Retired School Personnel to Meet in Garden City
The Kansas Association of Retired School Personnel Sunflower Unit will hold a noon luncheon Friday at Wheat Lands Convention Center Garden City. Members retired from school district posts discuss stagnant retirement income since 1998. President Russ Branden Sublette leads. Meals cost 8 dollars at the door. Reservations by noon Thursday at 275-5566.
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Kansas Association of Retired
Sunflower Unit
Wheat Lands Convention Center
E. Fulton St
Garden City
Russ Branden
Sublette
Local Board of Ed to meet Thursday
The USD 457 Garden City Board of Education will hold a special meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Courtyard of Garden City High School. The meeting will discuss options from the GCHS Facility Study Group to ease overcrowding at the high school and invites citizen input.
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USD 457
Garden City Board of Education
Garden City High School
N. Main St
GCHS
Risk Behavior Workshops Offered in Kansas
The Southwest Kansas Regional Prevention Center and KS agencies announce a six risk behaviors of adolescents workshop. A Sept 28 session at Finnup Education Center Lee Richardson Zoo runs 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with breakfast, lunch and CD materials for 25 dollars. Sessions cover injuries, drugs, HIV teen pregnancy, nutrition, and tobacco. Input from Elissa Barr Dom Splendorio Darrel Lang. registration via ksde.org or by contacting dlang ksde.org. call 785-296-6716.
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Southwest Kansas
Kansas Department of Health
Kansas Regional Prevention Center
Kansas
Finnup
Lee Richardson Zoo
Lawrence
Kansas City
Wichita
David Wiley
Elissa Barr
Dom Splendorio
Darrel Lang
Barr
Splendorio
Dlang
Ksde.org
GCCC DPS Offers EMT Course for Southwest Kansas
Garden City Community College Public Safety announces a Basic Emergency Medical Technician course for southwest Kansans seeking volunteer ambulance work or EMS careers. Classes start 6 p.m. October 1 at the Seot fire station, meeting Mondays and Wednesdays through February 26. Contact Brad Sisk at 620-276-0347 or bradley.sisk gcccks.edu for registration.
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Garden City Community College Department of Public Safety
Southwest Kansans
Seot
Brad Sisk
GCCC
Bradley.sisk
Unrecognized tribe leader faces arrest in Wichita raid
Malcolm L Webber known as Grand Chief Thunderbird IV led the Kaweah Indian Nation during a Wichita office raid where four loaded guns and ammunition were seized. Court filings say the tribe police presence supported his long history of asserting civil authority since the 1980s in Arizona. Defense argues Webber is a mild pastor victim of underlings who sold tribal memberships to immigrants for hundreds of dollars.
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Kaweah
Wichita
Malcolm L. Webber
Oatman
Ariz
Webber
Grand
Thunderbird IV
Mohave
Malcolm
Kerns
Garden City weather brings soaking rainfall across Finney County
Finney County reports up to 2.7 inches of rain with Garden City south west area receiving the heaviest fall. Flooding occurred on roads in the county but should remain minimal while soils absorb the moisture. The storm aided late mile crop growth and winter wheat, with corn harvest expected to resume soon. Forecast calls for a slight rain chance then warm, then highs near 90 and 82 on weekend.
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Finney County
National Weather Service
Larry Ruthi
Ruthi
Garden City
Kearny County
John Ellermann
VFW
Lowe
Rocky Roads
Ellermann
Holcomb
Grant
Gray
Kearny
Hamilton
Haskell
Stevens
Stanton
Scott County
Greeley
Lane
Wichita
Whitey Whitehill
Finney County Agriculture Extension
Whitehill
Founding Father Hamilton visits GCCC for Constitution Day
Hal Bidlack portrays Alexander Hamilton at Garden City Community College in a Constitution Day program marking the 220th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. He discusses Hamilton’s views on slavery, human nature, and checks on government, noting Jefferson’s rivalries and Washington’s revered leadership. Bidlack also weighs in on surveillance and democracy, urging careful, humble foreign policy.
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Hal Bidlack
Alexander Hamilton
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Dennis Perryman
Hamilton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bidlack
U.S. House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
George Washington
Washington
White House
National Security Council
Clay Jenkinson
National Public Radio
Mark Jarmer
Jenkinson
Jarmer
Garden City man sheds pounds on NBCs Biggest Loser
Jez Luckett, 25, formerly of Garden City, shares how day one torn with soreness proved you can keep going on The Biggest Loser. The season features 18 contestants competing for a $250 000 prize as they follow trainer Jillian Michaels and diet plans to lose weight.
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Jez Luckett
Garden City
Luckett
Christi Finley
Austin
Texas
Jillian Michaels
Michaels
Jez
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