Garden City forensics team wins state title in dramatic finish
Coach Tidwell praised the squad for a strong, directed effort led by key performers like Booker Dinkel Norquest and Koksal. Senior Emmanuel Martinez, a Hugoton transfer, helped boost semifinal points as the team climbed from a slow start to defeat large metro schools.
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Booker
Dinkel
Charla Norquest
Koksal
Emmanuel Martinez
Hugoton
GCHS
Martinez
Forensics
Tidwell
Garden City
USD 457 considers new facility and calendar changes
The Garden City USD 457 board weighs a $975000 facility project after citizen input. They adopt the 2011-12 calendar with start Aug 16 and end May 24 and set Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. The district signs a Kagan PD seminar contract with at least 40 participants and a $299 fee per person, plus a $28,552 KSBOE migrant services matching grant. Names of staff changes and contract nonrenewals follow, including new positions and midyear transfers across multiple schools.
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Memorial Stadium
GCHS
Kagan Professional Development of
San Clemente
Calif
Nar
Garden City Public Schools
USD 457
Southwest Kansas
Kansas State Board of Education
Christine Lampe
Garden City
Abby Piha
Manhattan
Charles
Drought grips Texas as La Nina shuns the Southwest
The La Nina pattern cools the central Pacific and shifts moisture away from the south, fueling Texas drought while neighboring states face droughts and floods. Texas rainfall through April trails historical records with 1.5 inches in three months in Houston, and Boise City records 227 dry days. Fire risk rises with red flag warnings across eight states.
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Midwest
Central Pacific Ocean
Texas
Mike
John Nielsen- Gammon
Houston
Sahara Desert
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nielsen-Gammon
Oklahoma
Boise City
Cherrie G. Brown
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Gary McManus
National Weather Service
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Tunner Grassland Fire Spurs Drought Warning and Grazing Reconsideration
Morton County faced an extreme drought as the Tunner fire burned grassland unseen since the 1960s. Crews prevented damage to homes, livestock were not harmed as grazing was not yet underway, and officials reevaluated June 1 grazing plans. Fire cause is under investigation. Temperature and winds remained high with a cooler forecast. Public updates available at inciweb.org.
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Barnes
Ratzlaff
Morton County
U.S. Drought Monitor
Nancy Brewer
Brewer
Elkhart
Inciweb.org
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Rachael Hoeme
Kenneth Henderson
Michael Drew Thon
Sarah Williams
Rebecca Brandt
Jennie Barker
Mitchell Graves
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Cara Schmidt
Florence Wilson
Melvin Botts
Jessica Peterson
Suzette Ramos
Aaron Akers
Amanda Garrett
Aimeen LeClair
Ted Peterson
Brandon Stoner
Cheryl Watt
Sonja Yates
James Hauk
Kelly Denny
Marianne Horner
Stephen Grieshaber
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Abe Hubert
Darci
Plymell
Sue Dennis
Buffalo Jones
Patience DeRoo
Anna Urrutia
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Emily Wells
Nancy Wilson
Gertrude Walker
Georgia Matthews
Lone Star State
Halpert
Silver Spring
Victor Murphy
Fort Worth
Dodge City
Eagles Lodge
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Pauline Joyce
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Cole Porter
Leonard Bernstein
George M. Cohan
Gccc Jazz Ensemble
Garden Ci Community College
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