TubaChristmas relocates to Garden City campus venue
The annual TubaChristmas event moves to the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building at Garden City Community College due to weather. It begins at 3 pm and features Christmas songs performed by tuba and euphonium players.
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Pauline Joyce
Finney County Commission to tour juvenile facility
Finney County commissioners will tour the juvenile detention and youth services facilities Monday. At the morning session they review a 2007 unspent funds application from Community Corrections, receive an EMS report from Bob Prewitt, and get an education grant update for the Juvenile Detention Center and Youth Services. The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Commission Chambers located at 311 N Ninth St.
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Finney County Commissioners
Community Corrections
Bob Prewitt
Finney County Commission
Commission
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Reception for Edith Scheuerman principal Sandy Almos
Edith Scheuerman Elementary hosts a 4 to 5 30 p m reception in the library for Sandy Almos principal recognized as Kansas Elementary School Principal of the Year by KAESP. Students present cards at 3 45 p m in the gym before the event. Almos advances to Washington DC in October 2008 to compete for National Distinguished Principal. Donations of a book to the school library are requested in lieu of gifts.
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Edith Scheuerman
Sandy Almos
Wilcox
Almos
Kansas
Kansas Association of Elementary School Principals
KAESP
Washington D.C
K-State Hosts Evening Event For Local Students
Garden City students may attend a free K-State information session titled An Evening with K-State. The event runs 6 to 7 30 p m Tuesday at St Dominic s Catholic Church and features Pat Bosco and Madai Rivera as special guests. Registration details list a phone number and a web address.
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Garden City
Kansas State University
St. Dominic’s Catholic Church
J.C. St
Pat Bosco
K-State
Madai Rivera
College of Human Ecology
tegott@k state. edu
Mission Market raises funds for St. Dominic parish
St. Dominic's Holiday Mission Market raised about $8,000 for the church mission fund aiding individuals with rent utility and medical costs. Held Sunday at St. Dominic Parish Center the event drew about 45 vendors and attendees. Last year the market brought in roughly $6,000.
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St. Dominic's
Church
St. Dominic Parish Center
School board to weigh survey for bond issue plan
USD 457 board to hear DeSieghardt Strategic Communications LLC present options for a phone survey of at least 500 homes to gauge public support for a bond to ease overcrowded facilities at Garden City High School. If hired, the firm would assess views on overcrowding, remedies, and tax impact.
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USD 457 Board of Education
DeSieghardt Strategic Communications LLC
Garden City High School
Kathleen Whitley
USD
Auburn Washburn
DeSieghardt
Buff Project Students Share War on Harassment and Hope
About 200 Garden City High School seniors presented Buff Projects as graduation requirements. Erin Long led a rape and harassment awareness campaign after witnessing and experiencing misconduct, while others like Jennifer Hornbeck and Alison Adams pursued Big Brothers Big Sisters research and baby care drives. Abby Bradstreet explored wedding planning on a $10,000 budget, learning event coordination and cost control.
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Garden City High School
Erin Ross
Ross
Garden City
Kenneth Henderson
Erin Long
Long
GCHS
Rick Atha
Buff Project
Karan Long
Josh Biera
Kansas Highway Patrol
Jennifer Hornbeck
Hornbeck
Vanessa
Alison Adams
ABC Pregnancy Care Center
ABC
Finney County
Adams
Abby Bradstreet
Bioenergy plant in Stevens County eyed for cellulosic ethanol
Abengoa Bioenergy announced plans to build Kansas first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Stevens County using switch grass corn stover milo and wheat straw to produce about 13 million gallons of ethanol yearly plus 88 million from grain processes 125 jobs and a $5.5 million payroll are planned The project was welcomed by Stevens County officials who attended a Kansas Water Office and KCARE briefing on bioenergy and water linking energy needs with water conservation.
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Hugoton
Abengoa Bioenergy
Stevens County
Neal Gillespie
Gillespie
Gary Baker
Kansas
Garden City Community College
Kansas Water Office
K-State
Kansas Center For Agricultural Resources and the Environment
KCARE
Tracy Streeter
Streeter
Emporia
Hays
Polansky
Baker
Holcomb Board Reviews Anonymous Messaging for Safety
Holcomb USD 3638 board explores adding an anonymous online messaging system from AnComm to improve student faculty communication, support safer schools, and aid crisis response. Meeting at 6:30 pm in the Board Meeting Room discusses crisis plan updates, calendar changes, and school repairs from August storm.
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Holcomb Usd
Board of Education
Robert O'Connor
Wiley St
AnComm
O’connor
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Nol
Adrian Polansky
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Holcomb
O'Connor