires new airport director Speake
George Speake will lead Garden City’s airport, bringing Midwestern and North Carolina experience. He plans emphasis on Essential Air Service, improved operations, utilization, and economic development. The interview panel included Halloran, Allen, Berry, Erskin, and Stallings. Speake will study the airport first year before proposing changes.
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Finney County District Court
Garden City
Bob Halloran
Airport Advisory Board
George
Speake
North Carolina
Mid-Continent
Wichita
LULAC Youth Leadership Program links internships to school goals
Garden City youth join a two year LULAC initiative sponsored by Kansas Health Foundation Cox Communications Commerce Bank and Security Savings Bank. Participants gain weekly leadership training plus internships with local firms and institutions like City Prosecutor's Office St Catherine Hospital and Downtown Vision Inc.
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LULAC
Dolores Morales
Garden City Area
Morales
Jessica Castillo
USD 457
Wemberly Cerna
State Farm Insurance
Rosa Linda Cervantes
City Prosecutor's Office
Crystal Corral
St. Catherine Hospital
Alicia Gallegos
Garden City Downtown Vision Inc
Rosa Perez
St. Catherine
Downtown Vision
Garden City
Dionicio Rivera
Sasha Saiz
Kansas Legal Services
Sandra Salas
Staples
Lorelle Davies
Thad
Gallegos
Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Libertarians push for broader voting base in Kansas
Finney County Clerk Elsa Ulrich notes growing Libertarian interest after 27 votes in the November election. Hodginson argues the party appeals to those fed up with Republicans and Democrats, citing personal liberty, constitutional concerns, and opposition to federal education mandates. The party began in 1971, now has about 10,000 registered Kansas voters with six Libertarians elected.
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Finney County
Elsa Ulrich
Republicrats
Hodgkinson
Libertarian Party
George W. Bush
Utah
U.S. Department of Education
Kansas
George
Kansas Supreme Court
Colorado
Governor Sebelius orders special session on school funding
Governor Sebelius directs a special session to address a court mandate for a suitable education for every child. Republicans backed a plan to raise $142 million from existing revenues, but the court later deemed it inadequate and ordered a $285 million increase, about 10 percent, for the next school year.
Kansas population growth driven by Latinos across rural areas
Kansas shows a 2000 to 2003 population rise of 35,089 to 2,723,507 with Latinos up 24,248 to 212,500. Nationally the Hispanic population reached 41.3 million by 2004, as demographers note urban myths fade and minority enrollments rise even in rural districts.
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Kansas
Midwest
Jim Hays
Kansas Association of School Boards
Torres
Zacatecas
Mexico
Salina
Garden City
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Manuela Hernandez
Andrea Lira
Pedro Eron Lira
Holcomb High School
Cathy
McKinley
Sebelius
Commerce Bank
Stevens Park
Lakin
Commercebank.com
FDIC
Visa
Assins
L & L Floor Covering Inc
N. Main
Lifloorcovering.com
Gctelegram.com
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