Love to Speak at GCCC by Rep elect Garret Love
Rep elect Garret Love of the 115th Kansas House district will speak at Garden City Community College next Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Warren House Science and Math Building lecture hall. Admission is free. The Montezuma native and Washburn University graduate upset Melvin Neufeld in the August GOP primary and ran unopposed in November. He will not discuss politics and aims to motivate audience members to take leadership roles and get involved in political business or humanitarian causes.
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Garret Love
Gray County
Garden City Community College
Love
GCCC
Washburn University
Kansas House of Representatives
Warren House Science and Math
Melvin Neufeld
Ingalls
KDHE urges Kansas residents to get flu shots now
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment urges vaccination during National Influenza Vaccination Week through December 11. Flu activity in Kansas remains sporadic, with peak illness typically in February to spring. Vaccination protects mother and unborn child during pregnancy, health care workers, and the community. additional measures include hand washing and staying home when ill. For details contact Finney County Health Department at 919 W Zerr Rd or 272-3600.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Kansas
Finney County
Holiday concert at Garden City Community College
The Garden City Community College concert band will perform a winter program at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. Free admission. 25 student musicians from nine Kansas communities. Conductor Jim McAllister. Repertoire includes Chant and Jubilo, O Magnum Mysterium, Greensleeves, A Christmas Festival, Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, The Hunting Polka, Court Festival, Prelude Siciliano and Rondo, Reverberations. Brian Balmages recent workshop conductor.
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Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
Leroy Anderson
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Strauss
William Latham
Malcolm Arnold
Brian Balmages
GCCC
Emergency planning committee to meet Fort Finney County L E Center
The Finney County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at 1 30 p m Thursday in Conference Room B in the basement of the Finney County Law Enforcement Center 304 N Ninth St The public is welcome to attend.
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Finney County Local Emergency Planning Committee
Finney County Law Enforcement Center
Ninth St
Conditions ripen for rural grass fires in southwest Kansas
High winds warm temps and dry vegetation raise grass fire risk across Finney County and nearby areas. Garden City Fire Chief Allen Shelton notes 10 grass fire calls this month, with damage to hay and equipment from two fires. November fires likely from human activity and cigarette butts. Fire dangers persist as dry weather and wind continue, with a 20 percent snow chance Monday morning.
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Kansas
Garden City
Allen Shelton
Holcomb
Finney County
Shelton
Allen
National Weather Service
NWS
Scott
Lane
Hamilton
Kearny
Finney
Stanton
Haskell
Grant
Gray
Stevens
District audit on agenda for USD 457 board meeting
The Garden City USD 457 board will hear the annual district audit at 7 p.m. in the Educational Support Center board room. They will honor nine schools for state standards of excellence and recognize Garden City High School for Reading and Math awards, with reports on buildings, programs, and the district math effort.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Garden City Public Schools
Fleming St
Garfield
Gertrude Walker
Jennie Barker
Plymell
Kenneth Henderson
Garden City
GCHS
Charles O. Stones
Steve Nordby
Leigh Ann Roderick
Garden City to weigh ethanol plant deal with state aid
Garden City commissioners meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. to consider a public private agreement for Bonanza BioEnergy to seek state help for a 2.58 million rail project including a 500000 grant and a 1.1 million KDOT loan. Finney County and Garden City would repay 1 million at 2 percent over ten years. The company would sell 50 acres near U S Highway 50 and Jennie Barker Road to the city or county for 1. A closed session follows at 9 a.m. for non elected personnel talks.
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Garden City
Eighth St
Bonanza BioEnergy
Kansas Department of Transportation
Finney County
KDOT
Jennie Barker
County to discuss new aerial photos in Finney County
Finney County commissioners meet at 8 30 a m Monday at the Administrative Center 311 N Ninth St to consider taking new aerial photographs. They previously delayed maps awaiting flood plain parameter updates possibly from FEMA. Updates from the Convention and Tourism Bureau will also be heard.
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Finney County
Ninth St
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Gctelegram.com
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