NHS roundup funds care packages for troops overseas
Garden City High School National Honor Society leaders organized a Homecoming Week carnival raising 271 for Operation Support Our Soldiers. President Brian Larkin said the money will help cover 10 to 15 per package of snacks and batteries sent to troops abroad, including teacher Mark Nansel in Iraq.
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Garden City High School
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Mark Nansel
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Iraq
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Larkin
Key Club
K State disaster readiness workshop on crisis messaging
Kansas State University hosts a three day workshop titled Community Readiness Communications Accurately Messages in Times of Crisis November 8 9 10 at the student union. It covers locating accurate information forming emergency plans and how disaster response operates. Sponsors include McCormick Tribune Foundation A Q Miller School and Huck Boyd Center. Registration 100 for all days or 50 per day. Further details via jmc ksstate edu creadi nessbrochure pdf and contact Gloria Freeland at g freeland ksstate edu.
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McCormick Tribune Foundation
A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Huck Boyd National Center For Community Media
GCCC takes third in annual beef contest at Holcomb
Garden City Community College placed third among seven teams at the 19th Beef Empire Days Intercollegiate Meats Contest held at Tyson Fresh Meats in Holcomb. Forty students competed in grading judging placing and questions for beef pork and lamb.
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Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Holcomb
Clarendon College
Fort Scott Community College
Allen County Community College
Western Texas College
Minois Central College
Barton County Community College
Morrison dodges answer on dropping abortion records pursuit
The Kansas attorney general race features Paul Morrison and Phill Kline over access to medical records from Wichita abortion clinics. Morrison says he won’t speculate on ending the inquiry, while Kline accuses him of misrepresenting his stance. The dispute centers on records from George Tiller’s Wichita clinic and Planned Parenthood in Overland Park, with court action ongoing and timing tied to broader debates over privacy and prosecutions.
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Morrison
Johnson County
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Kline
Inter
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Operation Rescue
Sherriene Jones
Wichita
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Overland Park
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District Court
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Hisif Morrison
Lawrence
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Topeka Capital-Journal
Simpson
Attorney General
KBI
Jones
KBI Lab
Salsa Contest Draws 70 Local Business Attendees
The Hot & Spicy Salsa contest at Western State Bank drew 70 attendees from local businesses. The Multicultural Task Force of the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the event with 20 companies entering. Judges split entries into Hot & Spicy and Good but Interesting. The Convention and Tourism Bureau won the latter. Mosaic and Johannes Family Eye Care tied for the former. Americaid Logistics won the people's choice award.
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Western State Bank
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Angelica Hahn
Chamber
Hahn
Convention and Tourism Bureau
Mosaic
Johannes Family Eye Care
Americaid Logistics
Scott City police crack down on speeders on main streets
Scott City police chief Chris Jurgens reports stricter enforcement along Main and Fifth streets, which carry US 83 and KS 96. After a Sept 5 city council meeting on semi trucks and school safety, lights at Fifth/K-96 and Main/US 83 were set to flash 12am to 6am to urge slower speeds, with officers citing visible patrols and ongoing efforts to curb speeding citywide.
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U.S. 83
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Jurgens
Botswana youth exchange enhances 4-H programs in Kansas and Colorado
Victoria Monnaatsie, a 38 year old Botswana 4H regional coordinator, tours Colorado and Kansas to study 4H operations and culture. She visits Fort Collins Denver Wellington Montrose Ellis County Garden City Hugoton Manhattan Columbus Hiawatha Girard and attends a Milwaukee conference before returning to Botswana.
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