Kids College registration opens at GCCC and Scott City
Garden City Community College expands Kids College from kindergarten through ninth grade and opens in Collins Technical Building on Monday with hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekday enrollment and a May 7 evening session are planned in Garden City. Scott City registration runs May 8 at the Bryan Education Center with May 7 Scott City enrollment night. Fees range 24 to 72 dollars with some material charges and scholarships from the GCCC Endowment Association. Submit a financial need letter by May 2. Contact Paula Moisio at gcccks.edu or call 276 9647.
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Fun Night at Jennie Wilson PTO Event for April 11
Jennie Wilson Elementary School hosts a Friday fun night on April 11 organized by the Parent Teacher Organization. Activities begin at 5 30 p m with Daddy's Deli offering hotdogs, games run 6 to 9 p m, including a cake walk bean bag toss and new booths such as a moon walk and Velcro wall. Tickets cost 25 cents each.
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Circus Rescheduled to Wednesday at Finney County Fairgrounds
The 2003 Midian Shrine Circus performances originally set for Monday at the Finney County Fairgrounds were moved to Wednesday due to cold weather. Showtimes are 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets sold for Monday will be honored. adult tickets cost 10 dollars and children's tickets for ages 1 to 12 are 8 dollars.
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Water office director resigns in Kansas leadership shuffle
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius moves to install a new leadership team at the Kansas Water Office with Clark Duffy resigning as acting director. Duffy will take a brief leave before starting a state role outside the water office and Joe Harkins will act as director during a national search.
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Jobless Rates Dip in Southwest Kansas in February
State and local figures show unemployment in 11 of 13 southwest Kansas counties fell or held steady from January to February 2008, with Kearny and Haskell counties posting small increases. Finney and Garden City saw declines from 3.1 to 2.8 percent and 3.5 to 3.2 percent respectively as manufacturing and agriculture hiring rose with warmer weather. Officials predict rates may stay flat into May and June before construction picks up. Kansas overall unemployment eased to 5 percent.
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Unemployment Outlook Mixed Amid War and Slower Recovery
Bill Layes of the Department of Human Resources notes ongoing uncertainty and many workers on the sidelines as February shows employment gains and unemployment drops. Non-farm payrolls rose by 3,900 with government and professional sectors adding jobs, while manufacturing fell by 600. Wichita metro area unemployment eased to 5.9 percent from 6.8.
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Kansans to gain two extra weeks of unemployment benefits
The bill extends unemployment aid by two weeks for Kansans who exhausted 26 weeks state and 13 weeks federal benefits. It costs about 10.2 million dollars in the coming fiscal year funded by a 78 million dollar federal grant. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius plans to sign, aides say.
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Finney County approves landfill fee and EMS repeater plans
The Finney County Commission voted unanimously to levy a $1 per ton tax on municipal solid waste at the county landfill to fund monitoring and fees take effect July 1. Cities Garden City and Holcomb face added annual costs of about $23,000 and $900. The panel also eyed moving the EMS UHF repeater to a Snyder Communications tower and building two 195 foot towers later, while approving HIPAA policy changes for the Health Department and EMS.
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GCCC Board of Trustees Meeting Set for Wednesday
The GCCC Board of Trustees will meet at 5 30 p m on Wednesday in the Endowment Room at the GCCC Student Center to discuss college operations and governance.
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Trustees plan review of atrium addition at Garden City CC
Garden City Community College trustees will reexamine adding an atrium and student gathering space linking dorms to the new student center. The change follows a fundraising drive that has raised about 50000 of 226700 needed, with hopes to cover via capital outlay funds and a small student union fee increase.
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