City selects contractor for U.S. 83 widening project
Garden City officials chose a contractor Tuesday to widen U S Highway 83 and add an access road to Meadowlark Dairy Nutrition Plant after rebidding. Sporer Land Development bid about 1.35 million for base and alternate one, below revised estimates. APAC Kansas bid about 1.42 million for base and alternate two, also under estimates.
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Garden City
Meadowlark Dairy Nutrition
Sporer Land Development
Oakley
Kansas Department of Transportation
Steve Cottrell
Sporer
Apac-Kansas, Inc
Shears Division
Tony Sporer
Dairy Farmers of America
Parsons shines as GCCC meats team competes in Australia
Garden City Community College meats team member Leah Parsons placed second overall in the 2016 Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Competition held July 5 to 9 at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga New South Wales. The team was the first from a community college invited to the event, among fourteen teams. Parsons also took second in the reasons and questions division while coach Clint Alexander noted they were the only Americans invited.
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Garden City Community College
Australia
Broacbusters
Leah Parsons
Parsons
Charles Sturt University
Wagga Wagga
New South Wales
Gccc Meats
Clint Alexander
Alexander
GCCC
Japan
Korea
Indonesia
Leavenworth
Weather Today and Thursday Forecast Summary
Today will be partly cloudy with a high near 92 and a low of 61. Thursday is mostly sunny with a high around 87 and a low near 64.
Charges involving former GCCC instructor in Child Exploitation case
Garden City police began an investigation on September 29, 2013 after child pornography appeared on a work computer at Garden City Community College. Steve Thompson, 68, from Wichita, faced three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. the charges were dismissed while investigators pursue potential additional charges. The district attorney indicated further filings could follow depending on the ongoing probes into Thompson’s alleged involvement with child pornography.
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Garden City Community College
Finney County
Susan Richmeier
Richmeier
Steve Thompson
Wichita
Garden City
Thompson
GCCC
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