Teacher’s Grip of Overwork Sparks Dream of Retirement
A high school history teacher, 40, with 180 students, four children, and no extra staff, describes exhaustion and feeling trapped. She juggles grading hundreds of papers nightly, attends events with her kids after long teaching days, and plans lessons late into the night.
Midlife Pivot: From Teacher to School Counselor
A mother and educator recounts burnout and a career shift to part time counseling after a neighbor’s outreach. Through prayer, study, and grit, she earned a three year master's, faced financial strain, and balanced family life while starting a private practice. Now 45, she enjoys reduced stress, renewed joy, and a positive family outlook.
Local Support Groups and Contacts in Garden City Area
A listing of support groups and contact numbers for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, addiction recovery, grief, brain injury, Alzheimer's care, and mental health peer support in Garden City. Provides hotlines and meeting times at Family Crisis Services, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Alzheimer’s, TBI, Breast Friends, Cancer Center, and Wolf Pack CRO with phone numbers and locations. Includes 24 hour crisis line and statewide resources.
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Call Family Crisis Services Inc
Family Crisis Services Inc
W. Fulton St
Susan
Alcoholics Anonymous
Garden City
Chestnut St
Narcotics Anonymous
Presbyterian Church
Texas St
North Door
Al-Anon
South
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Shirley
Logie Asebedo
Breast Friends
Legacy House
Walnut St
Cancer Center
Wolf Pack
Local weight loss and support groups listed in Finney County
TOPS meets Thursdays 8:15 to 9 a.m. in the Blue Room of the Senior Center at 907 N 10th St. Garden City Weight Watchers holds 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday sessions at First United Methodist Church, 1106 N Main St. Other programs include Celebrate Recovery at Area 96 in Scott City, Divorce Care at Garden City Church of the Nazarene, a 12-Step program at Bible Christian Church, High Plains Zen on Skype Mondays, and My Hope grief support at St. Catherine Hospital.
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Finney County
10Th St
Kathy Howard
Patti Barton
Garden City
First United Methodist Church
N. Main St
Seventh Street
Norma Nolte
Bednasek
Networksplus.net
Fifth St
Scott City
Fbcscott. Com
Garden City Church
Bible Christian Church
E. Mary St
High Plains
St. Catherine Hospital
E. Spruce St
Parents show better focus, poll finds after children
CreditDonkey's poll shows parents rate their work and daily task focus higher than nonparents. More than 74 percent of parents say their work focus is good versus about 60 percent of those without kids, per founder Charles Tran.
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CreditDonkey
Financial Education
Credit Donkey
Charles Tran
Beavers of Pierceville announce Tiffany Beavers engagement
Engagement notice for Tiffany Beavers daughter of Tom and Kelly Beavers with Brian Richmeier son of Kevin, Susan Richmeier and Linda Naab. Tiffany, a 2010 Garden City Community College cosmetology graduate and 2009 Ingalls High School alum, works at The Room Salon. Brian, Garden City High School 2004 graduate, is employed by Fastenal. They plan to marry October 18, 2014 at Pierceville Federated Church.
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Tom
Kelly Beavers
Pierceville
Tiffany Beavers
Brian Richmeier
Kevin
Susan Richmeier
Garden City
Linda Naab
Ingalls High School
Garden City Community College
Room Salon
Garden City High School
Fastenal
Crystal Weippert Wedel Engaged to Matthew Wedel
Crystal Weippert daughter of Doug and Debbie Weippert of Garden City and Eric Dunlap announces her engagement to Matthew Wedel son of Scott and Rhonda Wedel of Overland Park. Crystal holds BS in communication sciences and disorders from Wichita State and MS in speech language pathology from KU and works as a speech language pathologist at Rainbows United in Wichita. Matthew holds BE and MEng in aerospace from Wichita State and UIUC and is a structural design engineer at Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita.
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Doug Weippert
Garden City
Debbie
Eric Dunlap
Crystal Weippert
Matthew Wedel
Scott
Rhonda Wedel
Overland Park
Wichita State University
University of Kansas
Rainbows United Inc
Wichita
Ter
University of Illinois
Spirit Aerosystems
Jacob’s Well
Kansas City
Garden City Engagement of Hannah Walker and Zion Roth
Lynn and Cindy Walker of Garden City announce the engagement of their daughter Hannah Walker to Zion Roth son of Bryan and Lyn Roth of Garden City. Hannah is a Holcomb High School graduate with an associate degree from Garden City Community College and works for Finney County Economic Development Corp. Zion graduated from Holcomb High School and Fort Hays State University with an agriculture degree and farms Roth Brother Farms. They plan a beach destination wedding in St Augustine Florida on November 8 2014.
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Lynn
Cindy Walker
Garden City
Hannah Walker
Zion Roth
Bryan
Lyn Roth
Holcomb High School
Garden City Community College
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Fort Hays State University
Roth Brother
St. Augustine
Fla
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