Wing opens new patient tower at St Catherine Hospital
The new 14,000 square foot tower adds two identical floors with 32 private rooms per floor and two large nurses stations per level. Rooms are 40 percent larger with near bullet proof windows and private baths, ADA compliant, climate controlled, and feature bedside computers and state of the art beds. Four rooms include linear lifts for bariatric or paralyzed patients, and iso‑filtration rooms aid isolation patients. Funding totals 9.5 million dollars from the hospital foundation and operations revenue, with patient moves starting Sunday.
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Amy McGrath
McGrath
St. Catherine Hospital
Harvest sees limited wheat yield amid drought and hail
The Kansas Wheat Harvest Report notes severe drought and a late hail storm have struck the wheat crop. Jason Lueck of United Prairie Ag estimates only about 20 percent of a normal harvest will be taken across nine locations. Yields in Grant County range 5 to 25 bushels per acre with test weights about 60 pounds and protein near 18 percent. Harvest expands north of Ulysses, with several counties just beginning. The report marks day eight of the 2011 harvest and confirms widespread expectations of smaller crops statewide.
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Jason Lueck
United Prairie Ag
Lueck
Grant County
Ulysses
Scott County
Gary Friesen
Scott Co-op Association
Stevens County
Wichita County
Greg Fletcher
ADM Grain
Leon
Fletcher
Ellen Goering
Dodge City
Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
Ford
Grant
Stevens
Ottawa
Woodson
Crawford
Kansas Wheat
Kansas Wheat Commission
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Graduation rate change from new dropout rules at GCHS
Garden City High School faces a seven point drop in the 2010 graduation rate after new federal standards redefine dropouts and four year counting. Officials say ESL and special education rules, illness and transfers affect rates and push districts toward tracking improvements and services for students.
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GCHS
Dennis
Steve Nordby
Gradu
Kansas
Garden City
Kansas City
Kan
Leavenworth
Topeka
Liberal
Kansas State Department of Education
Nordby
Cials
Board to determine process for filling vacancy
The board plans to advertise and accept applications for the vacant seat and schedule interviews. Crist cannot be appointed due to election to the GCCC Board of Trustees. Reichmuth notes existing commitments, Bors will accept if appointed, while others favor either current or new board decision.
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Crist
Gccc Board of Trustees
Reichmuth
Bors
Rude
Cruz
Blackburn
Wallace
Hopkins
Clifford
Scheppner
Utz
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Haskell County
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Dave Seibeleen
Girl Can
Waal
Uglie
Black Hills Energy
Annie Urteaga
Bruce Spiller
Clay Wright
Stevens Park
Mary Jo Williams Charitable Trust
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