Virtual Academy opens enrollment for nontraditional students
USD 457 launches enrollment for grades nine through 12 and adults seeking to finish high school. The program, offered for over a year, allows online courses to fit career goals. On-site instructor Kathleen Moorman can be contacted at 620 805 8615 for details.
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Virtual Academy
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Roy Cessna
Cessna
Kathleen Moorman
Sam Gemar to speak at Aviation Day Camp in Scott City
NASA astronaut and 25 year Army veteran Sam Gemar will headline the Aviation Day Camp at the Spencer Flight and Education Center on June 12. He will discuss his career as an astronaut and pilot, with a free barbecue and evening presentation. The camp welcomes kindergarten through eighth grade youths at SFEC located at 300 S Mesquite Road.
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Spencer Flight and Education Center
Scott City
NASA
Charles “Sam” Gemar
Gemar
U.S. Army
SFEC
Brian Valgamore
Sam
S. Mesquitte Road
Kansas roadwork to start on U S 56 through Montezuma Ensign
Kansas Department of Transportation will begin pavement reconstruction on U S 56 through Montezuma and Ensign. Work replaces asphalt with concrete and rebuilds storm sewers to fix drainage and heavy truck wear. Traffic will narrow to one lane each way with some 10 foot lanes. wide loads should detour. Contractors Ross Construction Co. of Topeka, cost about 9.6 million dollars, expected completion by March 2016. For details call Greg Adams or Kirk Hutchinson or visit kandrive.org.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
U.S. 56
Montezuma
Ensign
Ross Construction Co
Topeka
KDOT
Greg Adams
Kirk Hutchinson
Kansas
Kandrive.org
Floodgates Open at HorseThief Reservoir Amid Deluge
Officials report HorseThief Reservoir near Jetmore rose 11 feet overnight after torrential rain. Dam managers warn campsites may flood if more rain arrives, with 1,000 cubic feet per second released and 2,000 incoming. The 2009 dam sits nine miles from Jetmore and water levels approach full capacity.
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Jetmore
HorseThief Reservoir
Joshua Hobbs
Hobbs
Garden City Arts offers summer art classes for all ages
Garden City Arts announces summer art classes for kids through eighth grade and adults starting next week in downtown Garden City. Classes run on various days with donations based pricing, five adult courses including Monotype Workshop and Basic Design, and free Drop-In Art Saturdays for families the first Saturday each month.
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Garden City Arts
GCA
Katy Guthrie
Guthrie
Finney County Transit expands Youth Go Free through Aug 21
Finney County Transit's Youth Go Free program is now in effect through August 21. All youth age 16 and younger ride free on all Finney County Transit buses within 3/4 mile of CityLink routes. children age 10 and younger must be accompanied by someone aged 16 or older.
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Finney County Transit
Finney
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City considers healthy streets consultant appointment
The Garden City Commission plans to hire a consulting engineering firm to draft street design guidelines focusing on walkability and bikeability, including roundabouts traffic circles bump outs cross walks and bicycle lanes. The meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the City Administrative Center will also review a Wheatland Electric Cooperative franchise bid a Crest Way Drive demolition bid a health clinic service agreement with Revelation Healthcare Solutions VOIP system approval fireworks discharge schedule a HD Supply upgrade contract and Downtown Vision quarterly report.
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Garden City Commission
Mark Fenton
Commission
Eighth St
Fenton
Wheatland Electric Cooperative
Crestway Drive
Revere Healthcare Solutions, Inc
HD Supply
Downtown Vision
County Commission to hear more 2016 department budgets
The Finney County Commission will continue 2016 budget hearings at 8:30 a.m. Monday in the County Administrative Center. Departments slated to present include the fairgrounds, county appraiser, computer support, GIS, health department, EMS, and emergency management. A Brookover Landfill consultant selection from Public Works Director John Ellermann will be discussed along with an amended fireworks resolution.
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Finney County Commission
Ninth St
Finney County
Finney County Emergency Medical Services
Finney County Emergency Management
Brookover
Public Works
John Ellermann
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