Girls Scouts program aided by U W funding in Finney County
Banister notes United Way funding supports training for leaders and a yearly session. She volunteers as a troop leader to spend time with her daughter Chrissy, 9, in troop 137. Girls aged kindergarten to third grade do crafts, science, community service, and field trips to Exploration Place and the Cosmosphere.
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Banister
Chrissy
Wichita
Hutchinson
Girls Scouts
Tumbleweed Council
Finney County United Way
ConAgra Swift meeting canceled by local leaders
Garden City officials including Meyer and Halloran planned to press Swift about future plans for the Finney County plant, vacant since a 2000 fire that destroyed ConAgra Beef Co. facilities and cost 2,300 jobs, with a $43 million payroll.
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Meyer
Swift
Garden City
Bob
ConAgra Beef Co
Beef prices rise as tight supply boosts cattle costs
Figures from HedgersEdge.com show beef per capita at 64 pounds, far below 94 pounds in 1976. rising slaughter cattle prices to 90 per hundredweight amid drought and Canadian supply shocks, with U.S. cattle herd around 96.1 million head. Industry leaders credit diet trends and convenience products for demand.
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HedgersEdge.com
Todd Domer
Kansas Livestock Association
Monte Reese
Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board
Conve
Canada
United States
Levitt
Dighton
Kane
Don Hineman
Hineman
U.S. Department of Agriculture
West Nile cases rise as KDHE releases unverified counts
KDHE released unverified West Nile case counts from private labs with a pre sumptive positive disclaimer. Eight new confirmed cases were reported, including residents aged 13 to 54 across Saline, Dickinson, Marshall, McPherson, Lyon, and Sedgwick counties. KDHE notes the numbers aid outbreak assessment while reiterating prevention steps and symptoms.
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KDHE
West Nile
Saline County
Dickinson County
Marshall County
McPherson County
Lyon County
Sedgwick County
Kansas
Crawford County
Gail Hansen
U.S
Hansen
United States faces uphill fight on Iraq resolution
At the United Nations the United States meets strong resistance from France and others as Secretary General Kofi Annan criticizes the draft. Powell assures a meaningful UN role while Annan says the UN will not risk staff for a marginal political role. The U.N. official notes the U.S.-led coalition will oversee the political transition.
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United Nations
United States
Security Council
Iraq
France
Kofi Annan
Colin Powell
Annan
Bush Administration
Washington
U.N
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Finney County
Kyla Strickland
Alyssa Alvarado
Holiday Inn Express
ConAgra
Kathy Hanks
Garden City Western Railway Inc
Vfw Road
London
Britain
Qasim Saleem
Loughborough University
Leicestershire
Measurement Science and Technology
Institute of Physics
California
Saleem
Richard Wildman
Wildman
Finney County Economic Development Corporation
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Garden City Community College
Western Kansas
Unicel Usd
Kwik Shop
St. Catherine Hospital
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Sunflower Home Health
Home Depot
Americian Lodge & Suites
Flint Hills Job Corp
GCCC
Sears Garden City Telegram Mosaic
BPI Inc
City of Garden City
Financial Avenues Inc
Kansas Dept. of Transportation
Garden Valley Retirement Village
High Plains Education Coop
Tyson Fresh Meats
Kansas Children’s Service League
Mary Kay
Joyce Eberhart
United Migrant Services Business & Industry Institute
Temas Y Debates Western
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