Paraders showcase creative floats with community groups
The parade featured 4 H clubs and community groups like Beef up Your Future, Beefing up the YMCA, and Miles of Smiles. Multiple politicians walked or rode in entries including Gary Hayzlett Jerry Moran Todd Tiahrt Alan Jilka Larry Powell Melvin Neufeld Elizabeth Ensley Dan Widder Tracey Mann and Chris Steineger. The event drew families Caralee Summers and friends with children Charlee 6 Trapper 2 Logan 4 and siblings Cody 8 and Logan 4 who praised horses motorcycles and tractors and noted classic cars among the displays. The parade lasted about an hour.
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4-H Club
Garden City Family Ymca
YMCA
Caralee Summers
Charlee
Trapper
Shannon Wyatt
Cody
Logan
Gary Hayzlett
R-Lakin
Kansas House of Representatives
Jerry Moran
U.S
U.S. Senate
Todd Tiahrt
Alan Jilka
D-Salina
Congress
Smokers and surcharges spread in workplace health plans
Employers push tobacco-use surcharges to curb costs. Newton Medical Center plans a January start, delaying six months to allow quitting. Wichita districts and Safeway adopt similar programs, linking premiums to smoking and health metrics while raising concerns over penalties and privacy.
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Todd Tangeman
Newton Medical Center
Lewis Maltby
National Workrights Institute
McDonald’s
Tangeman
Safeway
Wichita
Shannon Krysl
Krysl
Kansas
Steve O’neil
Life and Health Manager
Kansas Insurance Department
Consumer Assistance Division
Kryst
State of Kansas
Peter Hancock
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Hancock
Zoo keeper reflects on rewarding animal care at the zoo
Gagliano, a zoo keeper, describes a varied role caring for hoof stock primates birds and cats. He highlights feeding cleaning enrichment and weathering all conditions while stressing experience and internships as paths into the field and noting animals require daily care even on holidays.
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Asia
Gagliano
Steineger Urges Secretary of State to Value Small Business
Kansas State Senator Steineger emphasizes the secretary of state must appreciate small businesses with proper soil and moisture for food. He outlines his rural upbringing in Wyandotte County near Kansas City, personal rental assets, and a current project converting a vacant 1898 elementary school into a 26 unit senior housing complex. He argues for independent, nonpartisan administration of elections and public records, noting his willingness to challenge party lines. He filed for the office in January and is married to Shari Wilson.
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Steineger
Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Garden City
Senate
Kansas
Shari Wilson
Claflin
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Kenneth Ginest
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Scott City
Goodland
St. Francis
Dodge City
Len BE
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SurePress
Reespanchlin Motion Limited
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Sublette ‘Teder
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Teeger
Jetmore Leer TV
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