Fewer Finney students feel safe at school study shows drop
A Kansas Communities That Care survey finds 76.7 percent of Finney County students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 say they feel safe at school down from 77.6 percent in 2006. The district has begun implementing safety plans after deadly school shootings sparked review. USD 457 Garden City will add a second school resource officer at Garden City High School, funded about 75 percent by the district, with officer Dave Smith joining SRO Robert Scrivner.
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City keeps 30 mph speed around hospital area
Garden City commissioners declined a plan to lower the limit from 30 mph to 20 mph along Sixth Street from Walnut to Spruce Fourth Street from Walnut to Spruce and Walnut from Fourth to Sixth near St. Catherine Hospital despite pedestrian safety concerns raised by some traffic advisory board members. Public Works Director Sam Curran noted no traffic incidents in the area.
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Farmers anxious to wrap up harvest in Kansas
Harvest pushes on as producers hope to finish wheat gathering before possible rain. National Weather Service forecasts no immediate showers for the Garden City area this week, with mostly cloudy days through Thursday and sun returning Friday. Humidity slowed progress Tuesday, per Charles Markel of Providence Grain in Sublette, in Kansas Wheat harvest reports.
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Producers, cutters adapt to loss of state program
Lane County producer Vance Ehmke notes the now closed state harvest offices acted as an ace in the hole linking producers with mobile custom cutters and providing crop updates. The 40 year program ended after a funding transfer from HRS to Commerce cut the program. Dana Peterson of Kansas Wheat cites ongoing communication challenges for mobile cutters.
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