Salsa Demonstration Set for July 22 at Extension Office
A summer Salsa demonstration titled Summer Salsas is scheduled for 7 p.m. on July 22 at the Finney County Extension Office. Linda Walter, Finney County Extension Agent, will show fresh salsas and discuss home preservation food safety while Dean Whitehill shares tips on growing peppers and tomatoes. The event is free but requires pre registration to ensure tasting supplies and a minimum enrollment is needed. Call 272 3670 to register.
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Finney County
Linda Walter
Finney County Extension
Family and Consumer Sciences
Dean “Whitey” Whitehill
Finney County Extension Office
GCCC closes July 5 for Independence Day observance
GCCC will close July 4 holiday observance with July 5 closure and normal hours resuming July 6. Enrollment for fall is open with hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Administration Building and 4 to 8 p.m. in the Beth Tedrow Student Center. Finney County Learning Center programs also closed July 5. For details call 276-9608 or 800-658-1696.
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Beth Tedrow
Finney County
GCCC Trustees to discuss appointee
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees meets in special session at 7 tonight in the Broacbuster Hall of Fame room to discuss appointing a new trustee to fill the seat left vacant by Mark Eisenbarth. The meeting will also cover vehicle bids.
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Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Broacbuster Hall of Fame
Mark Eisenbarth
Bridge work begins Friday on White Woman Bridge
The White Woman Bridge on Kansas Highway 96 seven miles west of Leoti will be replaced with a 36 foot wide concrete span. Kansas Department of Transportation says traffic will detour around the bridge while de tours and demolition occur. Completion is projected for November at a cost of 1.4 million dollars. L M Contractors of Great Bend is the prime contractor.
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Kansas Highway 96
Leoti
Kansas Department of Transportation
L&m Contractors of
Great Bend
Low Mood Program July 22 at Garden City
A continuing education session on major mood disorders and DSM IV overview will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 22 at the Southwest Kansas Area Health Education Center in Garden City. Elizabeth Penick, Ph.D., will present, offering up to six contact hours for RNs, LPNs, counselors, social workers, and mental health professionals. For details, contact KU Medical Center/Southwest Kansas AHEC at 275-0259.
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Southwest Kansas Area Health Education Center
Fulton Terrace
Garden City
Elizabeth Penick
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansans discuss potential changes to state education board
Three challengers to incumbents indicate openness to reforms, including a governor appointed secretary of education. Incumbents largely oppose abolishing the elected board but consider studying efficiency and potential format changes. Some candidates favor adding an extra member to break ties, while others resist changes as voters have twice rejected shifts in governance.
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Topeka
State Board of Education
Bruce Wyatt
R-Salina
Wyatt
Kathy Martin
Clay Center
Carol Beggs
House Education Committee
Beggs
Department of Education
Board of Education
Bill Wagnon
D-Topeka
Wagnon
Kansas
Robert Meissner
House
Senate
Steve Abrams
Arkansas City
Abrams
Tim Aiken
Derby
Sue Gamble
Shawnee
Carol Rupe
Wichita
Rupe
Final tribute for Frank Mantooth amid bittersweet release
Carrie Mantooth prepares to release her late husband Frank Mantooth’s final project Ladies Sing for Lovers a 12 song collection with different female vocalists and Czech England and US orchestras the album aims to honor his memory while seeking closure that never fully arrives.
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Carrie Mantooth
Frank Mantooth
Czech Republic
England
United States
Freddie Breitberg
Breitberg
Chicago
Blane
Frank
Jazz Education Journal
Ruth Clark to be sworn in for late husband's seat
Ruth Clark will take the Oakley Senate seat of her late husband Stan Clark in a Kansas Senate ceremony to be presided by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. She will serve the remaining six months of the term after his May 29 auto crash near Oakley. Clark aims to represent District 40 and leverage her government contacts. A group of friends is expected to attend.
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Jazz Ambassador
Kansas City
Matthew
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
Frank
Ruth Clark
Topeka
Hns
Senate
Oakley
Stan Clark
Emony
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Band
Clark
Lana Oleen
Girl's summer fun working with cattle on shows
Fifteen year old Tera Rooney spends her summer preparing six cattle with help from her brother and Heartman Cattle Co. She earned Reserve Grand Champion Heifer at the Maineanjou Junior Nationals in Kentucky for Saber born in February. Rooney plans one more show at the State Fair in Hutchinson before breeding Saber and continuing to show through high school.
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Tera Rooney
Rooney
Kentucky
Saber
Hutchinson
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Matthew Mantooth
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