Diverse Culture-Diverse World Diversity Dinner Summit in Garden City
The 2014 Diversity Dinner and Multicultural Summit unfolds September 18 to 20 in Garden City with guest speakers from law enforcement health care and academia. Key figures include Juan Martinez of the Garden City Police and Veronica Medrano, a diabetes program coordinator, along with Dartmouth professor Leonard Greenhalgh delivering a keynote on demographics and the Western Kansas economy.
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Garden City
Clarion Inn
Juan Martinez
Veronica Medrano
Southwest Kansas
Central America
Martinez
GCPD
Garden City Community College
Fort Hays State University
Medrano
Chronic Disease Alliance of Kansas
GCCC
FHSU
Multicultur
Hitz wins national award for government CPA work
Garden City finance director Melinda Hitz received the Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award from the American Institute of CPAs for leading Garden City's finance department. The recognition highlights her role in budgeting, debt management, and the preparation of a $100 million asset city CAFR.
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Melinda Hitz
Garden City
CPA
American Institute of Cpas
William Balhoff
AICPA
Hitz
Kansas Society of Cpas
Government Finance Officers Association
Kansas Government Finance Officers Association
USD 457 School Foundation
Kansas wine industry harvests toward potential bumper year
Grape harvest has arrived in Kansas with 35 registered wineries and vineyards focused in the eastern half. Most plant hybrids rather than classic varieties, yielding 107000 gallons valued at 6.9 million in 2010. Grace Hill Winery near Whitewater hosts first picking day with about 85 volunteers, aiming for three tons of seyual grapes and 25000 to 30000 bottles from 15 varieties. Industry growth faces awareness hurdles and legends of hobbyist start ups, while Wyldewood Cellars notes rising demand but slow professional development.
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Kansas
Kansas Grape Growers & Winemakers Association
Grace Hill Winery
Whitewater
Jeff Sollo
John Brewer
Wyldewood Cellars
Mulvane
Kansas wine industry eyeing change to 30 percent Kansas grape rule
Grace Hill Winery in Whitewater hosts the first grape picking of the year as Kansas law requires 30 percent of a winerys grapes come from Kansas. Brewers says removing the rule could spur more and larger wineries and greater specialization, though some producers prefer the status quo. DesBoisseaux notes diverse business models, while optimism for growth remains high as Kansas wine begins to mature after Prohibition.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Bob DesBoisseaux
Prairie Fire Winery
Paxico
Kansas Grape Growers & Winemakers Association
DesRoisseaux
Brewer
Downtown Vision to preview Banner Art canvases in Garden City
Garden City Downtown Vision will host a 6 p.m. preview of the 2014 Banner Art canvases at The Golf Club at Southwind. Thirty artists painted 29 banners spanning landscapes holidays whimsical and florals. the free event leads to a November 1 Banner Art Auction at the Clarion Ballroom. Banners hang on Main Street poles until mid October. The city enforces traffic laws Labor Day to curb impaired driving under a KDOT grant with a sobriety checkpoint Aug 30. Kansas Active Shooter Mitigation training by KHP aims to prepare educators and police with a 2015 trainer course for local officers.
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Garden City
Vision
Clarion Ballroom
Kansas
Garden City Police Department
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
GCPD
KHP
Sam Brownback
Sandy Hook
Newton
Kansas Center For Safe and Prepared Schools
Kansas State Juvenile Officers Association
Kansas Division of Emergency Management
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Greenhalgh
Jennifer Ng
Mumbai
India
Rashi Agarwal
Department of
University of Kansas
Agarwal
American College of Physicians
Siena Medical Clinic
Cultural Relations Board
Gardencity.org
Maggie
Ecky
Vivian Jackson
Jackson
National Center For Cultural Competence
Georgetown University Center For Child and Human Development
Wichita
Emporia
Topeka
Sollo
E. Mary St
Stephanie Bogner
KHP Designing
Kansas Highway Patrol
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