World of 100 aims to show global inequalities at GCHS
Garden City High School hosts an interdisciplinary World of 100 lesson at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the GCHS football stadium. Two groups of 100 students simulate the world with birth certificates assigning wealth groups, distributing resources, and illustrating disparities in consumption, military spending, fossil fuels, infant mortality, and literacy. The event pairs with a library film series showing Brighton Beach Memoirs at 7 p.m. at Finney County Public Library.
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Garden City High School Health Academy
GCHS
Buffalo Way Blvd
Activit
Cruise In for a Good Cause Friday Night
The Emmaus House Cruise In runs 7 to 9 p.m. at Western State Bank 1500 E Kansas Ave. Vehicles of all kinds may enter for $5 or a case of nonperishable food. A Best of Show trophy will be awarded and voters can pay $1 per vote. A 1981 Corvette Coup is to be given away Nov. 2 at Kool Nights Hot Cars Emmaus House Car Show. Proceeds support the Emmaus House homeless shelter soup kitchen and food pantry.
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Emmaus House
Western State Bank
Kansas Ave
Emmaus
Tim Hendershot
Last week to see Ten Women exhibit at Garden City Arts
The Ten Women exhibit at Garden City Arts closes after a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at 318 N. Main St. Featured artists span Garden City to Wichita, Ulysses to Corpus Christi and beyond. Attendees are welcome with no admission fee. donations are appreciated. casual attire and hors d oeuvres will be served. information at 260-9700.
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Garden City Arts
N. Main St
Dawnel Francis
Elizabeth Baker
Laurie Chapman
Garden City
Tracy Teeter
Sharene Henley
Ulysses
Margaret Miller Butcher
Dodge City
Amy Warfield
Wichita
Jennifer Higerd
Washington, Mo
Amanda Calhoun
Corpus Christi
Texas
Maria Garrick Rice
British Columbia
United Carbon Co Reunion for Employees and Families
United Carbon Company plans a reunion for employees and their families from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Satanta Senior Center on Main Street as part of Satanta Day celebrations.
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United Carbon Company
Satanta Senior Center
Main Street
Kent Roth enters Aug. 5 GOP primary against Huelskamp
Kent Roth of Ellinwood joins Alan LaPolice in challenging U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp in Kansas first district. Roth, a former Barton County legislator and Republican since 1992, cites the 2013 government shutdown and a looming default as motive. He backs No Labels principles and ACA changes to cut costs, while analysts note funding and recognition gaps.
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U.S
Tim Huelskamp
R-Kan
Kent Roth
Ellinwood
Alan LaPolice
Clyde
Roth
Barton County
Kansas
University of Kansas
Hays
John Boehner
Huelskamp
Republican Party
Fight Against Teen Pregnancy Gains Ground In Kansas
The Guttmacher Institute notes long term declines in teen pregnancy and birth rates in the United States, with May marked as National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. KDHE data show Kansas teens ages 15 to 17 and 18 to 19 well below Healthy People 2020 targets, though Kansas birth rates remain higher than the national average. Finney County ranks 10th in the state for teen pregnancy, at 33.2 per 1,000, with a history of higher rates in 1993. ABC Pregnancy Care Center in Finney County provides abstinence education, testing, counseling, and services, emphasizing reduced high school dropout and consequences of early pregnancy.
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United States
Guttmacher Institute
Finney
Kansas
U.S
Finney County
Dawn Thiel
ABC Pregnancy Care Center
Thiel
ABC Pregnancy
Tha
Dole schedules Wichita stop on Kansas tour May 14
Former Senator Bob Dole announces a second Kansas spring trip with a Wichita visit slated for May 14 at Wichita State University's Hughes Metropolitan Complex from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. All events are open to the public.
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Bob Dole
Wichita
Kansas
Dole
Wichita State University
Hughes Metropolitan Complex
29Th St. North
Hughes
E. 29Th St
El Dorado — _ Butler Community College
Hubbard Welcome Center
S. Haverhill
Emporia
Lyon County
Jury Assembly
Commercial St
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Wordpress
Brad Nading
Kdheks.gov
Hci
Kansas Cities
Lawrence
Washington
Seneca — Seneca American Legion
Main St
Marysville
American Legion
N. 19Th St
Westmoreland
Salina
Prescott
Ninth and
Elm Streets
Newton
Topeka
Wyandotte
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