City summer mentoring program seeks volunteers
Big Brothers Big Sisters plans a June to July summer program mentoring 100 or more youths, with 500 potential mentees. Partners include city employees, the fire and sheriff departments, Commerce Bank, and Garden City Community College. Volunteers will be screened and oriented, with sessions for kindergarten through high school sophomores. Call 275-2424 or 640-8614 or visit 2011/2 N Main St to volunteer.
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Davis
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Fire Department
Sheriff’s Office
Commerce Bank
Garden City Community
Jamie Martinez
Martinez
Darren Dennis
Garden City
USD 457
Dennis
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
N. Main St
Kansas explores SCHIP expansion amid funding
Debate centers on expanding the children's health insurance program to 250 percent of poverty with federal funds, potentially adding 2,100 children in the next year and up to 8,000 more by 2015. Gov. Sebelius seeks action as Kansas pins hopes on $585 million in federal recovery aid while lawmakers weigh costs and past shifts in premiums.
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Barack Obama
Sebelius
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Inspiring talk urges help for first generation college students
During lunch at Hispanic Student Day Seward County HALO member Melissa Sabillon and ten colleagues heard college tips from Seward County and other Kansas colleges. The session emphasized career paths and pride in Hispanic and bilingual identities while GCCC admissions staff and HALO chapter leaders provided guidance, with sponsors including the Student Success Services Program and the League of United Latin American Citizens.
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GCCC
Kansas
Melissa Sabillon
Sabillon
Student Success Services Program
Halo Chapter
League For United Latin American Citizens
Kansas cities seek stimulus funds for K-156 intersection
Kansas districts compete for roughly 348 million in federal stimulus for road work. Garden City and Finney County jointly seek about 2 million for the Jennie Barker Road and Mary Street intersection with Kansas Highway 156 and 1.7 million for Jones Avenue milling and overlay. A 5 million project would widen Mary Street and Jennie Barker Road, with 4 lanes planned. Thompson and KDOT plan a 10-person rating process to decide funding, aiming for project lists ready by March 20 and bids by December. The group weighs job creation safety completion timelines and readiness to bid in three years. The southwest region emphasizes the K-156 corridor master plan dating to 1999.
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Kansas City
Wichita
Kansas
KDOT
District 6
Garden City
Steve Cottrell
Finney County Public Works
John Ellermann
Jennie Barker
Mary Street
Jones Avenue
Kdot Construction and
Thompson
Topeka
Cottrell
Finney County
Main Street
16 Mile Road
Larry Thompson
USDA seeks 6650 sq ft Kansas office space lease
The U S Department of Agriculture seeks 6650 rentable and 6650 7315 ANSI BOMA usable square feet of first class office space in Finney County within defined boundaries. Preference for ground floor, occupancy by December 1 2009, expressions due by April 3 2009 at 1 00 p.m. to Patricia Hageman, 3600 Anderson Avenue Manhattan KS 66503.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Garden City Service Center
Finney County
Kansas
Jennie Barker
Fulton Street
Taylor Avenue
Patricia Hageman
Anderson Avenue
Manhattan
FSA
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Dodge City Land
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Greensburg
Ness City
BTI
Pratt Kan Equip
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Dodge City
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Maup In
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