Garden City auction targets $100,000 for scholarships
The annual auction by the Garden City Community College Endowment Association aims for $100,000 in scholarships from more than 400 donated items. Local leaders and 35 volunteers staff three committees as bidders eyed jewelry, a rocking horse, a John Deere mower, and a 20 inch pearl strand. The event, supported by donors including Garden City New Car Dealers Association and Wheatland Hotel, has a 23 year history with prior totals over $1.26 million and $331,560 distributed in 2000 01 to 785 students.
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Garden City New Car Dealers Association
Wheatland Hotel and Convention Center
GCCC
Shea Sinclair
Wharton
Garden City
Caverly Rogas
Vince Koons
Lakin
John Deere
Finney County Sheriff’s Posse
Sinclair
Gccc Endowment Association
Western Kansas officials head to Washington for security talks
Garden City leaders including Assistant City Manager Halloran travel to D C to meet with TSA officials and Amtrak planners to discuss airport security funding and the Southwest Chief future. They will seek reimbursements for early costs as a new agency takes over. Local officials also plan to reconnect with congressional staff at a Capitol Hill reception.
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Halloran
TSA
Transportation Security Agency
Garden City
Amtrak
Dodge City
Kansas
D.C
Western Kansas
Capitol Hill Club
Washington
Washington, D.C
Middle East
Matt Allen
Reynaldo Mesa
Tim Cruz
Janie Perkins
Jim Wharton
Finney County
Pete Olson
Roman Halbur
Meyer
Dennis Smith
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Pregnancy reported in Italian cloning effort
The Associated Press reports that an Italian doctor claimed a woman in his human cloning program is pregnant. The Gulf News in Dubai cited fertility specialist Dr Severino Antinori and sparked strong criticism and skepticism from scientists and ethicists during a Dubai conference on cloning and genetic engineering.
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Gulf News of
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Severino Antinori
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Finney County Exhibition Building
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Citizens State Bank
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Gccc Division of Continuing Education and Community Services
John Collins Technical Building
CECS
Business and Industry Institute
Allied Health
Southwest Kansas
Bryan
Community College
Harraws Hotel & Casino
Allegiant
Laughlin
Nevada
Liberal
Harrah
Carol Lee Burrows
Sidsofks
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Bar, Janu
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