Da Vinci Exhibit at Stauth Memorial Museum
The Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma hosts an exhibit on Leonardo da Vinci through June 27 featuring 16 contemporary models of his mechanical devices. A family fun afternoon Saturday from 1:30 to 4:30 offers hands on activities, a video, and snacks, all free. The museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. closed Sundays Mondays and major holidays.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci
N. Aztec
Cardboard Canoe Race at Garden City Pool Sunday
Garden City Recreation Commission hosts an annual cardboard canoe race at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Big Pool. Boats must be cardboard with limited supplies. no wood or metal. Prizes include best decorated boat and fastest time. entry fee is $1. Call 276-1200 for weather updates.
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Garden City Municipal
Garden City Recreation Commission
Finney County Commissioners to Interview County Administrator Candidate Pool
Finney County commissioners and a search committee will hold an executive session Wednesday through Saturday starting at 1 30 p m to interview candidates for county administrator. Current county administrator Pete Olson retires August 1.
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Finney County
Pete Olson
Garden City College offers IV Therapy course with St Catherine
GCCC and St. Catherine Hospital team to provide an intravenous therapy course for nurses. The program costs total 328 dollars, including 210 course fee 56 supplies and liability insurance and 62 manual. Registration due by July 14 with contacts Sarah Wells and Cynthia Johnson.
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Allied Health Program
Garden City Community College
St. Catherine Hospital
Sarah Wells
Sarah.wells
Cynthia Johnson
Cynthia.johnson
Stanton County principal on trial for burglary arson
Trial began Monday for Craig D. Butler 36 the Stanton County High School principal charged in Johnson County with aggravated burglary arson and criminal damage The alleged offenses date to August 2008 in Olathe including burglarizing a home while his wife and another woman were present and setting fire to his wife s 2007 Toyota Camry Butler faces a defense claim of mental disease or defect and also faces a separate protection from abuse charge in a different case Butler is suspended with pay from the Stanton County USD 452 district while the trial proceeds.
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Clathe
Stanton County
Johnson County
Craig D. Butler
Stanton County High School
Sara Welch
Johnson County District Attorney’s
Butler
Olathe
Johnson City
Garden City
David Shriver
Kansas Association of School Boards
Stanton County Usd
Morrison
Johnson County District Court
County budget hearing nears end with large department requests
County commissioners eyed nearly 9.3 million dollars in 2011 budget requests from county departments, most equal to or below 2010 levels. John Kennis of Southwest Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center requested about 1.4 million, noting reductions from unused medical insurance funds and possible rise in detainees after the Wakeneaney center closure.
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Finney County
John Kennis
Southwest Kansas
Kennis
Garden City
Ford
Seward
Greater Western Kansas
Trego County
WaKeeney
Hays Daily News
Register of Deeds
Spirit of the Plains
CASA
K-State Extension Council
Area Mental Health
Manhattan weighs ending free water policy
Manhattan attorneys weigh repealing the 1889 ordinance that requires free water for churches and public schools. City officials estimate public schools used 11.76 million gallons and churches 6.14 million in 2009, with potential revenue of about 200000. Production cost for last year neared 62000, highlighting the policy's fiscal burden and constitutional challenges.
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Manhattan
Commission
Bill Frost
Bernie Hagen
Hagen
American Civil Liberties Union of
Kansas
Western Missouri
Kansas City
Dan Bonney
Ron Fehr
GCCC retains accreditation through 2016 17 year
The Higher Learning Commission has continued Garden City Community College’s accreditation through the 2016 17 academic year. The action followed review by the Institutional Actions Council and Board of Trustees validation, with notification from Sylvia Manning. Continuous accreditation since 1975 includes AQIP since 2008 and ongoing improvement projects.
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Higher Learning Commission
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Garden City Community College
National Accrediting Organization
Institutional Actions Council
Higher Learning Commission Board of Trustees
GCCC
Sylvia Manning
North Central Association
NCA
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Angelo Salazar
Ottaway Amusements
Finney County Fairgrounds
John Ossello
Planning Commission
Environmental Planning Group
Planning Department
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