Bazaar and Earth Day events at GCCC campus
Garden City Community College hosts a two day outdoor schedule with Broacbuster Bazaar on Thursday from 12 30 to 7 30 p m and Earth Day activities on Friday from 11 30 a m to 1 p m on the campus mall Games prizes and six Paradigm Entertainment Group high action games including a 30 foot rock climbing wall a 32 foot bungee run and a 40 foot obstacle course plus a Velcro wall and Gladiator Joust DJ music and a free picnic lunch open to students and staff A talent show with 100 first prize 75 second 50 third will begin around 12 15 p m contact Ruda or Colin Lamb to enter
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Garden City Community College
Paradigm Entertainment Group
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ruda
Colin Lamb
SGA
AHA fundraiser at Lee Richardson Zoo nets over 4500
Garden City residents joined the Cardiac Arrest event on April 9 to raise more than $4,500 for the American Heart Association. Parole warden Sharon Bellis praised donors and noted the money supports life saving research, community programs and public education.
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Garden City
American Heart Association
Lee Richardson Zoo
Sharon Bellis
St Catherine Hospice to host Living With Grief teleconference
St Catherine Hospital Hospice Program joins over 2,000 groups in the ninth annual Hospice Foundation of America teleconference on April 24. The video broadcast from 410 E Walnut St will explore how professionals address older adults dealing with loss and end of life decisions.
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St. Catherine Hospital
United States
Canada
Hospice Foundation of America
E. Walnut St
Miniature Stage Coach Set to Debut Friday Parade Event
A scaled-down stage coach and miniature horses are slated to travel at 10 30 a m Friday in Finney County Exhibition Building parking lot. Loren Coulter built the coach, with Raymond Coulter of Helena Oklahoma bringing the horses. The act will appear in Oklahoma parades and Beef Empire Days in June. Lotus Coulter invites the public to watch Friday morning.
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Finney County
Loren Coulter
Raymond
Helena
Okla
Oklahoma
Lotus Coulter
Kansas City men shot to death in SUV crash
Kansas City Kansas police report two men, Billy Z. Holloway Jr and Henry Raimey Jr, both 32, found dead after a sport utility vehicle hit a tree near 2:45 a.m. Tuesday Raimey was in the backseat while Holloway was ejected from the wreckage. Road condition hotline listed.
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Kansas City, Kan
Billy Z. Holloway Jr
Henry Raimey Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Raimey
Holloway
USDA resumes review of foreign doctors waivers
The Agriculture Department said it will reconsider halting waivers for foreign physicians in rural areas, processing 86 pending requests after security checks by Justice and State. The move, praised by Kansas lawmakers, keeps J-1 visa doctors in service while HHS verifies credentials and a White House task force reviews the program.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Jerry Moran
USDA
United States
Justice Department
State Department
Department of Health and Human Services
White House
Moran
Kansas
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Roberts
Department
SADD chapter aims to save lives at Holcomb High
Holcomb High School forms Students Against Destructive Decisions to address drinking and drugs, emphasizing self esteem and safety. Members staged a drunken-driving simulation in the parking lot with help from local fire and police agencies. Aimed to raise awareness before prom, the event included a wreck scenario, DUI statistics, and student engagement activities led by student organizers.
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Holcomb
Holcomb High School
HHS
Doug Baier
SADD
Lindsey Hendershot
Texas
Dean Katt
Hendershot
Ashley Peirano
Garden City
Holcomb Police Department
Finney County Emergency Medical Service
Chris George
Finney County
David Beasley
Logan Walker
Scott County to file grant for volunteer service
Scott County Commission approves sponsoring an intergenerational program using high school students to aid seniors and others in need. Partners for Youth to file Title V Juvenile Justice Authority Grant for a one year 20000 dollar matching grant with 50 percent in kind match and no county funds.
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Scott County
Scott City
Scott County Commission
Jim Minnix
Karla Norstrom
Partners For Youth Council
Juvenile Justice Authority
Norstrom
Partners For
CVSC
Garden City finalist named for Kansas Sampler Festival
Finney County's Convention and Tourism Bureau is one of three finalists to host the 2004 and 2005 Kansas Sampler Festival. The two day event draws 6 000 to 10 000 visitors and boosts local business. Finalists include Dodge City and Newton areas. Host decision announced Oct 1 with later steps including budget plans and site visits. The festival travels statewide, with Independence hosting this year and Finnup Park as a proposed site in Garden City.
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Finney County
Convention and Tourism Bureau
Kansas
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Garden City
WenDee LaPlant
Dodge City
LaPlant
Finnup Park
Penner Farm
Inman
Pratt
Ottawa
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St. Catherine Hospice
R-Kan
Pat Roberts
Sam Brownback
Bush Administration
Agriculture
James R. Moseley
Administration
Andre Wallace
House of Acts
Vicki Turley
Mary Kemper
Brad Nading
Scott City News
Scott Community High School
D&d Builders of
Glen Robinson
Robinson
Fairgrounds
Darrell Faurot
Faurot
Newton
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