Conservancy lecture set at Lee Richardson Zoo Thursday
The Nature Conservancy in Kansas will host a public lecture from 5 to 6 30 p m Thursday at Finnup Center for Conservation Education Lee Richardson Zoo Rob Manes state director will discuss the conservancys work across central and western Kansas including Smoky Valley Ranch Logan County Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands and the Red Hills initiative Light refreshments and beverages to be served
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Gospel music program at Garden Valley Friday night
A free gospel music program starts at 7 p m Friday at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St. Featured performers are Willie and Rodi Longenecker from Ontario Canada. Public invited for details call 2755036.
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Water Coolers Bring Hilarious Adults Night to Garden City
The Water Coolers perform Monday evening at Clifford Hope Auditorium Garden City High School 1412 N Main St as part of the Southwest Kansas Live On Stage season. Show starts 7 30 p m with tickets 25 single 55 adults 35 students 135 family package overview and contact at 275 1667 and swks liveon stage org.
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Clifford Hope
Garden City High School
N. Main St
New York
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YMCA waives joining fee for breast cancer awareness month
The Garden City Family YMCA waives its 65 joining fee through October 31 to support breast cancer awareness. Members receive 50 percent off programs, free land and water aerobics, express check in, child-watch and more. For details contact Shannon Sullivan at 275-1199 or gckymca.membership@gmail.com.
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First Black Southwestern College Grad Gets Tombstone
Elijah Pilgrim Geiger 1864 1943 the college's first black graduate who earned a degree in 1899 is now commemorated with a tombstone at Maple Grove Cemetery in Wichita. He later served as a minister and scholar, ending an unmarked burial in a Wichita cemetery.
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Elijah Pilgrim Geiger
Maple Grove
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Southwestern
Fort Riley to Host Job Fair Drawing Many Attendees
Fort Riley officials anticipate over 1,000 people at an October 25 job fair on the northeast Kansas Army post. The event is a partnership of the Kansas Department of Commerce, U S Labor Department, and the Kansas Employer Support for the National Guard and Reserve chapter. Sixty-five employers from law enforcement, retail, health care, energy, and other sectors will attend, with trade schools and higher education representatives also participating.
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Kansas
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Judge to hear family planning funding dispute in Wichita
A federal judge will hear arguments from the Dodge City Family Planning Clinic claiming it lost Title X funding as collateral damage to a Kansas law targeting Planned Parenthood. The clinic warns it could close, leaving 650 low income patients without reproductive health care.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Planned Parenthood
J. Thomas Marten
Family Planning Clinic
Marten
Mid-Missouri
Hays
Dodge City Clinic
Kansas City
Overland Park
10Th US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Karla Demuth
GCCC prepares world premiere of Wilder one act collection
Garden City Community College actors present The Seven Deadly Sins with no props or costumes in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. The production opens at 7 30 p m Thursday as part of the Kennedy Center festival with national critics watching and Irene Ryan scholarship consideration for three students.
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Garden City Community College
Helen Weeks
Garden City
Heather Kochivar
Elizabeth
Colo
Lauren Groth
Dodge City
Holden Eissminger
Ulysses
Thornton Wilder
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Garden City Community College Theater
Hoke
Kennedy Center
Irene Ryan
Ames
Iowa
Wilder
Assisi
Bernice
Alan Kessler
Lakin
Chase Lumley
Sublette
Brigitte Jarrell
Minneapolis
Noah McCallum
Justin Godwin
Liberal
Carissa Hodgs
Ingalls
Ashley Martinez
Wendy Thiel
Nancy Wright
Magna
Utah
Nicole Dyer
San Luis Rey
Our Town
Fine Arts
Medicaid cuts threaten seniors may force assisted living drop
Kansas seniors on Medicaid face reduced reimbursements for assisted living services. The September change trimmed payments about 14 percent, with some centers reporting up to 25 percent cuts. Operators warn many clients may relocate to nursing homes or lose access to care, especially in rural areas, as waivers and funding tighten.
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Sara Arif
Department On Aging
Cindy Luxem
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