ESL Students Present End of Year Projects
ESL students in Garden City showcased end of year projects adapting to life in the U.S. options included scrapbooks, PowerPoint, or Prezi. Instructor Ferguson noted growing male enrollment and varied tech skills while students used photos and artifacts to document journeys from home countries to the United States, hoping families will preserve them for generations. Acosta, living in Garden City since 1991, praised the class for improving writing and speaking skills through computer-based storytelling.
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Twe
Garden City
Acosta
United States
Jury Deliberates in Murder Case Over Maestas Killing
Jurors weigh murder charges as Lorenza Maestas’s son Maestastestifies of hearing voices before stabbing his mother. Defense argues lack of premeditation due to mental illness while pathologist notes over 150 wounds and finger defense wounds absence. Witnesses describe family ties and Maestas’s claimed auditory disturbances.
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James Kuharic
Topliss
Kuharic
Kitzke
Peterson
Lorenza Maestas
Hope Gonzalez
Moscow
Michael
Jennifer Maestas
Amarillo
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Weekend Rally Highlights Immigration Reform Effort
Organizers urge turnout at Stevens Park assembly at 1 p.m. Saturday drawing attendees from Dodge City and Scott City and other southwest communities. Participants are asked to wear white T shirts to show support while advocating rights and reporting protections amid fears in undocumented groups.
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Bly
Stevens Parks
Dodge City
Scott City
Budget fights push Kansas lawmakers on tax hikes
Kansas legislators debate tax plans amid budget pressure. Sen. Parkinson and colleagues clash with House GOP as proposals to raise sales, tobacco, liquor, and income taxes falter. House rejects GOP budget 74 45. Senate votes against school aid cuts beyond 60 million, 28 12.
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Kansas
Senate
Karin Brownlee
House
Russian special forces free 23 sailors from Moscow University
EU Naval Force reported Russian commandos rappelled onto the Moscow University tanker after Somali pirates seized it. Ten pirates were captured and one was killed as the troop assault aboard the Carlskrona freed 23 sailors from a safe room. The 86,000 ton crude oil tanker was carrying about $50 million in cargo.
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Moscow University
Itar-Tass
Vladimir Markin
Markin
Russia
Moscow
Thornqvist
Novoship
John Harbour
U.S
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