Alzheimer's group to meet Wednesday at Garden Valley
The Alzheimer's Support Group, an affiliate of the Sunflower Chapter, meets 3:45 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel area of Garden Valley Retirement Village at 1505 E. Spruce St. This session covers protecting income and resources and how Division of Assets can help the stay-at-home spouse protect assets while the caregiver may qualify for Medicaid. Call Richmond Graham at 275-9651 for details.
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Alzheimer’s Support
Sunflower Chapter
The
Alzheimer’s Association
Chapel
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Richmond Graham
Focus on the Family Institute shapes student leader Hewson
Abette Traci Hewson, 21, a Kansas State University student, graduated from Focus on the Family Institute. The program offers eight credit hours across Christian worldview marriage and family life and family church and society. Hewson says the summer experience broadened her church family and societal perspectives and highlighted strengths and areas for improvement.
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Traci Hewson
Kansas State University
Focus On the Family Institute
Institute
Hewson
Barker School Receives Five Year Performance Accreditation
Jennie Barker Elementary School was awarded Quality Performance Accreditation for five years by the Kansas State Board at its June 12 Topeka meeting. State and local officials visited the campus after long hours of faculty preparation for the site review.
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Jennie Barker
Kansas State Board
Topeka
Photography course begins Saturday at Garden City CC
Local residents can join veteran photojournalist Lydia Smith for a photography seminar from 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 6 in the John Collins Building Room V175. The $49 class teaches basic camera operation exposure and composition with filters and zoom lenses. Contact Norma Jean Dodge or Lisa Dyer for information and registration.
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Lydia Smith
Garden City Community College Business and Industry Institute
John Collins
Smith
GCCC
Norma Jean Dodge
B&i
Ndodge
Lisa Dyer
Ldger
Holcomb FFA Dairy Judging Contest Participants Named
Holcomb FFA Chapter members competed in the 2001 District Dairy Judging Contest in Cimarron on September 11. Junior team Darrin Frank placed eighth while teammates Tyler Unruh Nathaniel Swank John Conway Kylana Klaus Tyler Novack Jeff Crouch Ryan Richmeier and Ricky Gonzales also participated. Senior team members Jake Lauer Shane Knoll Brian Reynolds Tyler Devies Johnathan Knaus and Michael Ottaway placed fourth after judging seven cow classes and presenting two sets of oral reasons.
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Holcomb
Darrin Frank
Tyler Unruh
Nathaniel Swank
John Conway
Kylana Klaus
Tyler Novack
Jeff Crouch
Ryan Richmeier
Ricky Gonzales
Jake Lauer
Shane Knoll
Brian Reynolds
Tyler Devies
Johnathan Knaus
Michael Ottaway
Miller may run for governor again in Kansas
Lawrence AP report notes social conservative David Miller of Eudora is weighing another bid for Kansas governor. Miller, former Kansas GOP chair, sought the 1998 nomination but lost to Bill Graves. He cites ongoing concerns about public policy rooted in Judeo Christian values and righteousness. He declines to comment on rivals while listing potential GOP candidates. Kathleen Sebelius heads the Democratic side in Kansas.
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Lawrence
David Miller
Bill Graves
Graves
Kansas Republican Party
Miller
Kansas Republican Assembly
Tim Shallenburger
U.S
Sam Brownback
Shallenburger
House
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Shawnee County
Rita Cline
Democratic Party
Gary Sherrer
Carla Stovall
Senate
Dave Kerr
Hutchinson
Todd Tiahrt
Jerry Moran
R-Kan
Sherrer
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Sampler spotlights rural culture program
In Wichita the Kansas Sampler Foundation promotes a Making a Difference Program to showcase eight rural sites across Kansas. The Civic Theater in Pretty Prairie represents rural art, with others highlighting cuisine, history, architecture, commerce, customs, geography, and people. The effort aims to keep small towns thriving through tourism and small yet collective donations.
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Wichita
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Darrell Albright
Pretty Prairie
Foundation
Civic
Marci Penner
Whiting Cafe
Little St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Greenbush
Weaver Hotel
Waterville
Penner
Security shutters Coffey County Lake over terror fears
Coffey County Lake near the Wolf Creek plant and the Jeffrey Energy Center grounds are closed to fishing and hunting as a precautionary measure after September 11 fears. Officials say the move aims to reassure the public even as they note no threats and acknowledge potential reopen dates of several weeks to longer.
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Burlington
Kansas
Coffey County
Wolf Creek
Jeffrey Energy Center
St. Marys
Clyde Holscher
Topeka
Coffey County Lake
Randy Rogers
Rogers
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Dave Neufield
The
Energy Center
Three men busted for drugs in southside apartment
Finney County officers arrested Benjamin Miller and David Kuehn at 305 Anderson St after a search by the Garden City Drug Task Force yielded 8.2 ounces of methamphetamine, 10.7 grams of marijuana, a 9 mm pistol, $1,200 in cash, and paraphernalia with a street value of about $22,000. Ronald Reitbeck, of Oakley, and a Hutchinson man were also detained. one man was later released.
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Southside
Drug Task Force
Finney County
Garden City
Miller
Kuehn
Ronald Reitbeck
Oakley
Hutchinson
Reitbeck
Alta Brown
Representative's daughter killed in traffic wreck
The daughter of Missouri State Rep. Gary Burton died after a crash in Shawnee County. Connie D. Hamersky, 33, of Lecompton, was southbound when a trash truck failed to stop at a sign and struck her vehicle. She died at a Topeka hospital. Funeral Tuesday at St. Matthew Catholic Church.
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Topeka
Missouri
Gary Burton
Shawnee County
Connie D. Hamersky
Lecompton
Curtis Wagers
Hamersky
Burton
Joplin
Dianne
Royal Valley
Hoyt Wagers
Aard
St. Matthew Catholic Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Inmates at Leavenworth Hold Real Job Fair Effort
At Leavenworth U S Penitentiary last week twenty six companies sent reps to interview guide and critique inmates poised for release. Harley Davidson Elite Logistics and other firms attended with warehouse and forklift roles while a corporate speaker urged maturity and commitment to future employers.
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Leavenworth
U.S
Mike Wise
Harley-Davidson Inc
Kansas City
Harley
York
Jean Craven
Craven
Phoenix
James Fisher
Elite Logistics
Fisher
Kan
Purna Steinitz
Heartstream Education
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Barker
FFA
Cimarron
Sublette/Haskell county
U.S. Highways
New York City
Royal Valley Elementary
Alan Hageman
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