Roundup makeover sessions and a class reunion in Garden City
Makeover sessions titled Look Good Feel Better help women undergoing cancer treatment. July 5 6 to 8 p.m. Downtown Vision 413 North Main Garden City. Register with Kaye Shearmire 275 4470 by 8 p.m. July 3. Also Garden City High School Class of 1980 holds a 30th reunion Friday and Saturday at Knights of Columbus 205 North Eighth Street. Activities start 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday. Spring reunion invitations extended to 1978 through 1982. For info call Kim Vanatta 276 4319 or gardencityhigh1980 gmail com. Garden City Country Music Jamboree Saturday 4 p.m. at Senior Center Finney County 907 North Tenth Street with pot luck at 6 30 p.m. Admission free with donations welcome.
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Downtown Vision
N. Main St
Garden City
Kaye Shearmire
Personal Care Products Council Foundation
National Cosmetology Association
American Cancer Society
Garden City High School
Knights of Columbus
Eighth St
Kim Vanatta
Finney County
N. 10Th St
Stimulus funds spark transportation jobs in Kansas
Kansas Transportation Secretary Deb Miller says federal stimulus funds created 3,375 transportation jobs in Kansas as of May, with a $4.4 million monthly payroll and $378 million in federal funds for projects. The Topeka Capital-Journal cites a 13 percent April rise and a 47 percent rise since March. Wheat harvest is stalled by heavy rains. only about 10 percent cut. Wheat conditions: 10 percent excellent, 47 percent good, 31 percent fair, 9 percent poor, 3 percent very poor. Corn begins to silk. current condition 11 percent excellent, 61 percent good, 24 percent fair, 3 percent poor, 1 percent very poor.
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Topeka
Kansas Transportation Secretary
Deb Miller
Kansas Department of Transportation
Topeka Capital- Journal
Transportation Department
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
JROTC Program Approved At Garden City High School
The USD 457 Board approved an Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Garden City High School with two staff positions to start in August if filled. The program aims to build leadership and citizenship, funded by the National Association of State Boards of Education and a school improvement grant.
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Garden City High School
USD 457 Board of Education
Army
GCHS
James Mireles
USD 457
Mireles
National Association of State Boards of Education
Jean Clifford
Chicago
Garden City
U.S
Wichita
Board of Education
Rick Atha
Schools For
Schools For Fair
Downtown Vision marks progress with new shops and jobs
Downtown Garden City saw nine new businesses open and 26 new jobs in the last year according to Beverly Schmitz Glass executive director of Downtown Vision Inc. at the annual meeting. The group reported six year growth, renovations planned for the Buffalo Jones Hotel, and a push to expand second story residential space.
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Garden City
Beverly Schmitz Glass
Downtown Vision Inc
Glass
Vision
Buffalo Jones
Downtown Vision Board of Directors
Kurt Kinney
Downtown Vision
Reynaldo Mesa
Shawn Myers
Jolene Baker
Michelle Mayo
Chris Regan
Mesa
Julie Christner
Nicole Lucas
Brian Schwindt
Roxie Sperry
Commerce Bank
Rich Harp
Kendall Kepley
Kep’s Men’s Wear
Court rejects injunction on protest ban in Nebraska
Federal judge refused a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of Nebraska's funeral protest law, ruling it protects grieving families and leaves protest avenues open. Westboro member Shirley Phelps-Roper plans an appeal while facing August trial on flag, peace, and child abuse charges linked to the 2007 Bellevue funeral protest.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Shirley Phelps-Roper
Westboro Baptist Church
Phelps-Roper
Bellevue
U.S
U.S. District Court
Laurie Smith Camp
Smith Camp
8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Plattsmouth
Jon Bruning
Westboro
Bruning
Phelps- Roper
Sarpy
Wichita area businesses sue to block Kansas smoking ban
Four Wichita area business operators seek a court injunction to halt the July 1 smoking ban, arguing the law unconstitutional for unequal treatment due to exemptions for state owned casinos and private clubs. The case cites equal protection under the 14th Amendment while others push for public health benefits.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Lottery
Tuck Duncan
Duncan
Haysville
Wichita
Shawnee County
Franklin Theis
State of
Gavin Young
Bar and Grill
Tonganoxie
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Class of
Silas
Jr. Rotc
Monica Springer
Mspringer
Beverly Schmitz
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