Memorial Service For Dr Van In Garden City
Friends and family of the late Phi Van a podiatrist in Garden City hold a public memorial Saturday from 6 to 8 PM in the Garden City High School Courtyard. A memorial is set up with Garden City High School Takedown Club at 501 N 12th St. For more information contact Kevin Perez or Martin Segovia.
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Phi van
Garden City
Van
Garden City High School
N. 12Th St
Kevin Perez
Martin Segovia
Builders of Hope Meet Sunday in Garden City
The Builders of Hope cancer support group in Garden City will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Downtown Vision Office 413 N Main St. New members are welcome and open to cancer survivors and those in treatment from Garden City and nearby areas. For information call Remy Ekwearir at 2722513 or Kris Hughes at 2722526.
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The
Builders of Hope
Garden City
Vision
N. Main St
Remy Ekwearir
Kris Hughes
Safe Kids Fitness Day planned for Saturday at fairgrounds
Local law enforcement and community groups organize Safe Kids Fitness Day during National Safe Kids Week. The free event runs 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Finney County Fairgrounds parking lot with a bike rodeo, fire safety talks, car seat checkups, EMS tours, fingerprinting, helmet fittings, water safety discussions, and prizes like bicycles and jump ropes. Info at Garden City Recreation Commission 276-1200.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Garden City Fire Department
Sparky the Dog
Garden City Police Department
Finney County Ems
Finney County Sheriff’s Office
Garden City Recreation Commission
Garden City Area Red Cross
Elementary Students Present Research Projects at School
Edith Scheuerman Elementary School fourth graders will present research projects from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday and after the 7 p.m. Thursday music program in the gym and library at 1901 Wilcox. Called Bob Projects they mirror Buff Projects used by Garden City High School seniors for graduation. The presentations mark a semester long process from topic research to paper writing and presenting. They will present to teachers parents school administrators and Board of Education members.
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Edith Scheuerman
Wilcox
Bob
Garden City High School
Board of Education
Seniors Present Buff Projects at Garden City May 9
Garden City High School will not hold classes for ninth through eleventh grades on May 9 as seniors showcase Buff Projects throughout the day. The event marks the final step of the semester long Buff Project program required for graduation, alongside a career or community project, research paper, and portfolio. Classes resume May 12 for USD 457 students.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
USD 457
Exhibit to feature student work at Garden City
Garden City Community College will open the 2008 GCCC Student Art Exhibition with a public reception from 1 to 3 pm on Sunday in Mercer Gallery. The show features two and three dimensional works by drawing painting sculpture and ceramics students and will run through May 12 with free admission.
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Garden City Community College
Mercer Gallery
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Publisher resignations rock Liberal newspaper staff
Earl Watt and about 16 staffers quit Liberal's Southwest Times after ownership cut printing to three days weekly. The exodus includes newsroom, advertising, classifieds, and Hispanic publication staff, totaling over 70 percent of the Times' 22 full time workers. Lancaster Management Inc. says replacements are lined up and the paper will continue.
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Liberal
Earl Watt
The
Southwest Times
Watt
Times
Seward County Community College
Lancaster Management Inc
Gadsden
Ala
Michael Schuver
Lancaster
the Times
Schuver
Kansas Kids Safety and Fitness Day at Finnup Park
Third graders Johnathan Prieto and Breanna Sandoval from Wiley Elementary Holcomb carry mats at a station during Kansas Kids Safety and Fitness Day in Finnup Park. Teammate Angelica Martinez of Buffalo Jones Elementary balances a tire on a relay course. Video at www.gctelegram.com.
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Johnathan Prieto
Breanna Sandoval
Kansas Kids
Finnup Park
Wiley Elementary
Holcomb
Angelica Martinez
Martinez
Buffalo Jones Elementary School
Gctelegram.com
Audit questions teacher training in Kansas
A legislative audit surveyed nearly 600 second and third year teachers about training for English learners. Most felt unprepared. Twenty two Kansas universities train teachers and vary in EL training. The state may grant an endorsement after 15 to 18 additional hours. The Education Department asks institutions to submit improvement plans.
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Topeka
Kansas
Department of Education
Senate
House
Revenue
Joan Wagnon
Lawmakers Pass Rival Final Budget Versions In Topeka
House and Senate approve competing final budget versions as gloom over state finances grows. House adds funds for early childhood education and a pension boost for retirees, lifting the bill to 86 million while the Senate shifts money without raising total spending. Negotiators will craft a final $13.6 billion budget for the new fiscal year amid a projected revenue shortfall and calls to limit tax cuts.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Univer
Sity
Lance Kinzer
Kathleen Sebelius
Schmidt
Sen
David Wysong
Mission Hills
Wysong
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Jon Ruhlen
Hutchinson News
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