Garden City Community College offers outreach classes regionally
GCCC extends fall outreach to Southwest Kansas residents in nine locations via the Outreach Program. Local coordinators provide enrollment details. Courses vary by town and include on site or two way TV formats. Credit earned equals on campus credit.
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Garden City
Mary Olson
Amy de la Rosa
Deerfield
Debbie Dowell
Dighton
GCCC
Bryan
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Sign Language Classes At GCCC This Fall
Southwest Kansans can learn a new language this fall at GCCC with Nadine Erskin offering six manual communications courses. Students may take two classes to learn signing or all six for interpreter training, including Basic Manual Communication I and III, the interpreter mentorship program and observation. Classes begin August 17 with enrollment in the Administration Building.
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GCCC
Nadine Erskin
Prehistoric mammal bone found along Wichita freeway
Archeologists will examine a large prehistoric bone found last week by Wichita freeway crews. A Wichita State University geologist suggests it likely came from a mammoth or mastodon. The state DOT will involve archaeologists for further study while police keep the area under round the clock surveillance during investigation.
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Wichita
Wichita State University
St. Department of Transportation
Water, economy, and future water use in Kansas
Garden City hosts Kansas Water Congress as irrigation powers the High Plains economy while depleting the Ogallala aquifer. Leaders warn that overuse threatens agriculture and future jobs, urging regulations and incentives despite funding limits. Copyrighted.
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Garden City
Southwest
Kansas
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Kansas Water Congress
Robin Jennison
Ogallala
High Plains
Ward Loyd
Welcome Home Warrior Citizens Award honors 20 soldiers
Twenty Garden City area soldiers and one Vietnam veteran received a Welcome Home Warrior-Citizens Award Saturday. The event honored 20 members of the 467th Engineer Detachment for Iraqi service in 2003 04 and early 2005, with encased flags and keepsakes. James Wilder earned a Purple Heart from Vietnam. Attendee Finney County Attorney John Wheeler reflected on changing views of veterans from the Vietnam era to today.
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Congress
Garden City
Iraq
Johnny Bemis
Valerie Compson
Jeffrey Compson
Amarillo
Texas
Bemis
Compson
James Wilder
101St Airborne Division
Finney County
John Wheeler
Wilder
College to review flat mill levy at Garden City CC budget hearing
Garden City Community College plans a 2005-06 budget hearing with a proposed 19.449 mill levy keeping property taxes steady. The budget totals 14.88 million, funds salaries boosts for faculty and staff, supports soccer programs, and trims the ammonia program. The Front Door Project remains over budget but within the 3.12 million cap, with updates on economic development efforts and local county plans.
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Garden City Community College
Board of Trustees
GCCC
Carol Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Gary Dick
Dick Construction
Front Door
Chip Marcy
Bill Fruth
Finney County
Fruth
Highway bill funds Kansas transport research push
Lawrence report details federal highway legislation directing 14.5 million dollars to the University of Kansas Transportation Research Institute. Prof Trung Van Nguyen leads hydrogen fuel cell experiments powering a scooter and aims to miniaturize cells and tanks for cars, planes, and crop-monitoring craft while researchers pursue cleaner fuels and longer-lasting bridges.
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Nguyen
Congress
Transportation Research Institute
Kansas
University of Kansas Institute
School of Engineering
Transportation Institute
Susan Stagg-Williams
Richard Hale
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