Students enjoy summer jobs around town and beyond
Local students and businesses outline seasonal hires from lifeguards at Big Pool to temp help at hotels and restaurants. Garden City hosts 34 lifeguards and Dairy Queen expands summer staff while Home Depot and retailers rely on seasonal sales, with shifts lasting about two weeks of training and many hires staying beyond three months.
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Emily Burgardt
University of Notre Dame
Big Pool
Holiday Inn Express
Garden City
Linda Schlegel
Meyer
Brian Taylor
Lone Star Steakhouse
Carolyn Wilson
Applebee’s
Wilson
Dairy Queen
Kelsey Henderson
Henderson
Home Depot
Carrie Beggs
Becky Martinez
Deb Shops Clothing Store
Martinez
University of Kansas
Sebelius rises in Democratic hopes as 2004 buzz grows
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius gains national attention as a rising Democratic star. Time named her among the nation’s five best governors, polls hint at a possible presidential bid, and her selection of Mark Parkinson as running mate boosts her profile amid praise from pundits and cross party cooperation signals.
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Kerry
Kansas State University Political Science
Joe Aistrup
Sebelius
Time Magazine
GOP
Mark Parkinson
Washington Post
David Broder
U.S
Sam Brownback
Sabato
Travel vaccines urged for abroad trips by local health dept
Health officials remind travelers of vaccines for typhoid hepatitis A yellow fever tetanus and meningitis. The Mayo Clinic and CDC note infection routes and risks, with local residents urged to visit Finney County or Kearny County Health Departments for vaccination services.
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Mayo Clinic
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Finney County Health Department
Kearny County
City weighs options as road project cost rises
City commissioners consider funding choices for Jennie Barker Road widening with total cost now 3.3 million dollars. An 80/20 split with KDOT maxing at 2.45 million and the city at 490 thousand leaves a local match of 917 thousand, 427 thousand more than planned. Options include bonding more funds, reducing work, or seeking alternate bids while avoiding dropping the project given 662 thousand already spent.
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Jennie Barker
Kansas Department of Transportation
Steve Cottrell
Cottrell
Tell
KDOT
Hope
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Wilton Armetales
E. Kansas Plaza
Garden City, KS
Valery
Southwest
Kansas
Physicians At Women’s Clinic, LLP
Women’s Clinic, LLP
St. Catherine Hospital
Physicians At
Women’s Clinic LLP
George E. Matthews
D.O
FACOG
Ben D. Williams, M.D
Maura S. Welch, M.D
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