Computer center to officially open in Garden City
The Finney County Senior Center will host a ribbon cutting Wednesday at 1 p.m. for its new computer center at 907 N. 10th. The project was funded by Finney County Commerce Bank Garden City Community College Western Kansas Community Foundation and Garden City Information Technologies Cooperative. For information call 272-3620.
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Finney County
Commerce Bank
Garden City Community College
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Garden City Information Technologies Cooperative, Inc
N. 10Th
Nichols
Gcnet
Chamber president Carol Meyer to retire with party
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce will host a retirement party for Chamber President Carol Meyer from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Clarion Inn and Conference Center. Meyer led since 1980 and helped establish the Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance and Finney County Economic Development Corp. The Start Inc. program evolved into Every Voice Common Ground Youth Training, with the Chamber continuing related efforts. For details call 276 3264 or email chamber gcnet.com.
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Garden City Area
Chamber
Gcnet.com
Wildlife Commission to meet Thursday in Kansas
The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission holds a public meeting Thursday at Finnup Center Lee Richardson Zoo to review wildlife regulations hunting seasons and department budgets. 1:30 p.m. session covers proposed changes and a Bar ber County mountain lion shooting report.
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Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission
Lee Richardson Zoo
Finnup Center
Barber County
Holcomb USD 363 to switch student info system to PowerSchool
Holcomb district board approves staying with NCS Pearson for SASI but shifting from SASI to PowerSchool with startup cost of 41391. District cites PowerSchool wide use in Kansas and lower annual support around 3900. Other motions include consulting contracts, Odyssey trip funding, textbook purchases, masonry repairs, press box project using insurance funds, travel card.
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Holcomb
Board of Education
NCS Pearson, Inc
NCS Pearson
Randy
Ackerman
Kansas
SASI
USD
Robert O’connor
Colorado
Cimarron
Lakin
D&r Consulting
Southwest Kansas
Consult
Ing
Washington, D.C
Holcomb High School
O'Connor
O’connor
Waiver on hold for single wide at Maize Court
Finney County commissioners paused Harold Orosco's waiver request to place a single wide on 830 Maize Court in a subdivision rezoned to bar new single wide homes. Planning staff recommends denial. Orosco must gather signatures of subdivision residents who opposed the rezoning. If denied, the trailer must be removed.
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Finney County
Harold Orosco
Maize Court
Orosco
Kaleb Kentner
Kentner
Commission
Don Doll
Doll
Cliff Mayo
Garden City explores reviving Toastmasters club in southwest Kansas
About 20 people attended a demo Toastmasters meeting at Garden City Community College to gauge interest in restarting a Garden City chapter. Organizers aim for at least 20 members to officially charter, with a $20 join fee and roughly $30 every six months, led by Liliana Mandigo and FCEDC efforts.
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Toastmasters
Randy Neill
Neill
Beth Tedrow
Garden City Community College
Liliana Mandigo
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Garden City
Wichita
LSI Logic Storage Systems Inc
Mandigo
Wwwtoastmasters.org
Gene Becker
Toastmasters International
Compact aims to ease school changes for military families
Kansas and Kentucky join a nationwide compact to standardize transfer of records, course placement, and graduation rules for children of military families. It requires ten states to activate, with 1.5 million affected nationwide. Military kids may attend six to nine schools before graduation, often two in high school, aiding recruitment and readiness by preventing repeated courses.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kentucky
Compact
Mem
Bers
Council On State Governments
United States
Defense
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