Marketfest Seeks Vendors and Entertainment in Garden City
Garden City's Marketfest invites local vendors nonprofits and individuals to join the Oct 1 downtown celebration from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event features shopping entertainment produce concessions and kids games plus a Windsor Hotel tour and a Garden City Train Club exhibit. Organizers seek local entertainers and contact is Garden City Downtown Vision at 276-0891.
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Garden City Downtown Vision
GCCC Offers Summer Theater Trips for Seniors
Garden City Community College invites southwest Kansas senior citizens to a series of one day trips to the Music Theatre of Wichita in summer 2006. The National Humanities Studies class, led by James McAllister, will study productions including The Full Monty Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Wizard of Oz Sweet Charity and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Enrollment is due now to reserve seating. Contact Paula Moisio at 275-3232 or paula dot moisio at geccks dot edu.
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Southwest
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James McAllister
GCCC
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Geccks
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Parents sue KU after student falls to death
An Illinois couple sues the University of Kansas over the September 2003 death of their son Eric J. Wellhausen who climbed from his seventh floor dormitory window to the ledge outside Oliver Hall. The suit claims open unguarded ledges and seeks unspecified damages. officials noted possible alcohol involvement.
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Mount Prospect
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Garden City Board mulls joining fair funding lobby group
Garden City USD 457 plans a Monday 7:30 p.m. discussion on joining Schools for Fair Funding, a 14-district coalition formed after a 1999 lawsuit led to new state school funding. The $6 per student cost would total about $42,000 for the 7,000-student district. Also on the agenda are Henderson Middle School masonry work, after school programs funded by state money, superintendent evaluations, and meetings with faculty.
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Schools For Fair Funding
Salina
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USD 457
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Gubernatorial field taking shape in Kansas 2006 race
Kansas Republicans weigh a crowded field to challenge Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. House Speaker Doug Mays and former Speaker Robin Jennison lead a list that includes Richard Rodewald, Dennis Hawver, Kris Kobach, Jim Barnett, and possible talks of Gen. Richard Myers. Senator Derek Schmidt and Rep. Jeff Jack say the field is fluid as donors and leaders consider viable paths to beating Sebelius.
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Topeka
Robin Jennison
Healy
Richard Rodewald
Lawrence
Dennis Hawver
Kris Kobach
Overland Park
Sebelius
Jim Barnett
Emporia
U.S
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
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Myers
Kansas
Senate
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Independence
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Jeff Jack
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Jack
Shallenburger
Jennison
Mays
Joe Aistrup
Kansas State University
Washington
Nestor Weigand Jr
Wichita
Brownback
Education advocates prep for state tour in Kansas
A coalition of education groups led by KASB KNEA and United School Administrators of Kansas will tour the state this month to highlight public education. Kansas Families United for Public Education joins from Johnson County. Stops include Hutchinson Pratt Garden City Oakley Hays Great Bend Parsons Ottawa Salina and more as lawmakers approved a $290 million funding bump under a court order. Desetti of KNEA says the tour helps Kansans become better advocates for schools.
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E. 30Th St
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Pratt
Lee Richardson Zoo
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Oakley
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District Education Center Board
Patton Road
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Ottawa Middle School
S. Ash
Ottawa
Hageman Center
WW. Cloud
Salina
Ing
Altos
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May blasts radical pro Sebelius PAC in Kansas race
Gov Kathleen Sebelius is expected to seek a second four year term. EMILYs List features her as a candidate and calls for a $10 million fundraising effort. House Speaker Doug Mays criticizes the PAC, calling it radical left wing and Hollywood funded. Corcoran notes Sebelius leadership and avoids comment on Mays.
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