Fall enrollment continues at Garden City Community College
Fall term opens with hundreds of classes at GCCC for new and returning students and the public. Enrollment hours run 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, with campus closure for staff in service. Outreach programs offer courses in Deerfield to Tribune with contacts at 276-9535. Volunteer balloon crew calls at 6:30 p.m. meet Wednesday. chamber info at gardencitychamber.net.
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GCCC
Deerfield
Dighton
Healy
Holcomb
Lakin
Scoti
Scott City
Syracuse
Tribune
Mary Olson
Gccc Business and Industry Institute
Garden City
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
E. Fulton Terrace
Invention and Tourism Bureau
Chamber
Gardencitychamber.net
Shotgun Sons of Hutchinson
Garden City Transition Council
Finnup Park
Laurie Gerber
Laurie
Familiestogetherinc. Org
Kansas corn crop may approach 2007 record
Agriculture officials estimate Kansas corn could yield 514.8 million bushels this fall, nearing the 518 million bushel 2007 record. The estimate, reported by The Hutchinson News, is based on a random sample from 710 Garden City gas stations.
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Topeka (Ap
Kansas
US Agriculture Department
Rutchinson News
Garden City
Kansas may seek federal loan to fund unemployment aid
Kansas officials warned the state may borrow money from the federal government to continue paying unemployment benefits as the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund falls from $566 million to $349 million. About 96 000 unemployed Kansans rely on the fund, with a potential shortfall by November. Fiscal planners will meet Sept. 3 to map long term stabilization and repayment of any borrowed funds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Department of Labor
Jim Garner
Employment Security Advisory Council
Garner
U.S. Treasury
Art in the Park highlights weekend in Stevens Park
Southwest Kansas residents attend the 40th Art in the Park at Stevens Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sprinting vendors from multiple states showcase jewelry pottery and artwork. organizer Sandhills Art Association expects up to 80 vendors amid cautious optimism about weather and the economy.
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Stevens Park
Sandhills Art Association
Daryl Hopkins
Hopkins
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Missouri
Competency hearing continued in juvenile murder case
A competency hearing for 17 year old Garden City boy Joaquin De Anda charged with the murder and rape of 16 year old Julia Quintana was continued at the defense's request. The trial delay extends until October 22 as state and defense evaluators prepare. De Anda was certified as an adult in March and prosecutors say the death penalty will not be pursued due to age.
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Wharton
Emmaus House
Western State Bank
Kansas Ave
Garden City
Westlake Hardware
Fleming Street
Harding Avenue
Holcomb Recreation Commission
Wiley St
Holcomb
Deerfield
Finney County
Joaquin de Anda
Melanie Freeman- Johnson
Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit
Topeka
Freeman-Johnson
Linda J. Lobmeyer
Lora Ingels
Michael Quint
de Anda
Julia Quintana
Fourth St
Quintana
AG criticized on billboard law dispute in Missouri
State Senator Tim Huelskamp criticized Attorney General Stephen Six for not enforcing the 2006 adult store sign law. A Tuesday agreement with sexually oriented firms ends enforcement as federal challenges loom. Huelskamp, running for Congress, says free speech matters but families should be shielded from lurid highway ads.
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R-Fowler
Stephen Six
Huelskamp
U.S
House of Representatives
Six
Attorney General
Associated Press
USD 457 Board approves multiple resignations and hires
The USD 457 Board accepted resignations for Alesha Anderson Scott Kedrowski Tina Gross and several other staffers and approved retirements terminations and new hires across Garden City area schools. They also awarded bids for office supplies projectors and portable radios and granted an 11274 Homeless Children and Youth program grant. The district reported 504 applications 82.5 opening positions 3.5 unfilled teaching roles four unfilled speech pathologists and 79 new teachers.
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Garden City High School
Scott Kedrowski
Tiny K
Russell Child Development Center
Tina Gross
Allen Jacquelyn
Florence Wilson
Kristie Huber
Gertrude Walker
Sharon Moorman
GCHS
Oliva Moya
Tonya Simon
Abe Hubert
Team Electronics
Garden City
Kansas State Department of Education
Area Mental Health Center
Shelly Kiblinger
Kiblinger
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Prairie Wind Aquatics
Tropical Arena
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Kenneth Henderson
Jennifer Sheehan
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Kelly Winterhalter
Alta Brown
Melinda Porras
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Charles O. Stones
Ashlee Grissom
Plymell
Cathy McGuire
New Outlook Academy
Office Solutions
Pomeroy IT Solutions
Independence
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