Labor Day Bank and Government Closings in Garden City
Roundup notes banks closed Monday for Labor Day including American State Bank and Trust Co and Bank of America with multiple branches listed. Government offices also shut queue Finney County Administrative Center Garden City Administrative Center Public Library Post Office USD 457 center and Garden City Community College facilities closed.
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American State Bank and Trust Co
E. Mary St
Taylor Plaza
E. Kansas Plaza
Landmark National Bank
N. Main St
People’s State Bank
W. Laurel St
Western State Bank
Kansas Ave
Finney County Administrative Center
N. Ninth St
Garden City Administrative Center
N. Eighth St
Finney County Public Library
W. Walnut St
U.S. Post Office
N. Sixth St
USD 457
Educational Support Center
Fleming St
Garden City Community College
Garden City High School Astronomy Club Meets Wednesday
Garden City High School Astronomy Club plans an 8:30 p.m. stargazing session at Sagebrush Road recreation area one mile west of U S Highway 83. Weather or overcast skies may cancel. Public invited. bring telescopes. Contact Kevin Nyberg at 805-8000 for details.
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Garden City
Kevin Nyberg
Cowboy Culture of Kansas at GCCC
Garden City Community College partners with the Senior Center of Finney County and the University of Kansas Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to offer a three session class on the Old West. Instructor James F. Hoy of Emporia State University leads the course focusing on the cowboy myth and Kansas links to the Chisholm Trail and cattle drives to Abilene Caldwell and Dodge City. Enrollment costs 35 dollars, seniors register free, with required registration and information available from Osher KU.
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Garden City Community College
Finney County
University of Kansas Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Cowboy Culture of
Kansas
GCCC
America
Texas Plains
Abilene
Caldwell
Dodge City
James F. Hoy
Emporia State University
Osher. Ku
Kansas launches 150th birthday scratch-off lottery game
Kansas unveils a new scratch-off ticket to kick off the states 150th birthday celebration. The Lottery began delivering 600000 tickets and expects about 1600 retailers to sell them within two weeks. Top prize is 1500 dollars.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Lottery
Kansas labor secretary touts improving economy but unemployment remains high
Kansas Labor Secretary Jim Garner reports progress in the job market at the Statehouse. Unemployment benefits total over 1 billion in 2009 and 2010 filings dip from last year as manufacturing losses ease. Renewable energy health care and social assistance show growth with 20,000 green jobs and potential 10,000 more by 2012.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jim Garner
State of Labor
Garner
Kansas Statehouse
Washington
State Department of Labor
Kansas House
Labor
Kathleen Sebelius
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Grants fund national exams rattle state testing scene
The Education Department awarded about 330 million dollars to two consortiums covering 44 states including Missouri and Kansas and the District of Columbia to develop tests aligned with voluntary national standards in language arts and math. The plan aims for uniform standards and ongoing assessments rather than one high stakes end of year test. Missouri plans to field test in 2012 13 and anticipates online adaptive testing with annual results guiding instruction.
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Kansas City
U.S. Education Department
Missouri
Kansas
District of Columbia
Judy Wurtzel
US Education Department
Wurtzel
Education Department
Florida
Eric J. Smith
Washington Coalition
Judy Park
Utah
Michael Muenks
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
KPERS funded at 64 percent with 7.6 billion deficit persists
Improved investment returns trimmed KPERS shortfall but Kansas public employee pension system still faces a 7.6 billion unfunded liability. Senate leaders say pension funding must be a top priority. plans may raise state contributions by about 58 million annually.
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Topeka
Kansas
Glenn Deck
Kansas Public Employee Retirement System
House
Senate
Wall Street
KPERS
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Senate Committee On Pensions, Investments, and Benefits
Morris
Pew Center For the States
Patricia Beckham
Omaha, Neb
Beckham
Judge overturns Nebraska flag desecration law ruling
U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf orders state officials to pay eight thousand dollars in attorney fees to a Kansas church member who sued over the flag desecration ruling. Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning and State Patrol commander Bryan Tuma must contribute three thousand five hundred dollars each as part of the fee. The case also notes the Leavenworth 10 and references Iraq war actions amid rising U.S. casualties and sectarian fighting.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
U.S
Richard Kopf
Jon Bruning
Bryan Tuma
Leavenworth
Families rally for justice over soldiers’ sentences near Leavenworth
Families of soldiers and Marines convicted of killing Iraqi civilians plan a motorcycle rally near Leavenworth to urge national outrage at their sons’ sentences. The event gathers relatives and supporters as they press for reconsideration and broader accountability.
Man killed in fall while jumping between bins
LARNED AP Police say 25-year-old Matthew Dell of Larned died after falling from a 40-foot high fertilizer storage bin while jumping between bins with a 26-year-old friend. Dell had been drinking and climbed to the bin tops, losing balance on the fourth jump and falling between two bins.
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Larned
Matthew Dell
Charles Orth
Great Bend Tribune
Dell
Orth
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