Garden City adjusts calendar after winter cancellations
USD 457 announces a revised school calendar with Garden City High School students attending May 4 to meet required hours. Seniors finish May 11 with graduation May 12, while freshmen to juniors end May 23. younger students end May 24. The orchestra concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Clifford Hope Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City High School
USD 457
USC 457
Roy Cessna
Cessna
Clifford Hope
N. Main St
Dual language program meetings at Buffalo Jones Elementary
Buffalo Jones Elementary hosts informational meetings for parents and community members about a new dual language program for the upcoming kindergarten class. Sessions in English at 11:30 a.m. and in Spanish at 1:30 p.m. March 30, both in the school gym at 708 Taylor Ave. Lunch and child care provided. The program is funded by a three year Foreign Language Assistance grant from the US Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition. The plan: half English and half Spanish instruction for kindergartners with expansion to the full school by successive years. Also, Garden City Recreation Commission presents Show Biz Kids arts classes starting soon, eight weeks, two age groups, $20, scholarships via Arts Angels Patrons. Contact Mark Hays at 276-1200 for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Jones
Taylor Ave
Gramt
Department of Education Office of
Garden City ‘Recreation Commission Community Theatre
Arts Angels
Mark Hays
Moran opposes plan to close 11 Kansas FSA offices
Rep. Jerry Moran joins opposition to Farm Service Agency plan to close 11 Kansas offices arguing a 2007 farm bill needs completion first. He questions potential cost savings and service impact while noting shared offices with NRCS and broader rural development concerns. Kansas would see consolidations in Chase, Comanche, Johnson, Geary, Elk, Woodson, Barber, Morton, Wabaunsee, Leavenworth, and Gove counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran
FSA
Kansas
Wichita
Jerry Moran
Farm Service Agency
Congress
Rkan
R-Kan
The
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS
U.S. Agriculture Department
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Development Agency
USDA
Bill Fuller
Chase
Comanche
Johnson, Geary, Elk, Woodson
Barber, Morton
Wabaunsee
Leavenworth
Gove
Kansas Farm Bureau
National Farmers Union
Kickapoo Tribe
Brown County
Nancy Boyda
Agriculture
Mike Johanns
Horton
Hiawatha
Plum Creek
World’s Worst Farmer entertains at Kearny County Ag Fling
Missouri farmer and comedian Lewis Baumgartner, famed for the World’s Worst Farmer moniker, performed to about 160 people at the Kearny County Ag Fling in Lakin. His 40 minute act drew on farming trials during the early 1980s market slump and stresses of rural life to deliver humor with an agriculture focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Baumgartner
Baumgartner
Missouri
Fulton
Farm Journal
United States
Lane County Conservation District
Nemaha County
Lakin
Kearny County
Tiffany Huser
Manhattan
Kearny County Conservation District
Kansas Senate backs funding for presidential primary in 2008
Kansas Senate rejects stripping $2 million from secretary of state budget for a February 2008 presidential primary amid House opposition. The vote leaves the issue to negotiators in a final budget, while other measures push tougher penalties for high BAC drunk driving and an English language state designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Topeka
House
Kansas
Secretary of State
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Huelskamp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dodge City
Stephanie Farley Starley
Gctelegram
Janice
Millersburg
Einspohr
World.sworstfarmercom
Paul Davis
D-Lawrence
Lance Kinzer
R-olathe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!