Great Plains Chautauqua visits Liberal for youth week
The Kansas Humanities Council sponsors a Great Plains Chautauqua living history event in Liberal during Chautauqua week with a From Sea to Shining Sea theme. Families visit the Kid Tauqua tent 5 30 to 7 p m to try period clothing games and a coloring book while children in grades five through eight rehearse a five minute historical character presentation on June 28. The youth camp is free but pre registration is requested by Seward County Historical Society contact (620) 624 7624 for details.
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Kansas Humanities Council
Dolly Madison
Seward County Historical Society
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Dodge City to host KDHE listening tour stop
Kansas health official Roderick Bremby and the KDHE management team will tour the state through June 29 to discuss health and environment issues and gather public input. Dodge City is a tour stop at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the Southwest District Office 302 W McArtor Road. They will cover topics including the 2005 legislative session KDHE budget and funding priorities plus West Nile immunizations the state cancer plan and environmental control initiatives.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Roderick L. Bremby
KDHE
Dodge City
Southwest
W. McArtor Road
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KDHE meets to review new Haskell County landfill
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will hold a public participation meeting on its review of a proposed 160 acre landfill site near Sublette in Haskell County. KDHE will discuss location design and groundwater geology but not land use issues. A formal hearing and final permit decision follow a detailed technical review.
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Haskell County
Sublette
Haskell
Haskell County Commission
KDHE
Antique combines to hit wheat fields in Haskell County
The Old Boys With Old Toys group invites the public to watch antique farming gear harvest wheat in Haskell County. Beginning at 10 a.m. Monday weather permitting, four combines from 1947 and 1948 and twelve old tractors and trucks will be used in the fields. Access is via the highway south of Pierceville on the blacktop road to road 40 then west two miles.
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Haskell County
Pierceville
Blacktop
Garden City teachers, board reach 4 percent raise plan
Negotiators from Garden City Educators Association USD 457 board and administration say a 4 percent raise for next year is agreed, with remaining talks on supplemental salaries for coaches and club sponsors and on how to handle teachers leaving for professional development. A June 28 meeting at the Educational Support Center will finalize how vouchers fund substitute needs and attendance at seminars, amid concerns over NHS sponsor cuts and information accuracy.
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USD 457
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GCEA
Carol Wethington
Wethington
National Honor Society
NHS
Steve Karlin
Linda Ackerman
Karlin
Bill Weatherly
Garden City
Fleming St
Julie Ford
Ford
Rick Atha
Atha
Kathleen Whitley
Gail Dunford
Mike Utz
David Ermish
Roni Knight
Michelle Ramirez
Teachers Association
Kansas
Finney County Deliberates 2006 Budget and Economic Plan
Finney County commissioners review 2006 budget requests from the Sheriff’s Office EMS county clerk fair grounds treasurer and computer support. They consider re appointing Alan Roop as county appraiser and may hold a joint meeting with Garden City on economic development plans.
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Finney County Sheriff’s Office
Alan Roop
Garden City
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Cliff Mayo
Board of Education Meeting Scheduled for Monday Evening
The USD 457 Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m on Monday at the Educational Support Center located at 1205 Fleming Street. The agenda includes standard district business and public comments may be heard.
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Board to decide on brick replacement bid at Henderson Middle
USD 457 trustees consider approving a $126,900 Dick Construction bid to replace exterior brick on Kenneth Henderson Middle School east wall and southwest corner. The item may move from consent to regular agenda for discussion. Superintendent Jim Lentz notes bids exceeded estimates by about $20,000 due to a wing.
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Rick Atha
Garden City
Atha
Augusta
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Kevin Bascue
EMS
Bob Prewitt
Carol Brown
Elsa Ulrich
Alan Fankhauser
Roman Halbur
Don Doll
Bob Baker
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