Freedom Parade canceled for lack of entries
Garden City Downtown Vision canceled the 2011 Fourth of July Freedom Parade due to low entry numbers amid a three day weekend. Executive director Beverly Schmitz Glass said the decision preserves celebration options for 2012 and beyond while the Municipal Band will still perform a patriotic concert in Stevens Park at noon on July 4.
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Garden City
Downtown Vision
Beverly Schmitz Glass
Stevens Park
Garden City pool closed for heat damage repairs
Garden City Recreation Commission shutdown Big Pool today and ahead of Wednesday to repair pumps damaged by extreme heat. Superintendent John Washington said heat over the weekend caused pumps to burn up. both pumps are being rebuilt. One unit will be installed this afternoon and the other on Wednesday. For more information call 276-1200.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
GCRC
John Washington
Washington
Garden City Animal Shelter Shut Wednesday for Training
Garden City Animal Shelter will be closed to the public on Wednesday for employee training. The Garden City Police Department will still respond to animal control calls, and the shelter is expected to reopen Thursday.
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Animal Shelter
Garden City Animal Shelter
Garden City
Liberal High School Class of 1961 seeks missing alumni
Liberal High School's Class of 1961 is searching for several former students. Names include Patsy Carroll Alraiid Dorothy Chapman Monroe Richard Clum Sheri Duisen Worthington Johnnie Foster White Rose Harding Hopewell Steve Hecox Larry Igon Dewey James Dean Johns Ted King Jr Roy McMillan Robert Bob Mullen Mack Payne Jean Polyesko Watson Alvin Smith Marie Wilburn Dearing Sandra Wycough Jones Jim Baxter Carol Burns Phyllis Ferchan Melanie Harper Charlene Perkins and Loduska Robinson. Call Jerry Popejoy at 620 492 2427 or Pat McAdams Beeman at 620 624 3636.
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Liberal High School
Patsy
Carroll) Alraiid
Dorothy
Chapman) Monroe
Richard Clum
Sheri (Duisen
Worthington
Johnnie
Foster) White
Rose
Harding
Hopewell
Steve Hecox
Larry Igon
Dewey James
Dean Johns
Ted King Jr
Roy McMillan
Robert
Bob) Mullen
Mack Payne
Jean
Polyesko
Polyesko) Watson, Alvin Smith, Marie (Wilburn) Dearing, Sandra (Wycough) Jones
Jim Baxter
Carol Burns
Phyllis Ferchan
Melanie Harper
Charlene Perkins
Loduska Robinson
Jerry Popejoy
Pat (McAdams) Beeman
Kansas program boosts energy aid for summer bills
The Low Income Energy Assistance Program adds a supplemental summer benefit of about 296 for households already approved, boosting the yearly average to over 550. The aid targets disabled individuals, the elderly, and families with children, complementing winter heating support. In winter 2011, nearly 62,000 households received an average of 263.
Planned Parenthood Sues Kansas Over Funds Ban
Planned Parenthood filed a federal suit in Kansas City Kan challenging a state budget provision that blocks federal family planning funds to the group. The case cites free speech and due process violations as it seeks to reverse a policy that also raises concerns about abortion licensing and access in Kansas.
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Topeka
Planned Parenthood
Kansas
Planned Parenthood of
Mid- Missouri
Kansas City
Kan
Sam Brownback
Robert Moser
Indiana
Overland Park
Wichita
Hays
Mexican Consulate gifts $10000 to GCCC Tyson program
The Mexican Consulate of Kansas City awarded Garden City Community College a $10,000 grant for the One-Plus-Two program with Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. The program funds industrial maintenance training with Tyson covering about 80 percent of tuition and the grant assisting the 20 percent gap. Participants study one year at GCCC then work two years at Tyson, with options for further study and potential tuition reimbursement upon completion.
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Justiniano M. Fuentes
Kansas City
Garden City Community College
Herbert Swender
GCCC
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Tyson
Justiniano Menchaca
IME Becas
Hector Martinez
Community College
Martinez
Herbert Snender
Lenora Cook
Cathy McKinley
Alejandro Valenzuela
Ron Schwartz
Gccc Board of Trustees
Menchaca
Snender
Imebecas.berkeleyedu
University of California, Berkeley
U.S
Cook
McKinley
Holcomb board eyes 2011 to 12 teacher contract talks
Holcomb USD 3638 Board met in closed session to discuss the status of negotiations for the 2011-12 contract with 68 teachers. Interim Superintendent Demitry Evancho and others attended as Rush was appointed. no action taken. The base pay for a first year Holcomb teacher is 35806 dollars with median around 48000 and highest 57646.
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Holcomb Usd
Board of Education
Holcomb Association of Teachers
Teachers and Board of Education
Kansas
Demitry Evancho
Jean Rush
USD 363
Mike Davis
Sion
Evancho
Rush
McLouth Usd 342
Holcomb
McLouth
Matt Jones
Jones
Tom Sheetz
Scott Knoll
Sheetz
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LHS Class
Peter Brownlie
Laurie Sisk
Holcomb Board
Opekly
Holcomb Public Schools
Chad Krug
Jarrod Stoppel
Holcomb High School
Abe Hubert
Michael Estes
Wiley
Halstead-Bentley
USD 440
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