Kids' College Enrollment Opens at Garden City CC
Garden City Community College invites children ages 4 through fifth grade to Six one week sessions from June 8 to July 24 as part of the ninth annual Kids' College program. Each class runs full days with lunch options, priced at 30 dollars per child, with enrollment numbers to be determined.
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Kids’ College
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Continuing Education and Community Services Division
Diana Machotka
Garden City
Holcomb
Garden City Telegram
Gceccks
SCSC
Machotka
Gcccks
Health department lunch-hour closure announced
Finney County Health Department at 919 Zerr Road will close for lunch from Monday. New hours Monday through Thursday are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 30 p.m. Friday remains 8 a.m. to noon. For more information call 272 3600.
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Finney County
Zerr Road
Elizabeth Hughes dies after rare disease baffled Mayo doctors
Elizabeth Hughes 29 of Lakin died Tuesday after a long battle with a unique liver related illness first diagnosed in 2001 at the Mayo Clinic. She spent two weeks at home before returning to hospital and leaves behind husband David and daughter Emily. Her family in Lakin spoke of her caring nature and her wish to help others even when hospitalized. The Elizabeth Hughes Room at High Plains Retirement Village honors her memory.
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Lakin
Elizabeth Hughes
Mayo Clinic
Minnesota
Alvin
Suellen Bergkamp
Valerie Bergkamp
Danielle Bergkamp
Denver
Elizabeth
Hughes
David Hughes
High Plains
Garden City Community College
Lamar Community College
Colorado
Garden City
David
Ing
California
Emily
Disneyworld
Universal Studios
Heaven
Kansas uses stimulus to widen narrow K-23 highway
The Kansas Transportation Department plans a cost cutting upgrade on a 16 mile stretch of K-23 in rural northwestern Kansas. The project adds 2 foot shoulders and rumble strips, strips decades of asphalt, resurfaced, costing about 11 million dollars, far below the standard method's 18 million. Officials say the approach could help stretch funds while creating jobs. Local stakeholders note the road’s danger due to lack of shoulders and steep banks, with several yearly accidents.
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Deb Miller
Congress
Kansas
Miller
Gove
Lane County
Hodgeman
Wayne Cook
Cook’s Feed and Seed
Gore
Cook
Gore County
Allan Weber
Parkinson urges middle ground to close Kansas budget gap
Gov. Mark Parkinson calls for a mix of modest state cuts and revenue measures to bridge Kansas’s 328 million deficit without tax raises. He proposes delaying tax increases, decoupling from federal tax rules, and a limited tax amnesty while urging shared sacrifice to protect schools and programs.
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Topeka
Mark Parkinson
Parkinson
House
Senate
Kathleen Sebelius
U.S. Health and Human Services
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Kansas
Mike O'Neal
O'Neal
Hutchinson
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
O’neal
House approves five percent pay cut for Kansas state workers
The Appropriations Committee cleared a budget-balancing bill proposing a 5 percent wage reduction for all state government employees to help close a $328 million deficit. The plan shifts toward spending cuts, while incorporating some revenue-raising ideas backed by Gov. Mark Parkinson.
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Topeka
House
Appropriations Committee
Mark Parkinson
GOP
Kevin Yoder
Overland Park
Senate
Parkinson
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