Windsor Hotel Renovation Update Meeting Set
Finney County Preservation Alliance and Treanor Architects PA will meet at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in a Finney County Museum room to discuss Windsor Hotel renovation ideas. The public session will review a feasibility study and cost analysis, with previous meetings held in February.
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Finney County Preservation Alliance
Treanor Architects PA
Finney County Museum
Windsor
Alliance
Treanor
Gardencity.net
GCHS Spring Play Formbras dates revised to April 27
GCHS announces new performance dates for the Spring Play Formbras due to an actor qualifying for state forensics. Show times are 7:30 p.m. at Clifford Hope Auditorium, 1412 N. Main St. Tickets at the door are 5 for adults and 3 for students, with activity passes accepted.
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GCHS
Formbras
Clifford Hope Auditorium
N. Main St
District tests aim to boost No Child progress statewide
USD 457 plans Pass Plan computerized tests in grades two through twelve to give teachers quick, actionable feedback on student strengths and gaps. The program starts with pilot math in grades five to seven and expands districtwide next year as part of meeting No Child Left Behind standards with a district curriculum map and flexible nine week pacing.
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Ann Goodman
USD 457
Board of Education
Goodman
Michael Linenberger
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Shelly Schwatken
Schwatken
Garfield Elementary
Garden City students try NASCAR simulator on campus
Garden City Community College students and the community tested a NASCAR racer simulator borrowed from Kramer International Entertainment. The $1500 rental brought hydraulic track inclines, wind, and tire squeal to campus as about six students took turns racing against the clock and each other in a course described as an adrenaline rush.
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Garden City Community College
Elliott Sadler
Ryan Ruda
GCCC
Kramer International Entertainment
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kristin Shaffer
Wichita
Clint Lanming
Shaffer
Jason Orgain
Sadler
Orgain
Kramer Motorsports
Scott Verscout
NASCAR simulator teaches drivers through realism in Garden City
The article describes a NASCAR style simulator run by Kramer where drivers including Andre Hall test a car set to 80 percent power. Players must watch throttle and speed, with crowd turnout over 100 per session. The experience aims for authenticity using genuine gauges and a show car, echoing Dover 1998 wreck details.
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Verseout
Andre Hall
St. Petersburg
Fla
Daytona Country
Nascar
Hall
Robert Fisher
Kramer
Garden City
Fisher
Sadler
Dover Racetrack
Delaware
Biermann Named Holcomb High Principal In Kansas District
Holcomb school board selected Bill Biermann of Seot as principal, citing his accreditation leadership and interview performance. The Western Kansas educator brings a fresh perspective amid No Child Left Behind standards and a two year $68500 contract. Jay Powers appointed to district one board seat to fill Mitch Williams’ vacancy. Powers will serve two years then run for the remaining term in 2005.
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Holcomb
Skip Landis
Biermann
QPA
Landis
Johnson
Estes
Lakin High School
Seot
Tim Miller
Miller
Kansas
Soetaert
Jay Powers
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Mitch Williams
Williams
Powers
Garden City board weighs principal future amid state review
Garden City USD 457 faces uncertainty as Alan Hollenbeck, principal at the Alternative High School, resigns effective June 24 while the Kansas Department of Education weighs his Colorado teaching experience. If not accepted, AH High School may appoint a new administrator from GCHS and restructure duties. several other resignations and staffing changes accompany the budget discussion.
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Garden City
Alan Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
USD 457 Board of Education
Julie Ford
Kansas Department of Education
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Ford
Department of Education
California
GCHS
Abe Hubert
Tatia Shelton
Randall Sleep
AHMS
Elizabeth Duggins
Buffalo Jones
Bettee Gilkison
Charles O. Stones
Bria Lehr
Florence Wilson
Greg Lehr
Garden City High School
Hazel Tancayo
Garfield
Gertrude Walker
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Fiesta Court Yard
Buffalo Jones Ave
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Tony Sumaya
Wheat Lands Convention Center
E. Fulton St
James Mireles
Jim Lentz
Karen Johnson
Lentz
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