Scott City Club Promotes Competitive Gymnastics
Shelby and Joshua Irsik pose with Mickey Mouse at Disney World this summer as part of a Scott City club outreach. The event highlights the club’s summer program and public engagement with families seeking athletic training opportunities.
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Sales tax could fuel Finney County economic rebirth
Finney County voters will decide on extending a sales tax aimed at highway funding to support the Finney County Economic Development Corp. FCEDC would become a full time operation with up to three employees and more growth. Local leaders cite ConAgra Burn and national factors as a drag on the economy and urge approval to help rise from the ashes.
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Screenings assess Children's abilities, skills
Reid Hopkins, aged three, and other Garden City children participate in monthly free development screenings by the Garden City USD 457 Early Childhood Department. Sessions test hearing, vision, motor, language, social and thinking skills with bilingual paraprofessionals and translators available for multilingual families.
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Joe Hopkins
Reid
Garden City
Hopkins
Shelley Stroup
Wilma batters Cancun region with 140 mph winds
Hurricane Wilma plowed into Mexico's resort coast injuring, flooding streets and damaging hotels on Cozumel and the Riviera Maya. The Category 4 storm disrupted transportation and forced thousands to seek shelter. Cuba and Florida were forecast targets after raking Haiti and Jamaica. Local officials warned damage assessors would reach Cozumel only by late Saturday at the earliest.
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Julio Torres
Associated Press
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Felix Gonzalez Cantu
Gun incident leads to school lockdown at Florence Wilson Elementary
Garden City police hunt two men after a slow moving vehicle with a backseat gun sighting near Florence Wilson Elementary School. A teacher on recess observed a man pointing what appeared to be a gun toward students. The campus lockdown followed as officials followed safety protocol.
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Mike Utz
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Roy Cessna
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Kearny County bond proposal faces voters
Lakin and Deerfield residents go to the polls Tuesday to decide a $9.5 million general obligation bond to expand and upgrade Kearny County Hospital and High Plains Retirement Village. Meetings in the last 90 days informed the public about funding for ER upgrades patient room air conditioning oxygen lines and 12 new assisted living studios plus village renovations.
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