Garden City Valley View Cemetery tours on Oct 15 16 17
Tickets go on sale for 60 to 90 minute evening walking tours of Valley View Cemetery in Garden City run by the Finney County Historical Society with cemetery staff and city support. Tours begin at 6 and 8 pm on Oct 15 16 and 17 with 10 to 12 gravesites and three memorials. Admission is 10 dollars, advance sales only at the Finney County Historical Museum.
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Garden City
Valley View
Finney County Historical Society
Finney County Historical Museum
S. Fourth
Finnup Park
North Third Street
Price and Sons Funeral Home
Finney County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Buffalo Jones
John Stevens
Mitchal Runnels
Jake Fleagle
Fleagle
James and
Laticia Fulton
October programs set at Homestead Assisted Living
The Homestead Assisted Living at 2414 N Henderson St lists October events. Mennonite Singers perform at 7 p.m. today, Classic 3 1 Piano Man at 7 p.m. Oct 16, Coat of Many Colors at 6 p.m. Oct 18, The Roadrunners at 7 p.m. Oct 20, Francine McAdams leads Inspirational music at 11:45 a.m. Oct 25, and Trick-or-treating for all children and families on Oct 31. Public attendance is free.
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Homestead Assisted Living
N. Henderson St
Mennonite Singers
Roadrunners
Francine McAdams
Florence Wilson Elementary to Celebrate 95th Birthday
Florence Wilson Elementary plans a birthday celebration for its namesake Florence Wilson at 8 20 a m Thursday Oct 8 in the school gym at 1709 Labrador Blvd Students and staff will sing Happy Birthday and present Mrs Wilson with a gift Wilson a Finney County native is a Garden City High School graduate who began teaching in 1940 and retired in 1979
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Florence Wilson
Labrador Blvd
Wilson
Finney County
Garden City High School
YMCA to launch youth fitness program in Garden City
Garden City Family YMCA will start a K through 12 health and fitness initiative within two months to promote nutrition, running, and injury prevention. The program, overseen by Steven Lynch, aims to address childhood obesity with guest speakers and practical health lessons. Jay Edwards volunteers as trainer, funded by a $9,400 Saucony grant shared with Dodge City YMCA.
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Garden City Family Ymca
Jackie Regan
YMCA
Regan
Healthy Living
Steven Lynch
Kansas
Centers For Disease Control
United States
Trust For America’s Health
Lynch
Jay Edwards
Holcomb High School
Lindall Cox
Garden City
Ymca of
Southwest Kansas
Saucony
Dodge City Family Ymca
Edwards
Kelowna
British Columbia
Canada
Kansas to shift dependent health aid to CHIP plan
Kansas will cut Healthy KIDS subsidies for children of lower income state workers by half starting in 2016 and allow eligible families to enroll their children in the federal Children's Health Insurance Program. The move, tied to ACA changes, awaits required federal paperwork and is opposed by state employee groups wary of reduced coverage.
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Kansas
Health Care Commission
KDHE
Sara Belfry
Rebecca Proctor
Kansas Organization of State Employees
Proctor
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services
Belfry
Sam Brownback
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Homestead
E. Mary Star
FAA
Stephanie Bogner
M. Dobson
Victor Ornelas
Family Art Project
Kale Hineman
Andy
Garden City Arts
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