GCCC to Launch Campus Recycling Program on Earth Day
Garden City Community College will start a campus wide recycling program on April 17 during Earth Day observances. A ribbon cutting at 12 15 p m marks the reveal with the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce. The plan includes recycling bins for plastics and aluminum at multiple campus locations and campus maps showing recycling sites. Additional Earth Day events include an all campus picnic cleanup campaign and a talent competition. Information is available from Lesa Gilbert or Cristina Aslin.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Beth Tedrow
Campus Drive
Dennis Perryman
Lesa Gilbert
Cristina Aslin
Police Observe National Public Safety Week Event
Garden City Police Department celebrates National Public Safety Telecommunications Week from April 13 to 19 with an open house in the communications center on April 15 from 3 to 7 p.m. The event honors operators who answer emergency calls, dispatch professionals, and provide lifesaving aid.
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Garden City
National Public Safety
Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
Apco) International
Apco International
APCO
Apcoint.org
Kathy McGaughey
Kmcgaughey
Negotiators set to discuss dress code in Garden City
Negotiators from the Garden City Educators' Association and the USD 457 Board of Education are scheduled to meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Educational Support Center Board Meeting Room at 1205 Fleming St. The discussion will focus on guidelines for professional dress.
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Garden City Educators’ Association
USD 457
Board of Education
Educational Support Center
Fleming St
Kansans Vote on New Personalized License Plate
Kansans may vote on a new personalized license plate scheduled for production in 2010. To vote, visit the Department of Revenue site and click Vote for Kansas' New Personalized License Plate. Voting ends April 30 and the winner will be announced the first week of May.
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Department of Revenue
Ksrevenue.org
Kansas
Garden City students fund World Youth Day trip
Eleven Garden City area youths travel to Sydney for World Youth Day from July 15 to 20 with the Dodge City Diocese group. They are raising funds through a 9:30 a.m. garage sale at St. Dominic Catholic Church and donations to cover about 3500 per person, aided by local sponsors and fundraisers.
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Sydney
Australia
Garden City
St. Dominic Catholic Church
Garden City Area
J.C. St
Sarah Dechant
Jina Arellano
United States
Alex Trujo
GCHS
Dechant
Teen driver bill in doubt in Kansas Legislature
Kansas lawmakers face shrinking chances for tougher teen driving rules after House negotiators rejected a Senate push for a graduated license plan. Senate Chair Les Donovan argued teens need more practice before full responsibilities, citing recent deadly crashes in Ulysses and Johnson County. House members criticized the tight restrictions as impractical and trimmed the bill to ease limits, delaying any agreement.
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Topeka
Hnl
House
Senate Transportation Committee
Les Donovan
Wichita
Senate
Ulysses
Johnson County
Donovan
Virgil Peck
R-Tyro
House Transportation Committee
Gary Hayzlett
R-Lakin
Downtown Vision leaders bring back ideas from Main Streets conf
Glass and Sosa returned from the National Main Streets Conference in Philadelphia with ideas to revitalize Garden City downtown. They learned about downtown revitalization, architecture, tech integration, and retail growth, emphasizing local relevance and regional partnerships while noting growing pains and strong volunteer support.
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Glass
Sosa
Beverly Schmitz Glass
Garden City Downtown Vision
Garden City
Liz Sosa
Downtown Vision
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Philadelphia
National Main Streets
The
National Trust For Historic Preservation
FCEDC
Sebelius Signs Kansans Funeral Picketing Bill
Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a fast track funeral picketing bill replacing an invalidated law. The new statute bars protests within 150 feet of a service one hour before and two hours after, and prohibits obstructing streets. Westboro Baptist Church has protested 345 funerals in 47 states since 2005.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Supreme Court
Fred Phelps
U.S
Sebelius
Phelps
Westboro
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Art Molina
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