Red Cross Blood Drive at Garden City Community College
The 2011 American Red Cross Campus Blood Drive invites students, faculty, and staff to donate Thursday from 9 30 a m to 1 30 p m in the east gymnasium at the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. Walk ins welcome with optional scheduling by Red Cross or GCCC nurse Janice Nunn.
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American Red Cross
Garden City Community College
Dennis Perryman
Red Cross
Redcrossblood.org
GCCC
Janice Nunn
Holcomb Wiley Elementary enrollment opens for 2011-12
Enrollment for Holcomb Wiley Elementary in Finney County begins Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for kindergarten and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 15 for preschool. At the USD 363 Conference and Administration Center 305 Wiley Street, parents present birth certificates immunization records and Social Security cards. A health department immunization clinic will offer shots at $1 each. bring cash or check.
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Holcomb
Wiley Elementary
USD 363
Wiley Street
Finney County Health Department
Wiley Elementary School
GCCC hosts Lenten requiem concert by choral union
Garden City Community College joins with the Garden City Civic Choral Union and Symphony for John Rutter's Requiem at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. About 60 singers perform with Melissa Fulton of Garden City as soloist. Admission is 5 dollars, free for youth 12 and under and students with ID.
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Garden City Community College
Garden City Civic Choral Union
Symphony
John Rutter
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Melissa Fulton
Garden City
Garden City to host two piano concerts finale festival
GCCC hosts back-to-back piano concerts April 15 and 16 at Garden City Community College auditorium Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building to wrap up the Garden City Piano Festival. Public programs start 7 30 p m admission is free seating limited clinician staff includes Andrew Trechak Wichita State University James Rivers Washburn Julie Rivers Earth Star Records and other renowned performers.
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Garden City
Garden City Community College
Kansas
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Wichita State University
Asdan Center For the Performing Arts
New York
James Rivers
Topeka
Washburn University
Julie Rivers
Earth Star Records
Rivers
Open seat remains on Holcomb City Council after election
Tuesday's general election leaves one council seat open as Mayor Gary Newman moves from council to mayor. Incumbents Cox and Rupp win four-year terms, Robins-Gaede and Reetz fall short. Newman 115 votes. Cox 92. Rupp 87. Robins-Gaede 84. Reetz 69. The new mayor can appoint to the open seat with council approval.
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Holcomb City Council
Holcomb
Brian Rupp
Greg Cox
Jannelle Robins- Gaede
Bernadette Reetz
Gary Newman
Newman
Finney County
Robin Pena
Pena
Cox
Rupp
Robins-Gaede
Janelle Robins-Gaede
Bernadette R. Reetz
Reetz
Holcomb school board gains three new members in election
Holcomb USD 363 voters elected Scott Knoll to position 2 over incumbent Tom Schuetz 147 to 83 and Sean Sheets to position 1 over Todd Winters 138 to 88. Tim Miller and Michael Pfeifer won unopposed for positions 3 and 7. Sheets replaces Jay Powers. Pfeifer previously served 2001 to 2009. Turnout was 16.91 percent with 212 of 1,254 registered voters casting ballots.
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Holcomb Usd
Board of Education
Scott Knoll
Tom Schuetz
Sean Sheets
Todd Winters
Tim Miller
Michael Pfeifer
Knoll
Holcomb
Sheets
Jay Powers
Miller
Pfeifer
Julie Chamberlain
Knoll, Miller
Mary Ann Bennett
Matt Jones
Gayla Lohfink
Election results by position for Sean Sheets and others
Position 1 results show Sean Sheets with 138 votes or 60.53 percent, Todd Winters 88 votes, and 2 write-ins. Position 2 lists Scott Knoll 147 votes, Tom Schuetz 83, and 1 write-in. Position 3 yields Tim Miller 163 votes and 15 write-ins. Position 7 at large reports Michael Pfeifer with 208 votes and 5 write-ins.
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Sean Sheets
Todd Winters
Tim Miller
Michael Pfeifer
Garden City teachers win mini grants for math and more
Garden City Public Schools Foundation Grant Squad awarded 26 mini grants to teachers across USD 457 in a surprise classroom celebration. Grants fund Guided Math materials, measurement centers, Math Challenges, interactive digital reading tools, and Muggins Math games to boost readiness, problem solving, and reading assessment engagement.
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Charles O. Stones
Kathy Caine
Garden City Public Schools Foundation
Caine
CSIC
Janet Smith
Karen Murrell
Alta Brown
Tammi Weaver
Kenneth Henderson
Marlane Johnson
Garden City High School
Elizabeth Vondrak
Buffalo Jones
Murrell
Weaver
Johnson
Kansas
Muggins
Garden City Public Schools
Western Kansas Community Foundation
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