Health officials urge flu shots as season nears
Local health officials remind the public that flu season is approaching as cooler months arrive. The 2024 vaccine covers A and B strains and H1N1 known as swine flu. Finney County Health Department staff began administration on Monday led by Ashley Goss, county health administrator, noting an overall favorable outlook.
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Supreme Court to rule in funeral protest case
The father of a Marine killed in Iraq seeks to uphold a $5 million verdict against Westboro Baptist Church members who picketed his son’s funeral with taunts such as Thank God for Dead Soldiers. The high court weighs Snyder’s right to private grieving against the church’s free speech rights, led by Rev. Fred Phelps, in a case that has sparked nationwide debate over protest at military funerals.
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Garden City students attend annual college planning day
Hundreds of students toured more than 50 higher education booths at Garden City High School on Tuesday as reps from colleges universities and the U S Armed Forces answered questions offered brochures and discussed financial aid. Holcomb Deerfield brought 35 to 40 students each while schools from outside Kansas such as the Air Force Academy Oklahoma State Nebraska College of Agriculture and Northwest Oklahoma State University also attended.
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City to conduct third annual community survey
Garden City will launch its third annual community wide survey approved Tuesday by city commissioners. The seven page questionnaire measures resident views on police service street maintenance emergency readiness nuisance enforcement and outreach. The survey will be mailed to at least 400 addresses using randomized ETC Institute sampling and will be produced in English Spanish Somali and Burmese.
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