YMCA health info session set for Thursday at Garden City
The Garden City Family YMCA and local experts host a 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. session titled Body Mechanics with Wes Wickwar, a physical therapist, covering neck and back injuries and injury prevention. A complimentary lunch is provided. In the YMCA child care room at 1224 Center St, free for members, $5 for program participants. Contact Stacy Crase at 275-1199 or gck ymca.fitness gmail.com.
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Garden City Family Ymca
Wes Wickwar
YMCA
Center St
Stacy Crase
Health and Fitness
Gckymca.fitness
Gmail
The Upbeats to Perform at Homestead Assisted Living
A musical program featuring The Upbeats will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Homestead Assisted Living, 2014 N. Henderson St. The public is invited at no charge.
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Homestead Assisted Living
N. Henderson St
Ten Women exhibit opens at Garden City Arts Friday
Garden City Arts unveils its seventh annual Ten Women exhibit with works by Kaia Christensen Carole Geier Deb Huber Judy Scott Valarie Smith Sharon Spanner Irene Unruh Robin Waldron Robin Valenzuela and Sheila von Leonrod. A poetry reading by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg at the State Theatre precedes the show.
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Garden City Arts
Garden City Arts Gallery
State Theatre
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Kaia Christensen
Carole Geier
Deb Huber
Judy Scott
Valarie Smith
Sharon Spanner
Irene Unruh
Robin Waldron
Robin Valenzuela
Sheila von- Leonrod
Vision
N. Main St
Family holiday event set for Saturday
Families Together Inc hosts a Holiday Extravaganza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Fiesta Courtyard 1810 Buffalo Jones Ave with vendors such as Oopsy Daisy Fashion Boutique Avon Celebrating Home Mary Kay and more. Santa appears noon to 2 p.m. meals $10 adults $7 children. Tickets via parent group Families Together office 1518 Taylor Plaza online at wwweventbrite.com or at the door.
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Families Together Inc
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Avon
Home
Mary Kay
Families Together
Taylor Plaza
Holiday market at Garden Valley Church Saturday
The Peppernut Shoppe and Ten Thousand Villages Market return for the 27th year at Garden Valley Church Family Center. The event features pies cinnamon rolls bierocks kolaches peppernuts candies New Year cookies and handcrafted wares from 30 countries plus breakfast and coffee. Hours 8 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. corner of Third and Campbell streets.
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Garden Valley Church
Garden Valley Church Family Center
Third
Campbell Streets
Holcomb board hails low cost of local education progress
The Holcomb USD 368 board heard that instructional costs per student are $8,922, placing the district 19th cheapest in Kansas, with capital and local option funds pushing the total to $10,637. Fort Leavenworth USD 207 remains cheapest overall. Kiowa County USD 422 shows the highest cost. The meeting covered the district’s adult diploma program, a pool maintenance proposal, and staffing actions including a new head baseball coach and staff pay changes. The board scheduled a follow up for December 12 at district offices.
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Holcomb
USD
Jean Rush
Board of Education
Rush
Kansas
Bush
Fort Leavenworth
Kiowa County
Tim McGlynn
Garden City
McGlynn
CLC
Holcomb Recreation Commission
Todd VanCleave
Denise Dunnette
Sam Mesa
Cindy Keller
USD 368 Board of Education
Wiley St
Kansas senators push to restore state gas storage inspections
U S Senator Pat Roberts with Kansas Republicans and Democrats seek to restore state oversight of 11 underground gas storage facilities holding more than 270 billion cubic feet. Federal courts limited state inspection authority. 19 months pass without inspections. Kansas officials plan a 2012 legislative push with House and ECC backing.
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Wichita
Kansas
U.S
Pat Roberts
U.S. Senate
The
Wichita Eagle
Roberts
Federal Department of Transportation
Interstate Gas Safety
Hutchinson
Carl Holmes
House Utilities Committee
Holmes
House
Senate
Washington
Kansas Corporation Commission
Mark Sievers
State Agency
ECC
Sievers
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Congress
State Briefs on Kansas Libraries Day and Music Education Funding
Libraries across Kansas will document library usage to show value, with data aiding a State Library lobbying effort. Past snapshots showed tens of thousands of patrons, items loaned, and many connected to the Internet while helping job seekers. A separate report highlights cuts to music education staffing amid budget pressures, affecting districts statewide.
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Hutchinson
Kansas Library Association
The
Kansas Association of School Libraries
State Library of Kansas
Gregg Wamsley
Hutchinson News
Kansas
Brownback taps interim IT officer after furor
Topeka Kansas Governor Sam Brownback named Anthony Schlinsog an interim chief information technology officer for the executive branch. Schlinsog from the Kansas Department of Transportation has 16 years in private sector tech work and has been with KDOT since 2008. The permanent IT chief search follows the abrupt resignation of Jim Mann after it emerged his degree came from an unaccredited university and the administration acknowledged not fully vetting his education.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Anthony Schlinsog
Kansas Department of Transportation
Schlinsog
KDOT
Jim Mann
Mann
Kansas official hired as Arkansas Medicaid chief
A Kansas health official named Andy Allison will become Arkansas Medicaid director, starting December 5, replacing Gene Gessow who resigns to take a Massachusetts job. Allison will oversee Arkansas Medicaid, CHIP and state employee health plans as the state considers moving away from fee for service.
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Little Rock
Ark
Kansas
Department of Human Services
Andy Allison
Division of
Medical Services
Gene Gessow
Massachusetts
Allison
Kansas Department of Health
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Harold Long Park
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