Special Olympics poker run planned for Garden City
The Bikers for Disabilities announce their 10th annual poker run on September 6 to raise funds for Garden City Special Olympics. Registration runs 8:30 10:00 a.m. at First American Title, with start at 10:15 and a 2:15 p.m. return for lunch and prizes. Entry costs 30 dollars, 45 dollars with extra shirts and meals. prizes include 1000, 350, 200 and 50 dollars. Information after 5 p.m. from Jeff Lyons at 275-1536.
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Garden City
Finney County Court House
Eighth Street
Fiesta Courtyard
Jeff
Hollie Lyons
Commercial driver's license class offered
The Garden City Community College Business and Industry Institute offers a two-session written exam class for Kansas commercial drivers. It runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 13 and 20 at the Student and Community Services Center, 801 Campus Drive. The course costs $135 per person, including textbook, with registration through Jody Ledford at 275-3279 or jody.ledford geccks.edu.
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Garden City Community College Business and Industry Institute
GCCC
Jody Ledford
Jody. Ledford
Geccks.edu
Open Houses For Business Degree Programs In Southwest Kansas
Deadline Friday to enroll in Garden City Community College through Friends University for a Bachelor of Business Management designed for working professionals. Classes 6 to 10 pm one night weekly with prior work experience credit and financial aid. Open houses 5:30 to 7:30 pm PT Sept 10 at Dodge City Community College and Sept 11 at Garden City Community College to explore MBA and HR and business management offerings.
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Friends University
Jon Cressler
Cressler
Friends
GCCC
Dodge City Community College
Kansas
Santa Fe
Dodge City Community Liege
Garden By Community College
Tedrow
Kansas Guard unit to host live Fort Riley exercise
The 2nd Battalion 130th Field Artillery invites the public to observe a live exercise at Fort Riley on September 13. The unit will fire its multiple launch rocket system to demonstrate ground support, retaliation, and long range targeting capabilities, part of routine training ahead of deployment orders.
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Topeka
Kansasational Guard
Fort Riley
130Th Field Artillery
Sharon Watson
Sandsage Bison Range featured in state Santa Fe Trail video
Go World Publishing shoots segments along the Santa Fe Trail for Kansas Travel and Tourism Division. Janna Graber and Ben Rader visit Sandsage Bison Range in Garden City to capture authentic close-up bison scenery for a Kansas Ready-Made Adventure video. The project aims to entice travelers off highways to explore western Kansas attractions and historic sites along the trail. Local officials praise state promotion of western Kansas destinations.
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Lynn Schoonover
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Kansas
Janna Graber
Ben Rader
Go World Publishing and Productions
Garden City
Sandsage Bison Range
Go World
Golden
Colo
Kansas Travel and Tourism Division
Graber
Wwwtravelks.com
Schoonover
Bison Range
Great Bend
Barton County Historical Society
Franklin
Santa Fe
N.M
Olathe
Lyons
Colorado
Oklahoma
National Park Service
Myers
Cimarron
Cimarron Crossing Park
Lee Richardson
Rader
Elkhart
Convention and Tourism Bureau
Brownback to spotlight whole life message at GOP convention
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback plans to frame his whole life ethic as a core Republican call to defend life at all stages by fighting poverty and injustice globally. He argues the stance contrasts with Obama and Biden and strengthens McCain's appeal to the religious right.
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Washington
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
GOP
Darfur
Asia
Africa
Party For Compassion
Social Justice
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
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Republican Party
Obama
Biden
John McCain
Holcomb Plans Move to 800 MHz Radio System
Holcomb prepares to relocate its emergency repeater to the water tower as Finney County and Garden City officials join the statewide shift to 800 megahertz communications. The project, supported by Fire Chief Chad Eisenbise and city leaders, aims to improve interagency talks and faster repairs, with costs around 2 300 to 9 300 dollars. The move aligns with Kansas Homeland Security efforts and a 2013 nationwide switch target, with a projected county cost near 3 million dollars and budget planning for 2010.
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Finney County
Garden City
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Chad Eisenbise
Eisenbise
Tyson Fresh Meats
Jamie Jarnagin
Kansas Highway Patrol
Pete Olson
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