GCCC Educator Wins State LULAC Education Advocate Award
Itzel Rodriguez coordinator for Project Destiny and KANCO at Garden City Community College will receive the 2011 League of United Latin American Citizens Si Se Puede Education Advocate Award. The honor, to be presented at the LULAC state convention on Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, recognizes work for the Hispanic community without seeking recognition. Rodriguez said she is honored and notes many others across the state devote time to helping others.
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Garden City
Itzel Rodriguez
Project Destiny
KANCO
League of United Latin American Citizens
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Elias Garcia
LULAC
Rodriguez
Garden City K6 enrollment set for 2011-12 school year
Garden City Public Schools will offer kindergarten through sixth grade enrollment Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. New enrollees must present a birth certificate, immunization record, and Social Security card. The district adds new immunization rules including Tdap for older students and two varicella shots for younger grades.
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Garden City Public Schools
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Local potters sell works at GCCC spring art sale
Garden City Community College Potter's Guild hosts a sale May 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building lobby. The event features pottery and ceramic sculptures by GCCC students and local artists including Jeanie Ferguson, Judy Scott, Jacque Sower, Jim Mathews, Marsha Grisell, and others with prices mostly from five to fifty dollars. Brian McCallum, ceramics instructor, notes a range from functional to decorative pieces and some works by McCallum himself will be available.
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Garden City Community College
Potter’s Guild
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
GCCC
Brian McCallum
McCallum
Southwest Kansas
Jeanie Ferguson
Ulysses
Judy Scott
Lakin
Jacque Sower
Deerfield
Jim Mathews
Marsha Grisell
Garden City
Kansas to track repeated drunk drivers in central system
Kansas agencies plan a central repository to track drivers with multiple DUI convictions overseen by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and funded by about 2.5 million over several years. The DUI Commission urged tougher penalties and ignition interlocks while noting budget constraints.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Wichita Eagle
Wichita
Commission
Tim Owens
Overland Park
KDOT
Lindsey Douglas
Park unveils learning trail with colorful letters at park corner
A new Born Learning Trail at Harold Long Park features large A B C letters and 10 outdoor activity signs in English and Spanish. The project, costing about $6,000, is a collaboration of Finney County groups including the Community Health Coalition LAUNCH Project United Way and Garden City. A 10 a m to noon ceremony today welcomes families with information booths, music and prizes.
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Verna Weber
Liz Scheppner
A. Harold Long Park
Spruce and
Evans Streets
Center For Children and Families
Weber
Finney County
Community Health Coalition
United Way
Garden City
Coalition
City commissioners to discuss 2012 budget plan
City officials will begin deliberations on the 2012 budget with Finney County Transit Director Bonnie Burgardt requesting a 2 percent city contribution increase for bus services. The hike would raise the city’s share to about 12 500 to 12 690. Meetings begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the City Administrative Center with an 11 a.m. pre-meeting to review the Police Department’s E ticketing open to the public.
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Finney County Transit
Bonnie Burgardt
Eighth St
Garden City Police Department
Gctelegram.com
County to Discuss 3i Show at Finney Fairgrounds
County commissioners will meet Monday at the Finney County Administrative Center to review the 3i Show slated for Wednesday to Friday at the Finney County Fairgrounds. Local business and tourism officials fear the agricultural trade show may move from Garden City after decades. Eddie Estes of the Western Kansas Manufacturers Association declines comment. Paul Joseph of the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce will join Monday’s discussion.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Garden City
Eddie Estes
Western Kansas Manufacturers Association
Paul Joseph
Zoo Cat Canyon project makes funding progress
An anonymous donor agreed to match every new donation up to fifty thousand dollars for the Cat Canyon exhibit at Lee Richardson Zoo. Mary Palmer announced that over seven hundred fifty thousand dollars has been raised with one hundred fifty seven thousand nine hundred nineteen point forty nine dollars left to raise. The planned yards will separate jaguars pumas and bobcats with a viewing building of glass, providing a safer, more natural habitat and larger holding spaces for animals and staff.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Cat Canyon
Mary Palmer
The
Friends of the Lee Richardson Zoo
Kathy Sexson
Zoo
Sexson
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