Refugee students learn English at Garden City center
At the Garden City Adult Learning Center, Somali and Burmese refugees join ESL classes tied to work at Tyson plants and local needs. The program, aided by church transportation and community partners, helps with driving tests, literacy, and community access as students pursue GEDs and college plans.
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GCCC
Garden City
Tyson Fresh Meats
Holcomb
Emporia
Mohamed Abdurahman
Social and Rehabilitation Services
Central
Hector Martinez
Tyson
Martinez
Miller
Trinity Lutheran Church
Adult Learning Center
Maryann Baker
Lee Richardson Zoo
United Methodist
Cathy Hernandez
Finney County Emergency Management
United States
Farah Hanaf
Somalia
Kenya
America
City Link to Offer Free Ride for Young Children and Low Fares
Garden City transit expands access starting July with free rides for children 5 and younger when with a paying passenger. A $30 monthly unlimited pass and a discounted $15 pass for seniors and disabled join extended hours 6 AM to 7 PM starting July 14. Observers note rising riders, while praise of routes and stops grows and riders debate affordability and freedom versus driving. Delores and Charles Stevens test routes, while a first-time rider calls bus fare cheaper than gas.
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Burgardt
City Link
Delores
Charles Stevens
Cou
Delores Stevens
Garden City
Tracy Perez
Joshua
Charity
Perez
Head Start budget watch faces local matching required
Kansas Head Start hinges on about 3.0 million dollars from federal funds with the Kansas Children's Service League as fiscal agent and roughly 1.0 million in local matches. Staff may scale back home visits to families from monthly to bi monthly and review transportation costs as fuel prices rise.
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Kansas Children’s Service League
Jones
Finney County
Kansas
Obama targets swing states with early ads in 11 regions
The Obama campaign launches about 4 million dollars in ads across 11 swing states including Colorado Florida Iowa Michigan Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin plus seven GOP-leaning states to test a strategy aimed at appealing to working class voters and expand Democratic competitiveness. He may not contest all targets in fall, using ads to gauge poll movement and pressure John McCain in states long seen as safe for Republicans.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Obama
Colorado
Florida
Iowa
Michigan
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Alaska
Georgia
Indiana
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Virginia
South
Mountain West
White House
John McCain
McCain
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