Mayor outlines progress and challenges in city address
Garden City Mayor John Doll presented a State of the City talk at a Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast. He credited past leaders for visioning infrastructure growth to boost Finney County’s economy, noting highways possibly four-laned by 2011 and highlighting local successes and upcoming challenges.
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Garden City Area
Chamber of Commerce
Clarion Inn
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Finney County
Doll
Garden City
Grant County Dinner Draws Hundreds in Ulysses With Russian Guests
The Grant County Home Products Dinner in Ulysses drew about 1500 attendees including five Russian exchange students and TV star Matt Roloff. The event, in its 49th year, promotes resilience and self reliance while raising funds for the Grant County Scholarship Fund. a $6 donation funds meals of local grown foods and has generated over $100,000 for scholarships in 15 years.
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Ulysses
Grant County Home Products
Grant County
Kansas
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Svetlana Bakunina
Alexy Karmanov
Svetlana Chernokova
Irena Kiseleva
Medvedeva
Russia
Matt Roloff
John Buttin
Home Products
Kiseleva
Leo
Lydia Romero
Lydia
Will Christian
Garden City to Build Sidewalks With $250000 Grant
Garden City will use a state Safe Routes to School grant of 250000 dollars, with no local match, to create about two miles of new sidewalks near schools and connect existing walkways. City Engineer Steve Cottrell outlined planned stretches along 138th Street from Maple to other neighborhoods.
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Garden City
Steve Cottrell
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas joins 20 states to shape new science standards
Kansas has been named a lead state in a national effort to craft science standards that could guide public schools nationwide and include evolution teaching requirements. The collaboration is led by the National Research Council and Achieve, echoing the common core approach already adopted by many states.
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Topeka
Kansas
National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
Achieve
National Governors Association
Weather Outlook Tonight And Thursday Foretold
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 46. Thursday expects mostly sunny skies with a high around 76 and a low near 51. Details are on page Ag.
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