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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 2006
Page
1
Steven Hoyt presents a one million pennies donation totaling ten thousand dollars to the 2006 Relay for Life. The photograph credits Ibara Hoyt from Garden City, highlighting community fundraising and local participation.
Kansas pastors from several denominations denounce political use of church platforms amid a leaked memo tieing Attorney General Phill Kline to canvassing efforts. Reverends Soule and Krehbiel warn against mixing worship with campaigns, noting boundaries should not be crossed.
Gardens City USD 457 and its intermediate schools are placed on improvement for reading. A Kansas State Board of Education decision keeps math targets at 2005 levels, enabling USD 457 to meet AYP in math. Buffalo Jones Elementary surpassed higher math goals. Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center improved in reading but remains short. The No Child Left Behind framework drives state targets and sanctions for districts missing AYP. Superintendent Rick Atha views the status as a challenge and welcomes accountability.
A glance at 2007 mill levies across 17 southwest Kansas towns shows Leoti with the highest combined rate at 215,036, about 2,473 on a 100,000 dollar home, while Ulysses posts the lowest at 105,479 and 1,213 in taxes. Officials note the public pays little attention to levy changes until increases draw notice.
Area schools mark Constitution Day with quill pen activities, flag making, and a visit from an actor portraying Thomas Jefferson. Garden City Community College hosts Clay Jenkinson in period costume at 7 30 p m on campus to present a Jefferson Hour interpretation.
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