Enroll Thursday at Garden City schools for 2005-06
Garden City Public Schools opens kindergarten through sixth grade enrollment on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at district elementary and intermediate centers. New Kansas students must bring immunization and birth records, birth certificates, baptismal records, Social Security numbers, and priority is given to those enrolling by May 5. classes begin August 17 with full-day sessions August 18.
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Garden City
Kansas
Kinder-Prep
Garden City High School cancels Friday classes for Buff Project day
Garden City High School will not hold classes Friday so seniors can present Buff Project projects during the day. About 145 seniors participate in the fourth step of a spring semester program, with classes resuming Monday. In related news, the Garden City Community College nursing program pins graduates May 14 at St Dominic Church after the campus ceremony, with 16 students graduating this month.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
Garden City Community College
St. Dominic Church
J.C. St
GCCC
Mera Cook
Llege
Evolution hearings begin in Topeka on Thursday
Four days of hearings by the Kansas State Board of Education will explore evolution as critics push intelligent design critiques into state science testing standards. Advocates seek broader debate while scientists warn the event is not a science dispute, fearing political and religious agendas behind the proceedings.
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Topeka
State Board of Education
Intelligent Design
John West
Seattle
Harry McDonald
Kansas Citizens For Science
Charles Darwin
West
McDonald
Steve Abrams
Dayton, Tenn
Sebelius Readies for Another Run in Kansas Governor Race
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signaled no focus on 2006 bid while Republicans trimmed their list of candidates. Attorney General Phill Kline and Rep. Jim Ryun ruled out campaigns, leaving Thornburgh Jenkins Mays Schmidt as possibilities. Sebelius touted job creation and fiscal plans as GOP critics urged tax hikes and health coverage, and Ryun affirmed rerunning for Congress.
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Topeka
State Court of Appeals
Kansas Supreme Court
Robert Gernon
Supreme ‘Court
Kathleen Sebelius
GOP
Phill Kline
Jim Ryun
Jerry Moran
Kline
Ryan
Wannabes
Ron Thornburgh
Lynn Jenkins
Kansas
Sebelius
Statehouse
Ryun
U.S. House of Representatives
Parole Hearings Set For Two Finney County Inmates
Two men, Richard Cooper and Manuel Rodriguez, scheduled for June parole hearings with potential July release if granted. Cooper, 49, convicted of attempted rape in Garden City on August 15, 1981. records unavailable. Rodriguez, 40, convicted May 4, 1990 of marijuana tax and opiate offenses and October 8, 1993 of aggravated burglary and battery in Garden City. Public comment sessions listed in Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka with mailing option.
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Finney County
Richard Cooper
Garden City
Linda Lobmeyer
Cooper
Manuel Rodriguez
Lobmeyer
Kansas
Rodriguez
Kansas State Parole Board
City Hall
McDowell Plaza
Seventh St
Kansas City
Kan
Finney State Office
William St
Wichita
Landon State Office
Jackson St
Topeka
Kansas Parole Board
London State Office
S. Topeka
Pastor cuts friend’s hair to honor cancer remission
Garden City resident Kaye Shearmire, diagnosed with an aggressive blood cancer in November, is in complete remission six months later. Her pastor friend John Williams kept his vow to not cut his hair until she recovered, inspiring prayer across their churches as he grows long hair to symbolize support.
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Kaye Shearmire
Garden City
Shearmire
John Williams
Williams
Shear Heaven
N. Ninth St
American Baptist Churches
Central Region
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
John
Kansas City
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G.C
State Supreme Court
Scopes
Brad Nading
Telegraf
Stephanie Knoefel
Gertrude Walker
Bernadine Sitts
Ninth St
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