Easter weekend closings for local services and offices
Local agencies announce special hours for Good Friday and Easter. Banks and some government offices will run on regular schedules. Finney County facilities including Garden City Community College and USD 457/363 closures noted. A 15 year old is being sought after an accidental shooting injuring China Walker. Finney County commissioner erv Stephens filed for re election, explaining his reasons and referencing prior terms.
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United Methodist
Farm Credit of
Garden City
Edward Jones
Finney County Public Library
Garden City Community College
Finney County Community Learning Center
Usds
China Walker
N. Main St
Gibson Auten
Walker
Auten
St. Catherine Hospital
Erv Stephens
Finney County
Stephens
Northeast Garden
City
Kalvesta
County Commission
Easter egg hunt at Mosaic on Thursday afternoon
The Easter Bunny attends Mosaic's Easter egg hunt from 2 to 3 p.m. at 2708 N 11th St for children six and younger. Ages 3 and under hunt 2 to 2 30 p.m., ages 4 to 6 hunt 2 30 to 3 p.m. The event is free. photos with the Bunny cost 3 dollars, and Ward's Pet Shop provides live bunnies for sale at 25 dollars. Parallel item notes a federal appeals court rejecting Robert Courtney’s bid that his 30-year sentence for diluting chemotherapy and other drugs is excessive.
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Mosaic
N. 11Th St
Ward
Pet Shop
Kansas City, Mo
Robert Courtney
Kansas City
Courtney
GCCC expands nursing and EMS programs in southwest Kansas
Garden City Community College adds an on campus Licensed Practical Nursing program starting in January to provide a 10 month pathway to LPN certification and a two semester RN articulation option. EMS training expands to Dodge City Colby and Liberal via interactive TV with paramedic certificates and associate degree requirements.
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Garden City Community College
Kansas
Evelyn Bowman
Allied Health
Bowman
Lpns
GCCC
Steve Quakenbush
State Board of Ems
Finney County Emergency Management
Ann Seba
Seba
Dodge City
Colby
Liberal
Bob Prewitt
Finney County Emergency Management Services
EMS
Academia
Prewitt
Mourners honor five Fort Riley soldiers in Iraq service
Mourners gathered in a Fort Riley chapel to honor five soldiers killed March 31 in a roadside bombing in Iraq. The service included a roll call and a 21 gun salute as artillery training echoed nearby. The fallen were 1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler, Spc. Sean R. Mitchell, Spc. Michael G. Karr Jr, Pfc. Cleston C. Raney, and Pvt. Brandon L. Davis, all from diverse states, members of the 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. Governor Sebelius and lawmakers attended.
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Fort Riley
Iraq
Baghdad
Doyle M. Hufstedler
Abilene
Texas
Sean R. Mitchell
Youngsville
Michael G. Karr Jr
San Antonio
Cleston C. Raney
Rupert
Idaho
Brandon L. Davis
Cumberland
Hufstedler
Leslie
Mitchell
Denise
Raney
Gloria Trivitt
Dennis Hardy
Kathleen Sebelius
Garden City businessman joins state education task force
Garden City executive director Gilbert Cruz has joined a Kansas Business Education Partnership formed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. The group, plus 12 other business leaders, will review education policy and seek inefficiencies while linking economic development to schooling. Cruz cited Sebelius’s focus on including new and established business voices and noted the panel’s goal to influence how state funds are allocated amid ongoing school finance debates and a July deadline from a 2003 court ruling.
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Cruz
Adam Obley
Division of Education Policy
Sebelius
Westar Energy
Jim Haines
Sprint
Gary Forsee
J.E. Dunn
Terry Dunn
Garden City
Homestead Assisted Living Residence
Jonas
Fiesta Courtyard
Obley
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
Kansas
Debut of operetta next week at Finney County banquet
The Finney County Historical Society banquet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Beth Tedrow Student Center features an original operetta by Duane West honoring Buffalo Jones. Garden City performers, including 10 locals, rehearse historic tales as tickets cost 10 and RSVPs are due by Thursday.
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Finney County Historical Society
The
Historical Society
Beth Tedrow
Gastien
C.J
Buffalo” Jones
GCCC
Jim McAllister
West
McAllister
Garden City
Buffalo Jones
Earle Rice
Jones
Rice
R.S.V.P
the Historical Society Museum
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Marcos Arteaga
Fifth St
Gilbert Cruz
Bullock
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