Broabuster Bazaar and Earth Day Activities at GCCC
Garden City Community College hosts two outdoor events this week led by the Broacbuster Bazaar from 12 30 to 7 30 p m Thursday and an Earth Day celebration 11 30 a m to 1 p m Friday on the campus mall. Activities include games food booths student orgs and Paradigm Entertainment Group with a rock climbing wall bungee run Velcro wall obstacle course Bouncy Boxing and Gladiator Joust. The Earth Day talent show offers 100 75 and 50 dollar prizes and runs around 12 15 p m with entries open to campus individuals and groups. Contact Ruda or Colin Lamb for entry details.
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Garden City Community College
Paradigm Entertainment Group
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ruda
Colin Lamb
SGA
AHA fund-raiser at Zoo raises over $4500 in Garden City
Garden City residents helped the American Heart Association raise more than 4500 during the Cardiac Arrest event held April 9 at Lee Richardson Zoo. Parole warden Sharon Bellis praised participants for generosity funding life saving research and education while noting playful charges added humor to the fundraiser.
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Garden City
American Heart Association
Lee Richardson Zoo
Sharon Bellis
Hospice teleconference to aid grief support across 2000 groups
St. Catherine Hospital Hospice Program joins over 2,000 groups in the United States and Canada for the ninth annual Living With Grief teleconference on April 24. The video program at 410 E. Walnut St. will address how professionals help older people cope with loss and end of life decisions. A miniature stage coach pulled by small horses, built by Loren Coulter, will debut at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Finney County Exhibition Building parking lot.
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St. Catherine Hospital
United States
Canada
Hospice Foundation of America
E. Walnut St
Finney County
Loren Coulter
Raymond
Helena
Okla
Oklahoma
Lotus Coulter
Two Kansas City Men Shot Dead After SUV Crash
Police say Billy Holloway Jr and Henry Raimey Jr, both 32 from Kansas City Kansas, were found dead after an SUV crashed into a tree near 2:45 a.m. Tuesday Raimey was in the backseat while Holloway was ejected from the wreckage. Road condition hotline 1-800-585-7623.
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Kansas City, Kan
Billy Z. Holloway Jr
Henry Raimey Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Raimey
Holloway
USDA Reconsiders Foreign Doctors Waiver Stance
The Agriculture Department will review the decision to halt foreign physician waivers for rural areas. A White House task force will study the program while 86 pending requests undergo security checks. Kansas lawmakers praised the move as aiding communities reliant on foreign doctors for primary care.
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USDA
Washington
Agriculture Department
Jerry Moran
R-Kan
United States
Justice Department
State Department
Department of Health and Human Services
White House
Moran
Kansas
SADD organization at Holcomb High aims to save lives
Holcomb High School forms Students Against Destructive Decisions to change lives one student at a time. members lead activities from Mr. HHS to a drunken driving simulation in the parking lot coordinated with local fire police and EMS. The event, timed to promote prom safety, involved a simulated wreck with a drunk driver arrested and classmates portrayed as injured or dead.
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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
Logan Walker
Scott County to file grant for intergenerational volunteer program
Scott County Commission agreed to sponsor a program pairing high school students with elderly residents. Karla Norstrom of Partners for Youth seeks a Title V Juvenile Justice Authority Grant, with a 50 percent in kind match and no county funds. If funded, the project aims for a October start and 9,298 annual volunteer hours.
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Scott City
Scott County
Scott County Commission
Jim Minnix
Karla Norstrom
Partners For Youth Council
Juvenile Justice Authority
Norstrom
Partners For
CVSC
Scott Community High School
D&d Builders of
Garden City
Glen Robinson
Garden City vies to host 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 people, boosting local hotels and restaurants and showcasing Kansas. Finalists include Dodge City and Newton area groups. The host will be chosen Oct 1 with proposals due Aug 2.
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Finney County
Convention and Tourism Bureau
Kansas
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Garden City
WenDee LaPlant
Dodge City
LaPlant
Finnup Park
Oklahoma
Colorado
Independence
Penner Farm
Inman
Pratt
Ottawa
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Sam Brownback
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Chris George
David Beasley
Andre Wallace
House of Acts
Vicki Turley
Mary Kemper
Brad Nading
Robinson
Fairgrounds
Darrell Faurot
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Scott City News
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