Picture This Wichita's Keeper of the Plains in New Location
Nancy Teetzen of Garden City reports on Picture This Wichita presenting the Keeper of the Plains sculpture in a relocated site. The feature highlights the move, the new setting, and community response.
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Wichita
Wheat harvest begins in Finney County fields
Area producer Terry Algrim drives his dryland wheat field east of Garden City during a Tuesday start to harvest. He reports two and a half miles of wheat, a first truckload at 13.1 percent moisture and 59.7 pounds per bushel test weight. Weather and storms loom as others begin cutting, with statewide crop conditions and harvest progress noted in the June 18 report. Algrim unloads into a semi trailer shared with Tom Klassen as Klassen and Algrim Harvesting. See Ag, Page A5.
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Finney County
Terry Algrim
Garden City
Algrim
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
Tom Klassen
Klassen
Severe storms lash southwest Kansas with hail and winds
Stevens County and nearby areas suffered damage from a storm outbreak. Tornadoes touched down near Hugoton and southwest of Ulysses, with golf ball to softball sized hail, downed power lines, and damaged roofs and bins. Rainfall totaled up to four inches in some counties.
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Stevens County
Mike Schechter
Kansas
Schecter
Hugoton
Mike Scott
National Weather Service
Ulysses
Lane County
Kalvesta
Scott
Bill Pardo
Migrant students earn GED through Project Destiny at GCCC
Maria Del Carmen Guzman, mother of three, earned a General Education Development diploma via Garden City Community College’s Project Destiny program. About 20 students graduated in May, aided by a federal grant funded program that provides $25 weekly stipends for up to 24 weeks plus transportation assistance to attend classes.
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Maria del Carmen Guzman
Guzman
Project Destiny
Garden City Community College
Kansas State University
LULAC official urges Hispanics to use political clout
Kansas Hispanics have the potential to influence state politics but must wake up and participate. Steve Cisneros, appointed executive director of the Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission, travels the state to gather a true pulse and report to the governor. He and State Rep. Louis Ruiz visited Garden City to stress informing and engaging the community.
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LULAC
Kansas
Louis Ruiz
Kansas City
Garden City
Ruiz
Steve Cisneros
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Cisneros
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Association of Wheat Growers’ and
Kansas Wheat Commission
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Lee Weather
Miguel Rodriguez
GCCC
Rodriguez
Brad Nadi
Fort Hays State University
U.S. Census Bureau
Annie
AZ Opinion
Inspiring Minds
Alfred North Whitehead