USD 457 board to recognize student accomplishments
USD 457 Board of Education will honor multiple students and groups for this school year at 6 p.m. in the Educational Support Center. Recipients include Erendita Jiminez for Kansas History Day, Gates Millennium Scholar Hugo Ailen, five Garden City High Governor’s Scholars, and Odyssey of the Mind teams headed to world competition.
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Erendita Jiminez
Hugo Ailen
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Roxie Schafer
State Briefs: Embattled school denies evidence destruction
WICHITA AP A Kansas military school facing a abuse lawsuit denies deleting photos and videos from cadets’ cellphones. Families of former students ask federal judge to protect remaining material and appoint a computer forensics expert as special master at the school’s expense to attempt recovery. St John’s Military School calls the request a fishing expedition and mudslinging.
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St. John’s Military School
Salina
St. John’s
Man who escaped from Lansing in April still free
A child sex offender, Gary Leslie Furthmyer, 59, escaped from Lansing Correctional Facility on April 18 and is believed at large in the downtown Kansas City area. Possible sightings include Kansas City homeless shelters. he was serving six to 25 years for indecent liberties with a child.
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Gary Leslie Furthmyer
Kansas City
Furthmyer
Sedgwick County
Ulysses mother writes book on daughter’s neurofibromatosis
Janet Damon of Ulysses chronicled Beth Damon's battle with neurofibromatosis in Rising Above Facing the Dragon of Neurofibromatosis. The book mixes Beth's own words with Janet's narrative, detailing bullying, progression from cosmetic to physical disability, and Beth's resilient spirit. A May 24 reception at Legacy at Parkview will celebrate the authors and benefit research.
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Beth
Janet Damon
Ulysses
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Parkview Nursing Home
Darrel
Tatepublishing
Janetdamon
Parkview
GCCC Art Show Showcases Student Work and Growth
GCCC hosts the 2012 Student Art Exhibition featuring nearly three dozen students including Harley Torres and Anthony Moncada. The Mercer Gallery show runs 2 to 4 p.m. today opening, continues to May 17 with hours 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, free.
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Jesus Landeros
Garden City Community College
Mercer
GCCC
Torres
Mercer Gallery
Pauline Joyce
Anthony Moncada
Kyle Chaput
Hawker Beechcraft files for bankruptcy amid jet market slump
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. the Wichita based aircraft maker owned by Onex Partners and GS Capital Partners filed for bankruptcy protection seeking approval for a plan to erase about 2.5 billion of debt and cut nearly 125 million in annual cash interest. The company has struggled with the slumping business jet market since a highly leveraged 2007 purchase and faces a prolonged downturn that has hit Wichita hard with thousands of layoffs and plant closures across the aviation sector.
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Spirit AeroSystems
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Jeremy Hill
Center For Economic Development and Business Research
Wichita State University
Raytheon
Raytheon Aircraft
Securities and Exchange Commission
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