City OKs on-site clinic and wellness program
City commissioners approved a plan from Wellness Innovations & Nursing Services to provide an on-site clinic and wellness program for employees and families. The 4-1 vote aims to cut health costs, with officials claiming the program can save nearly $3 for every $1 spent in year one while improving overall employee health and bending the double digit cost rise.
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Lenexa-based
Wellness Innovations & Nursing Services, LLC
Matt Allen
Michelle Stegman
Drought Shrinks Kansas Reservoirs Raise Water Supply Fears
Kansas faces a worsening drought with shrinking reservoirs risking sustained water supply and possible algae blooms. Earl Lewis of the Kansas Water Office told the Joint Committee on Energy and Environment the drought could affect communities into 2012 and is spreading north and east, with John Redmond Reservoir a key concern due to its role supplying Wolf Creek nuclear plant.
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Topeka
Kansas
Water Office
Earl Lewis
Kansas Water Office
Joint Committee On Energy and Environment
Lewis
John Redmond
Wolf Creek
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Reality I teaches financial literacy to Garden City students
Garden City High School students participated in Reality I a Communities in Schools program that simulates life after school by giving each student an occupation based on their plans and GPA and a monthly income. The exercise asks students to plan for bills, childcare and housing while aging into a 26 year old.
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Garden City High School
Jordan Claar
Joanna Hernandez
Elizabeth Acosta
Erlinda Villatoro
Lisa Knoll
GCHS
Navia Guerra
Guerra
Reality U
Haley Finch
Social Security to hand out first raises since 09
The first cost of living adjustment since 2009 will boost benefits about 3.5 percent for roughly 55 million recipients in January. Higher Medicare Part B premiums may offset some gains, with average monthly checks around 1082 dollars and annual gains near 455 dollars if all is spent.
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U.S. Treasury
Financial Management Services
Philadelphia
Washington
Congress
David Certner
AARP
Certner
Social Security Administration
Mark Zandi
Moody’s Analytics
COSA
Weather Forecast Today and Thursday Sunny Outlook
Today's forecast calls for sunny skies with a high near 58 and a low around 32. Thursday remains sunny with a high near 60 and a low around 37. Details continue on page A8.
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Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie's
Garden City Co-op
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