Music contest and Great Race set for Garden City
The 28th Annual Country Music Contest begins at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Senior Center with a 6:30 carry-in supper and 7:30 program. Garden City sponsors invite participation and voting, with Dorman Diller listed for details. The 24th annual Great Race arrives July 1 for a three hour lunch stop including a 12:10 p.m. vehicle viewing on Main Street, a $100,000 purse and a Downtown Vision event in Stevens Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers and sponsors are sought. details at the listed phone numbers and www.greatrace.com.
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Senior Center
N. 10Th St
Garden City Country Western Fiddlers
Garden City
Main Street
Tony Curtis
Jack Lemon
Philadelphia
San Rafael
Calif
Vision
Stevens Park
National Guard
Dennis Kleysteuber
Bonnie Knoll
Bill Jones
Greatrace.com
Safety car seat checkup event planned in Finney County
The Finney County Health Department and Head Start will host a free child safety seat checkup from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on June 30 at FCHD located at 19 Zero Road. Certified technicians will help with seat installation and provide instruction on proper techniques.
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Finney County Health Department
FCHD
Zero Road
Plea Deal Being Considered in Hoax Birth Scheme
Prosecutors in Independence Missouri report they may reach a plea with Sarah and Kris Everson of Grain Valley over a scheme that faked sextuplets to solicit neighbor generosity. The couple appeared briefly in Jackson County Circuit Court. preliminary hearing delayed to July 26 as investigators seek victims to come forward. Prosecutor Tammy Dickinson said a plea agreement is being considered and the particulars are being worked out.
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Independence
Sarah
Kris Everson
Grain Valley
Jackson County
Jeffrey Bushur
Tammy Dickinson
Alta Brown Elementary seeks new principal after Porter resigns
Leticia Porter resigns after 13 years as Alta Brown principal to join Bonner Springs Edwardsville School District as director of instructional services to support her daughter Victoria’s dance goals. USD 457 plans internal candidate search before next school year, with potential outside hire if needed. Porter faces a $400 liquidated damages fee per district policy.
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USD 457
Alta Brown
Board of Education
Leticia Porter
Porter
Bonner Springs
Edwardsville
Kansas City
Victoria
Garden City
Darren Dennis
USC 457
Buffalo Jones Elementary
Martin Segovia
Small Kansas districts weigh funding case outcome
Kansas small rural districts press their case as the Supreme Court resumes hearings on the 1999 school finance suit. Advocates warn that reducing low enrollment weighting may devastate districts like Holcomb USD 363, while plaintiffs seek more aid to offset urban biases and shortfalls.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas Supreme Court
Holcomb Usd
Skip Landis
Kansas
Holcomb
Holcombe
Giefer
New Orleans
Goodwin
Lakin
Randy Steinle
Nickerson
Jerry Burch
Burch
Legislative Post
Wichita car dealer jailed for 31 months after shooting
77-year-old John Harper was sentenced by Sedgwick County District Judge Rebecca Pilshaw to 31 months in prison for shooting Emery Goad who, with two others, tried to repossess Harper’s 1951 Rolls-Royce. Goad survived. Harper argued self defense amid long dispute over the car.
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Wichita
Sedgwick
Rebecca Pilshaw
John Harper
Pilshaw
Harper
Emery Goad
Goad
Sebelius Hopes Plan Buys Time From Court In Kansas
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius seeks a three year plan adding 541 million dollars to school funding, hoping the Kansas Supreme Court grants more time to fix deficiencies. The plan, challenged as short by 985 million, faces a Thursday hearing on constitutional duties to provide a suitable education. Attorneys warn progress remains far from constitutionality.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Supreme Court
Sebelius
Legislative Division of Post
Associated Press
Legislative Post
Alan Rupe
Wichita
Rupe
Kansas
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Dorman Diller
Averag Price
Segovia
Finney County Community Learning Center
Garden City High School
Kandi Arwine
Kerry Burns
Georgia Matthews
Sondra Schiffelbein
Veronica Aguiniga
Adel Parr
Kristie Goffin
Russell Child Development Center
Isabel Sanchez
Bernadine Sitts
Penny Cruz
Mary Connie DeLeon
Marlene Otero
Linda Finch
Kinderprep
Garfield
Sherry Irsik
GCHS
Peggy Patterson
ELF
Florence Wilson
Gertrude Walker
Mercedes Ramos
Victor Ornelas
Katherine Schaefer
Tara Woolfolk
Edith Scheuerman
Patricia VanDorah
Patricia Weinmaster
Abe Hubert
Melinda Stewart
Jennie Baker
Martha Carter
Pierceville/Plymell
Janet Reed
Bradley Springston
Hilda Meza
Glenda Riddiough
Josue Negron
Kenneth Henderson
Scott County Lake
Landis
Saline
Bob Goodwin
Dodge City
Salina
WaKeeney
Bernard T. Giefer
Legislative Post Audit Division
Emily Behrmann
Steve Mank
Monk
Marc Bennett
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