Summit aims to help end childhood poverty in Garden City
Robert de Leon urged a crowd of over 100 at a childhood poverty summit hosted by SRS at Garden City Community College. He described invisibility of the socioeconomically disadvantaged and the need for a second look beyond visible signs. Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution spoke at the governor's town hall gathering in Garden City.
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Robert de Leon
Dennis Perryman
Garden City Community College
de Leon
Salvation Army Community Center
Ron Haskins
Center On Children and Families
Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C
America
Crystal Apple honors three Garden City teachers at ceremony
Crystal Apple awards recognized Buffalo Jones Elementary third grade teacher Kerri Steelman of Grand Rapids Dawn Riggs a reading interventionist and Shanna Vox a math teacher at Abe Hubert Middle School as the 2023 honorees. All are from USD 457 and join six finalists chosen by the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Buffalo Jones
Kerri Steelman
Abe Hubert
Shanna Vox
Dawn Riggs
Clarion Inn and Conference Center
Clarion Inn Ballroom
Steelman
Riggs
Solis
Dawn
Vox
Garden City
Yox
Brad Springston
USD 457
Former GCCC president dies at 86 in Wichita
Thomas F Saffell, former Garden City Community College president, died at 86 in Wichita. He led the college 1976 to 1988, overseeing major buildings and improvements including the Penka Building, Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building, and the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. The campus library was named for him upon retirement.
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Garden City Community College
Thomas F Saffell
Garden City
Wichita
Saffell
GCCC
Penka
Pauline Joyce
Dennis Perryman
Williams
Broacbuster Baseball Academy
Garry
Janet Williams
Kokomo
Ind
Asel Harder
Western Kansas seeks dairy processing plant in regional push
Gov. Sam Brownback backs rural growth through a new dairy processing facility in southwestern Kansas. Ulysses vies with Michigan and South Dakota for a 60 worker plant, Grant County eyes a foreign dry milk facility, with consultants recently visiting. The effort hinges on milk supply and further dairy expansion across the region.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
Hamilton County
Grant County
Leslie Mangels
U.S
Europe
Ulysses
Michigan
South Dakota
Mangels
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Kansas Department of Commerce
Southwest
Kearny County
Ralph Goodnight
Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance
Weather forecast today and Saturday breezy and sunny
Today expect mostly sunny skies with a breezy feel and a high around 66 degrees and a low near 33. Saturday will be partly sunny with a continued breeze and a high near 66 degrees and a low around 22. Details on page AR.
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Garden City Co-op
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