First Steps in Music and Pop Art Classes Start Monday
Garden City Recreation Commission begins two programs at the GCRC Activity Center 310 N Sixth St. First Steps in Music for ages 1 to 3 runs Mondays 5 30 to 6 with a 10 week duration and 40 dollar fee for the first child 22 for each additional child. Pop Art for ages 8 to 18 runs Mondays 4 30 to 5 30 for three weeks at 22 dollars. Call 276 1200 or register in person.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
Debbie Tidwell
GCRC
N. Sixth St
Centennial Honor Invitation From Southwest Kansas Agency
The SouthWest Kansas Area Agency on Aging designates September 22 as National Centenarian Day and asks nursing facilities senior groups and families to send names of residents 100 years or older or turning 100 this year by Friday. Each recipient will receive a board signed certificate. Send names birth dates and addresses to Information and Assistance Program via Rick Schaffer Box 1636 Dodge City KS 67801 or rschaffer starrtech.net. Delivery by 5 p.m. Friday.
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SouthWest Kansas
Dodge City
Rschaffer
Starrtech
Smoky Hill LLC to switch traffic on K-156 this Monday
Salina based Smoky Hill LLC will move traffic to the west bound lanes of Kansas Highway 156 on Monday to finish final improvements on Kansas Avenue. City Engineer Steve Cottrell confirms completion by mid October and notes Mary Street access from the bypass east to Tractor Supply. Contact Cottrell at 276-1180 for details.
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Salina
A Few Good Men exhibit at Garden City Arts opens
Garden City Arts gallery at 318 N Main St hosts a public exhibit titled A Few Good Men featuring works by Kyle Chaput Faustin DeLeon Jim Mathews Richard Maynard Brian Nelson Ed Nicklaus and Nathan Novack. Sponsored by Lara Blake Bors of Bors Law the show runs through Oct 8 10 am to 5 pm Tue-Sat.
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Garden City Arts Gallery
Kyle Chaput
Faustin DeLeon
Jim Mathews
Richard Maynard
Brian Nelson
Ed Nicklaus
Nathan Novack
Lara Blake Bors
Bors Law
N. Main St
Teacher apologizes after stepping on flag
Towanda Kansas Circle High School teacher Jennifer McKinsey faced parent protests after she removed her personal American flag from the wall, laid it on the floor and stepped on it several times during a discussion of free speech rights in a history class. The incident prompted officials to say she will change her lessons and issue an apology.
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Towanda
Kansas
U.S
Circle High School
Jennifer McKinsey
McKinsey
Wheat acres rise as drought pressures shift planting in Kansas
Kansas farmers prepare to plant winter wheat amid drought concerns. Failed corn fields free acres for wheat as moisture varies across regions. Jim Shroyer says potential yields depend on next month rain. topsoil moisture is low in many areas. Some farmers like Sharon Springs’ David Schemm plan large plantings while others fear running out of moisture before germination. Farmers weigh preventive planting on insurance and crop prices influence optimism.
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Wichita
Kansas
Jim Shroyer
Kansas State University
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Sharon Springs
David Schemm
Schemm
Milo
KASS
Shroyer
Hoisington
Gene Stoskopf
Stoskopf
Texas
Oklahoma
Dalton Henry
Kansas Wheat
Elementary students cheer during NFL Play 60 event
Jennie Wilson Elementary second graders roar at a cougar cheering station as Garden City High School football players assist at a Play 60 initiative program. It marks the school's second year in the event with volunteers guiding activities and fans in attendance.
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Jennie Wilson
Garden City High School
Andrew Brom
Brom
GCHS
AYP results discussed at USC 457 board meeting
Six more USD 457 schools will present Adequate Yearly Progress reports at a 6 p.m. board meeting at the Educational Support Center in Russell. The district overall improved reading from 81.5 to 84.5 percent and math from 79.2 to 81.3 percent, with ELL at 78.5 percent. Valerie Rainman was named 2011 Kansas school nurse of the year. Deanna Berry will outline Russell Childhood Development Center's programs.
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USC 457
Alta Brown
Buffalo Jones
Edith Scheuerman
Florence Wilson
Safe Harbor
Safe Haven
Rick Atha
USD 457
Valerie Rainman
Kansas
Atha
Deanna Berry
Russell Childhood Development Center
Educational Support Center
Fleming St
Commissioners to discuss county fairground upgrades
Finney County commissioners meet Monday at 8:30 a.m. at the Administrative Center to consider improvements to the Finney County Exhibition Building and other fairgrounds facilities. Fairgrounds Director Angie Clark will discuss fire alarm installations in the Grandstand Arena and West Pavilion and upgrades such as an awning repairs, painting, insulation, and concrete work to retain and attract events.
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Finney County
Fairgrounds
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Angie Clark
Grandstand
West Pavilion
Clark
Kansas
Death reported from probable amoeba infection in Kansas
A Sedgwick County resident dies this week from a likely brain eating amoeba infection, Kansas reporting its first documented case. Officials urge avoiding warm freshwater activities and disturbing sediments, with details kept private to protect privacy. The victim reportedly swam in August at a city lake in Winfield, about 30 miles southeast of Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas
Florida
Louisiana
Virginia
Centers For Disease Control
Sedgwick County
Amanda Matthews
Winfield
Wichita
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Garden City
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