Economic stress findings highlight Ford and Finney counties
Ford County leaders credit growth and housing efforts as low-stress county risks rise to 4.17 while Finney County reports a 4.86 score amid major projects. Ellis sits second with 4.31. Riley ranks 12th at 5.53. Officials cite casino, events center, jail, water facility, highway work, and a planned cheese factory as job engines amid housing recruitment challenges.
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Finney County
Ellis County
Riley County
Knight
Goodnight
Eric Dopperschmidt
Shooting victim remembered for devotion and leadership
Ann Schumacher, a Kansas woman admired for faith, family, and service, is remembered after her death. A leader in the God Squad and former president elect of the National Association for Rural Mental Health, she touched students, families, and colleagues with daily Bible study and a wide embrace. Her colleagues describe the shock of losing a trusted therapist and friend, while recalling her selfless acts, including shielding her child on a chairlift during a fall.
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Schumacher
Trout
Leon
God Squad
Ann
Todd
Kansas
National Association For Rural Mental Health
Ric Dalke
Area Mental Health Center
Dalke
Dallie
Hill
Senior Center Friendship Meals serve 383000 meals in 2009
In 2009 Friendship Meals funded by ElderCare Inc served 383,000 meals to about 4,000 seniors at the Senior Center in Garden City and across the region. Each meal costs about $5 to produce and is offered for a $3 suggested donation. Funding relies on participant contributions 50 percent, federal 40 percent, and Kansas 10 percent. To cover potential cuts, the center will recycle old cell phones and electronics for donations. Local sponsorships from Commerce Bank support monthly meals.
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Friendship Meals
Wigner
Garden City
ElderCare Inc
Southwest Kansas Area
Stones
Kansas
Ruth Dunlap
Finney County Committee On Aging
Commerce Bank
Kansas dairy tour highlights western farms amid national crisis
The Kansas Department of Commerce and WKREDA hosted a dairy tour in western Kansas visiting Plymell Dairy in Finney County and Forget-Me-Not Farms in Gray County. Officials noted a state dairy sector of over 400 farms, with 20 dairies milking 1000 plus cows centered in the west, supplying a large share of state milk.
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Dodge City
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
National Farmers Union
America
Irsik
Western Kansas
Santa Fe Dairy
Grant County
West Kansas
Hamilton County
Kansas
Jody Wacker
Kansas Livestock Association
Wacker
Kansas Department of Commerce
Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance
Wkreda
Plymell Dairy
Finney County
Gray County
J.J. Jones
State Commerce Department
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Ford County
Ford County Commission
Kim Goodnight
Devel
Oped
Spearville
Dopperschmidt
Telegram
Rachael Gray
Mobile
DCMT
CRI
Cri-Research
South Hilside
Wichita
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Bsic Pizza Hut
St. Dominic
St. Mary
Regan Jewelers
N. Main
Holiday Inn Express Hotel
East
Kansas Avenue
Lone Star Steakhouse & Comfort Inn
Saga
Tee TI
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