The names of more than 4,450 candidates for degrees at the University of Kansas this spring — representing 95 Kansas counties, 48 other states and the District of Columbia and 44 other countries — have been announced by the University Registrar.

    Children, come hear some stories, make a craft and play a game at Thursday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Dodge City Public Library.

    Through the Gifted Education Program, Dodge City schools silently sculpt future community leaders.

    The USD 443 Board of Education is mulling over whether it wants to build a new middle school or remodel an existing building, and when it should call for a bond issue election.

    Approximately 566 students from Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford will complete requirements for either bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degrees after the 2008 spring semester.

Cargill has awarded $1,000 scholarships to two local students.

    The Dodge City chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) held their awards ceremony in Eisenhower Hall at Kansas Soldiers’ Home, Fort Dodge.

The decision to open a school, to be called Alpha Christian Academy, came at the start of 2008 after many years of discussion. With 11 classrooms already open in the spacious 27,000-square-foot church, Scott said they hoped to start with 75 to 80 students in grades Kindergarten through Eighth.

They touch lives every day, but their numbers are growing alarmingly low. As the medical field keeps expanding, the number of nursing instructors is dipping throughout the United States and in Dodge City.
    “We've seen this trend for about the last five years,” said Rebecca Bredfeldt, director of allied health at Dodge City Community College. “In Kansas, we've seen it in mostly rural areas and around the extreme edges of the state.”

Janna Hunnicutt followed to become a local educator last December. After all her travails, she now teaches first grade at Miller Elementary School.