ESL students present scrapbooks at Garden City College
Immigrant students in Garden City Community College's ESL program will display their grammar project scrapbooks in stroll through receptions. The public can view them at 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Beth Tedrow Student Center portico. The scrapbooks capture adapting to a new culture, language learning, education, work, and family life, created by both daytime and evening sections of Intermediate Grammar in ESL.
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Garden City Community College
Beth Tedrow
GCCC
ESL
Jeanie Ferguson
Garden City High to Stage Dress Rehearsal for Children's Theatre
Public invited to 7:30 p.m. Thursday dress rehearsal at Clifford Hope Auditorium GCHS 1412 N Main St for a kids theatre based on The Stinky Cheese Man and Squids Will Be Squids. Donated funds support the GCHS Thespian Club with student script, set, and costume work. Performances run Friday for USD 457 elementary students.
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Garden City High School
Clifford Hope Auditorium
GCHS
N. Main St
Gchs Thespian Club
Jon Scieszka
USD
Exhibit on Hispanic immigrant families opens at Finney County Museum
The Finney County Historical Museum unveils As American as We Could Be a new exhibit on Hispanic immigrant families in Garden City from World War II to 1975. A 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday reception at 403 S Fourth St features music by St Mary Catholic Church band and choir. The project funded by a Kansas Humanities Council grant includes interviews with 20 residents and an interpretive essay by Janet Benson from Kansas State University.
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Finney County Historical Museum
Garden City
S. Fourth St
Finney County Historical Society
Kansas Humanities Council
Kansas State University
Janet Benson
St. Mary Catholic
Fico
Historical
Gcnet
Drivers Education Enrollment Open at Garden City High
Garden City High School allows enrollment for drivers education from Monday until May 8 at 3 30 p m daily in Room 114 at 1412 North Main Street. The course costs 100 dollars and starts June 2. For more information contact instructor Tony Hill at 277-0808.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
N. Main St
Tony Hill
Garden City names new chamber president to boost local dollars
D Paul Joseph newly hired president of Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce arrives Monday to keep money within the community and turning over. Former Highland Illinois official and Siloam Springs chamber leader aims to learn Garden City, engage leaders, find a church, and get involved while addressing funding shifts and growing staff needs.
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Garden City
D. Paul Joseph
City of
Highland, Ill
Garden City Area
Meyer
Joseph
Highland
Siloam Springs
Ark
Ority
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Institute of Organizational Management
University of Oklahoma
Economic Development Institute
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Garden City Post
Carol
Prehistory to Plains exhibit opens at Stanton County Museum
Stanton County Museum unveils Prehistory to Plains, highlighting the Winger bison kill site excavated in 2002. The family friendly display features fossils, murals by Chuck Bonner, hands on activities, and a focus on Paleo Indians and ancient environments with a weekend kickoff including author signings and a Jedediah Smith talk.
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Johnson City
Stanton County
Katie Herrick
Herrick
Plains
Museum Board
Darrel Ruth
Kansas
Chuck Bonner
Bonner
Keystone
Scott City
Mike Everhart
National Geographic
Robert Heard
Kansas Archaeology
Jedediah Smith
Oklahoma
E. Highland Ave
Pld
Supreme Court ruling could boost Kansas voter ID push
A Wednesday Supreme Court decision upholding Indiana's photo ID voting law is seen as momentum for Kansas to pass similar measures. Supporters say the ruling shows ID requirements are constitutional to prevent fraud. opponents warn it may disenfranchise eligible voters, echoing Kansas debates over first time voter ID rules.
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Hns
Supreme Court
Indiana
Kansas
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Huelskamp
House
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
McKinney
Graduation party returns at GCHS with safe after-ceremony celebration
Read 180 and student council teacher Anna Silva announce Project Graduation is back after volunteer gaps. The free overnight event at Garden City Family YMCA from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. offers games, music, food, prizes, and a casino area with fake money. Seniors must inform parents if leaving early.
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Garden City High School
Read 180
Student Council
Anna Silva
Silva
GCHS
Garden City Family Ymca
Chad Knight
The
YMCA
Adel Parr
Hector Rivera
Mary Leon
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