GEMS Career Fairs Planned at Parish Center
The Girls and Guys in Engineering Math and Science fairs will run Tuesday for girls and Wednesday for boys at St. Dominic Parish Center 615 JC Street. Morning and afternoon sessions will be 8:30 to 11:10 and 11:40 to 2:20 with 20 career fields represented and three 40 minute info sessions for seventh graders from Garden City Deerfield Healy Holcomb middle schools and home schools. Ana Lazarin of Wichita State University and Jesus Hernandez of Kansas State University open sessions at 8:40 and 11:50 respectively. a Family Math event with a chili supper and activities is planned at Charles O Stones Intermediate Center 401 Jennie Barker Road on Wednesday evening.
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JC. Street
Garden City
Deerfield
Healy and Holcomb
Ana Lazarin
Wichita State University Engineering
Jesus Hernandez
Kansas State University Physics Research
Charles O. Stones
Jennie Barker Road
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Garden City to host winter music concerts at four schools
Garden City public schools plan a slate of free concerts next week. Abe Hubert Middle School's music department performs a 7 p.m. Tuesday concert in the gym at 1205 A St featuring holiday songs, The Polar Express selections, and seasonal numbers from band and orchestra. Intermediate Center hosts a 7 p.m. Thursday band concert in the cafeteria at 401 Jennie Barker Road. Edith Scheuerman Elementary presents third and fourth grade music at 7 p.m. Thursday in the gym at 1901 Wilcox. Jennie Wilson Elementary offers a 7 p.m. Thursday winter music program in the gym at 1401 Harding Ave with after-program cookies and punch by the PTO.
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Garden City
Abe Hubert Middle School
Polar Express
Charles O. Stones
Jennie Barker Road
Edith Scheuerman
Wilcox
Jennie Wilson
Harding Ave
Greensburg leader earns national Municipal Leader honor
Greensburg City Administrator Steve Hewitt was named American City and County Magazine 2008 Municipal Leader of the Year at the National League of Cities Conference. The award cites his leadership after the May 4 2007 tornado and Greensburgs green rebuilding push. He will join other officials in an Eco partnership visit to Mianzhu China to share sustainable rebuilding ideas.
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Steve Hewitt
Hewitt
American City and County Magazine
National League of Cities
Tim Lenz
Bill Wolpin
Wolpin
Steve
Chicago
Richard M. Daley
Atlanta
Andrew Young
Mitch Lansdale
Gardena
Calif
China
US Treasury Department
Mianzhu
Kansas
Hampton Inn Garden City opens amid slow demand
The Hampton Inn at 2502 Crestway Drive has few guests since October. General manager Karli Mader says weekdays bring business. weekends are quieter. IHOP construction at 2507 Crestway Drive aims to boost traffic around Christmas. The four story, 83 room hotel includes six king rooms with pull-out sofas and four accessible rooms.
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Hampton Inn
Crestway Drive
Karli Mader
Garden City
Mader
International House of Pancakes
Mitesh Patel
IHOP
Hutchinson
Ishwar Patel
Hampton Inn Mader to Open at U S 50 and KS 156
Rates at the Hampton Inn in southwest Kansas run 100 to 120 dollars per night with some kinks before a planned January grand opening. Each room features a 32 inch flat screen TV, a shallow pool, hot tub, and exercise room though microwaves and refrigerators are not yet standard. The hotel employs 22 staff, six at the front desk, with more hires expected as business grows.
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Mader
U.S. Highway 50
Kansas Highway 156
Tors
Hilton
Kansas
Umbrella Corporation
Ishwar Patel
Patel
GOP leaders urge immediate budget cuts in Kansas
Top Kansas Republicans pressing Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to use executive power to force immediate state spending reductions beyond agency draft plans for 3 percent rollbacks. They warn delaying action risks greater pain for agencies and a smaller fiscal year, with forecasts showing sizable deficits into 2009 and 2010. Sebelius plans review of cabinet options and has not ruled out formal action soon.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
House
Melvin Neufeld
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Sebelius
Schmidt
Neufeld
Anthony Hensley
Nicole Corcoran
Prosecutors warn about gift cards in faltering economy
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six and Sedgwick County DA Nora Foulston warn holiday shoppers gift cards may be risky as store closures rise. They advise checking a chains financial health, note that gift cards may lose value if a business fails and outline new rules from 2007 on expiration, redemption, fees, and conditions. Major credit card gift cards offer best protection and flexibility.
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Mct
Kansas
Steve Six
Sedgwick
Nora Foulston
Six
Foulston
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