Scouts Celebrate 100th Anniversary With Community Fest
The Boy Scouts mark a century of service with a large festival at the Finney County Courthouse in Garden City. Josh Yeager and siblings join in camping activities as families and multiple troops attend. A 100th Anniversary photo, a special dinner, and an entertainment act by Flying Debris highlight the event.
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Yeager
Jade Yeager
Josh
Alan
Coretta
Finney County
Garden City
Chris Barnes
Lee Richardson Zoo West Lawn
Barnes
Lakin
Robert Schrivner
Boy Scouts
Nyberg fosters classical study in Garden City area
Nyberg, a Central City, Nebraska native teaching in Garden City Public Schools for 29 years, blends Latin Greek and Greek myth with astronomy. He coaches chess, chairs church duties, and maintains a telescope cache as the GCHS Astronomy Group observes skies. He notes light pollution limits sight at Sagebrush Road.
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Central City
Neb
Garden City
Kearney State College
University of Nebraska-Kearney
University of Georgia
Garden City High School
GCHS
Nyberg
Pluto
Mercury
Orion
Altair
Sagebrush Road
U.S. Route 83
Mount Nyberg
Education finance reform proposals seek more local control
Kansas lawmakers push to loosen Local Option Budget rules to let districts raise more money via property taxes while preserving some equalization aid. Proposals from House Speaker Pro Tem Arlen Seigfreid and Sen. Steve Abrams would lift the lid on the LOB, with local boards gaining budget autonomy. Read as a debate over funding sources, regional disparities, and the impact on districts like Shawnee Mission and Weskan, where assessed valuations shape teacher counts and salaries under the current formula.
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Tom Holland
Arlen Seigfreid
R-Olathe
Steve Abrams
Arkansas City
Dodge City
Alan Cunningham
Shawnee Mission
Johnson County
Weskan
Wallace County
Kansas
Kansas _ State Department of Education
Wichita
Fort Leavenworth
Reno County
Hutchinson
Buhler
Nickerson
Haven
Fairfield
Pretty Prairie
Sterling
Great Bend
McPherson
Liberal
Garden City
Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas State Department of Education
Jobless face tougher job requirements as openings rise
The job market shows 3.2 million openings, down from 4.4 million pre recession, yet vacancies grow tougher to fill. Firms report need for broader skills as unemployment sits above earlier levels. Bayer struggled to find candidates with expanded health safety and change adaptation abilities.
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Bayer Material Science
Bayer
Joe Bozada
Bozada
David Altig
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Altig
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Nelle M. Beach Trust
Westchester Auctions
Wteen One
Aroun
Schrader
Westchester-Auctions.com
Faceboo
Garden City Community College
Dee Wigner
Dee
Campus Drive
Gccc Board of Trustees
Garden Ci Community College
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