Educators urged to mirror calm discipline at conference
Ginny Luther, keynote speaker at the Kids of the Great Southwest conference at Garden City Community College, urged teachers to examine their own thoughts and behavior. She stressed that love, respect, and modeling calm conduct guide good discipline, and that conflict can teach, not merely punish.
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Ginny Luther
Luther
Gar
den City Community College
International Network For Children and Families
Sharon Hixon
Russell Child Development Center
Riculum
Kansas
Karen Cannaley
Mary Louise Quintana
Moscow
Janet Colson
Garden City
Notable Kansas Teacher Becomes Montana Ranch Wife Patron
Helen Chauner recalls her mentor Katherine Chrisman Jones who shaped students in Garden City and later inspired a Montana State University endowment for senior exercise. Jones, a 1930s physical education pioneer, valued vitality and community service through 4-H, Garden Valley Village, and later a lasting endowment created by former students Grace Moore Vreeland and Helen Sandvig Chauner.
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Helen Sanding
Grace Moore
Kansas
Taylor Jones
Hereford Ranch
Holcomb
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Garden City Community College
Helen Chauner
Helen Sandvng
Jones
Garden City
Grace Vreeland
Montana State University
Bozeman
Ellen Kreighbaum
Kreighbaum
Young At Heart
Chauner
Katherine Chrisman Jones
Vreeland
Community walks support Alzheimer's research and care
Kaycee Davis organized a five person Forget me nots walking team to honor her grandmother Orel Perkins diagnosed with Alzheimer's two years ago. Sponsors back education and cure efforts while caregivers urge ongoing visits and involvement as patients may not recognize loved ones.
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Kaycee Davis
Orel Perkins
Shirley Sparke
Davis
Linda Brunson
Donna VenJohn
Brunson
Sonja Jones
Garden Valley
Debates highlight tax fears and farm aid in Kansas race
Candidates clash over budget woes and tax pledges as a deficit looms. Shallenburger touts state funds for farm loans and irrigation tax relief while Sebelius urges more local sourcing and a promos shift for the agriculture department. A Lake Quivira debate follows similar questions on agriculture and efficiency.
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Shallenburger
Bill Graves
Sebelius
Kansas City
Lake Quivira
Agricul
Ture
Kansas
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Inquest decision on Encarnacion Nevarez death dispute
Wheeler voiced disappointment as Dr Bruno declined a coroner inquest into Nevarez death on Oct 3. He planned an inquest but respects the choice, notes uncertainty on pursuing a grand jury, and discusses implications of inquest versus grand jury for Quint's actions. The sheriff says Nevarez attacked a deputy with a board. Nevarez’s wife says he was fleeing when shot.
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Wheeler
Bruno
Encarnacion Nevarez
Quint
Nevarez
Sheriff's Office
Officers shoot and kill pit bull after attack in yard
Police say Lucero and Munoz kept multiple pit bulls. An attacked dog charged officers, who shot it twice more as it advanced. Munoz's dog died at a vet. Lucero's other pit bulls remained at home as police monitor. City ordinance requires confinement leash and muzzle. noncompliant dogs may be destroyed after 72 hours.
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Lucero
Utz
Munoz
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