Graduation weekend events at Garden City area schools
Garden City Community College opens graduation at 10 a.m. in the Physical Education building. Garden City High School holds bac calaureate at 2 p.m. at Clifford Hope Auditorium with Maya Needham as speaker. GCHS graduation is Sunday at Memorial Stadium at 2 p.m. Seniors must arrive by 1 p.m. Project Graduation runs Sunday evening from 9:30 to 4:30 a.m. Holcomb High School also schedules commencement Sunday at 2 p.m. at the school.
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Garden City Community College
Garden City High School
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Maya Needham
GCHS
Memorial Stadium
Holcomb High School
Preschool Screening Clinic Planned by Garden City and Russell Center
Garden City schools and Russell Child Development Center announce a free preschool screening for children 1 month to 5 years old on June 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church 1010 Fleming. Trained professionals will assess hearing vision motor skills speech language and thinking. Appointments begin May 26 by calling Russell Child at 275-0291.
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Garden City
Russell Child Development Center
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming
Russell
Two-Vehicle Crash Kills Salina Man on I-70
A Salina Kansas man, Bryan Egan 26, died when his car struck a tractor trailer on Interstate 70 in Saline County Missouri about 1 am after apparently drifting asleep. His wife Shannon 25 was seriously injured and their infant son Jarrod minor injuries. The truck driver had minor injuries.
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Salina
Saline County
Egan
Shannon
Jarrod
Record Arkansas River flows 331 days in 1997
USGS reports the Arkansas River flowed continuously 90 percent of the time across southwest Kansas in fiscal year 1997. From Oct 1, 1996, to Sept 30, 1997, water was present at Garden City gauge for 331 of 365 days, with mean annual flow 196 cu ft/s, the highest since 1923.
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Arkansas
Kansas
U.S. Geological Survey
Colorado
Garden City
Oklahoma
Wichita
USGS
Subdivision plan to offset speedway impact
Kansas City Kansas planning panel backs re zoning of 160 acres from agricultural to single family, apartment, general business, and commercial districts for a 140-lot subdivision to house residents displaced by the Kansas International Speedway project. The Unified Board will weigh the plan as the 75,000 seat speedway is set to open in 2000.
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Kansas International Speedway
City Planning Commission
Grain price report from Garden City Co op
Market notes show Wheat at 2.32, Corn at 3.55, Soybeans at 5.99. Prices reflect current trading for local buyers with no context on units or time.
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Garden City Co-op
81 year old Frau earns high school diploma in dream turn
Florine Smith, age 81, graduates from Schlagle High School while watching her granddaughter receive a master’s degree at the University of Kansas. A late life student, she delayed education for marriage and seven children, then pursued schooling six hours nightly, four nights a week, inspiring students and her family. Her next aim is Kansas City Kansas Community College.
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FL. Schlagle
University of Kansas
Schlagle
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Fairview
Oklo
Heyo
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Calculators Spark Debate on Kansas School Math Policy
State board members clash over calculators in classrooms with Linda Holloway and Mary Douglass Brown arguing against use by young students while a math education panel led by Margie Hill supports calculators as a tool. The committee proposes a common vision for standards and testing, allowing but not requiring calculator use in some sections.
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Shawnee
Mary Douglass Brown
Wichita
Margie Hill
Blue Valley
Topeka
State Board of Education
Kansas
Hill
Lisa Colwell
Hays High School
Hays
Colwell
Holcomb Man Injured In Three Vehicle Crash
A Holcomb man, Jerry A. Brown, 46, was seriously injured Friday afternoon in a three car collision at US Highway 50 and Big Lowe Road. Brown, not wearing a seat belt, was crossing when his pickup collided with a westbound Forerunner.
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US Highway 50
Big Lowe Road
Jerry A. Brown
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City
Kansas Highway Patrol
Naovoravong Vone
U.S. 50
Brown
Keokhampho Khampheng
Vone
Amphonephong Kamkeung
St. Catherine
Khamphaeng
Holcomb Police
Finney County commissioners prepare packed agenda for Monday
The Finney County Commission set to meet at 8:30 a.m. at the courthouse with requests and bids across departments. Carol Meyer will seek an advisory committee appointment, Marvin Becker requests a mobile home variance, Stewart Nelson discusses the landscaping bid and building inspection for the new county admin center, plus a Ninth Street tour. Public works reviews the equipment program and future projects, while bid openings cover a mower section and a water tank. Lunch with district court staff precedes CASA quarterly report and 1999 funding. Jerry Ortiz seeks park funds, Millie Norman reviews fairground drainage, Pat LeClerc discusses health insurance changes, and a 6:30 p.m. joint meeting with Extension Council covers the 1999 budget before Memorial Day May 25 observance.
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Finney County
Carol Meyer
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Marvin Becker
Tive Center
Ninth Street
Public Works Department
Engineering Department
Pierceville
Mark Strasser
Special Advocate
CASA
Jerry Ortiz
Southwest Grapplers
Millie Norman
Fairgrounds Manag
Pat LeClerc
Blue Cross
Extension Council
Weekend Kansas weather forecast: sunny to windy
Topeka AP reports clear skies and windy conditions across Kansas this weekend with sunny today and highs 80 to 90. Tonight stays clear and windy in the west with lows 50 to 60. Sunday turns clear to partly cloudy with northwest winds and mid 80s to lower 90s.
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Topeka
Kansas
National Weather Service
Garden City Weather Outlook Sunny and Warm Through Sunday
Today is sunny with a high of 85 to 90 and southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, gusty by afternoon. Tonight clears with a low 55 to 60. Sunday remains sunny with a high near 90 and Sunday night partly cloudy with a low 55 to 60. Monday partly cloudy with a slight chance of late day thunderstorms.
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