Pet parade to mark Garden City Third Thursday anniversary
Garden City Downtown Vision plans a pet costume parade at 6 p.m. Oct 18 to celebrate the First anniversary of Third Thursdays. Registration starts at 5 p.m. at Regan & Co. Real Estate with a $5 entry fee benefiting the Finney County Humane Society.
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Garden City
Vicki Germann
GCDV
Main Street
Vision
Windsor Hotel
Patrick Dugan
Davis Designs
N. Main St
Vision Office
Gcdowntown. Com
Kansas economic policy summit set for KU and Ulysses
Lawrence hosts the annual Conference on The Kansas Economy Investing in People Business and Community with a western satellite in Ulysses. Key speakers include Joseph Aistrup Erin Sparks and Kenny Wilk. The Oct 18 event runs 8 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. and features panels on government economy growth and policy.
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Lawrence
Kansas
University of Kansas
Ulysses
Pioneer Communications
Grant County
Joseph A. Aistrup
Kansas State University
College of Arts and Sciences
Erin Sparks
National Governors Association
Kenny Wilk
Kansas State
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Bioscience Authority Board of Directors
Aistrup
GCHS hosts college and career fair for students
Garden City High School and nearby campuses hosted a College and Career Ready Day with 51 booths from colleges, technical schools, and military branches. Juniors and seniors explored options, heard testimonies from students like Ricardo Duran and Maria Rivas, and learned how the academy system integrates academics with career paths at GCHS.
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Garden City
GCHS
Holcomb High School
Deerfield High School
Ricardo Duran
Ruiz
Rhonda Hutton
Florence Wilson
Austin Longoria
GCCC
Kansas State University
Chiropractic
Jennifer Meng
Academy of Trade and Health Science
Academy of Arts and Communications
Academy of Public Service
Meng
Hogan
Lawmakers press for higher funding of problem gambling programs
In Topeka officials push Gov Brownback to boost state spending on problem gambling services and restrict funds to gambling related programs. Senators criticized use of revenues for domestic abuse and other noneligible needs while Gary Haulmark seeks a 3.5 million increase for outreach, counseling and help lines as the system remains underfunded and unevaluated.
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Topeka
Mct
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Carolyn McGinn
Sedgwick
Kansas Department For Aging and Disability Services
John Wratil
Rleawood
Gary Haulmark
Department of Aging and Disability Services
Haulmark
Hallmark
Laura Kelly
D-Topeka
Kelly
Sedgwick County
KU ramps up legacy recruitment to boost enrollment
The University of Kansas Alumni Association creates a director of legacy relations, Joy Maxwell, to recruit children and grandchildren of graduates after four straight enrollment declines. Maxwell, a KU alumna, curates targeted outreach, promotes an out-of-state legacy scholarship worth up to 11 675 annually for top ACT SAT scores and GPA, and encourages alumni to advocate for KU.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas Alumni Association
Kansas University Alumni Association
Kevin Corbett
Lawrence Journal-World
Joy Maxwell
Overland Park
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Maxwell
Association
Healthy Farms Health Care Summit Links Diet Farm Policy
An all day summit in Topeka on November 16 examines how agriculture affects Kansans health. Coordinated by the Kansas Rural Center the event titled Healthy Farms Healthy People Agriculture and the Health Care Summit features sessions on healthy eating farming in Kansas policy and food production challenges with participants from the Kansas Health Institute Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Kansas Farmers Union.
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Wichita
Kansas Rural Center
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Health Institute
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Farmers Union
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