Dyer leaves Garden City chamber for Colorado role
Steve Dyer, 41, former vice president of the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce, has relocated to Highlands Ranch, Colorado, where he became president of the Chamber of Commerce on October 29. He plans to promote and retain local businesses and notes Highlands Ranch is a young, volunteer-driven bedroom community.
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Steve Dyer
Garden City
Dyer
Garden City Chamber
Consolidated Printing
Salina
Colorado
Bake It and Chocolate Fever offered at GCCC
Garden City Community College CECS will offer non credit life enrichment classes in bread making and chocolate. Bake It runs 6 to 9 p.m. January 28 and Chocolate Fever runs 6 to 9 p.m. February 4 in the foods lab. Tina Cole teaches both courses and is noted as the Bread Lady in southwest Kansas. Registration opens January 2 through Tara Keasler or CECS at the Student and Community Services Center.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Penka
Tina Cole
Cole
New England Culinary Institute
Mount Montpelier
Stafford Technical Center
Kansas
CECS
Quentin Perry
Tara Keasler
Tara. Keasler
Gcccks
Heritage leaders urge storytelling for heritage areas
Lawrence based Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area will guide 37 national heritage sites as leaders advise Missouri regions to focus on local stories. They urge sharing authentic narratives to engage visitors and preserve regional history.
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Lawrence
Tennessee
Iowa
Missouri
Freedom’s Frontier
Ulysses continues city manager search into new year
The Ulysses City Council met and held a half hour closed session to discuss whether to appoint an acting city administrator as Bud Newberry’s last day approaches January 4. Clerk Mary Smith will cover duties until a vacancy is filled, with a Jan 9 meeting to review progress and applications.
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Ulysses
Bud Newberry
Newberry
Derby
Mary Smith
Smith
Thadd Kistler
Mark Tomb
League of Kansas Municipalities
League
Kistler
City of
Smoky Hills Wind Farm Nears Phase One Finish
The Smoky Hills Wind Farm in Lincoln and Ellsworth counties is nearly complete with 56 turbines on 10,000 acres. It will generate about 100 megawatts, enough for a town of 33,000, with Sunflower Electric and Kansas City Board of Public Utilities sharing capacity.
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Lincoln
Smoky Hills
Ellsworth
Salina
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Kansas City
Kan
Jason Martinson
Enel North America Inc
Stanley Walker
Lincoln County Economic Development Foundation
Kansas
Martinson
Kathleen Sebelius
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Snow advisory issued for Finney County Kansas tonight
The National Weather Service warns of a snow event for Finney County with a 6 p.m. start in Garden City and 2 to 3 p.m. snow arrival. Accumulations of 2 to 4 inches are expected by Friday morning as the storm exits by afternoon. Temperatures range from mid 20s today to lower 30s Friday with light to moderate winds. Garden City officials report clear roads overall with patches of ice, while the street department preps salt and sand at key intersections.
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Kansas
National Weather Service
Tim Burke
Finney County
Garden City
Burke
Mike Utz
Bill Matheson
Mary
Third Streets
Walnut
Main Streets
Fulton
Last Christmas light display ends with Murray family tribute
The Murray family in Baxter Springs honors Gladys Murray who built a 40 year Christmas light display at the corner of U.S. 166 and Kansas 26. After her April cancer diagnosis and June death, relatives continue a final year showing featuring Nativity scenes, blue lights for a late husband, and blue memorials for family members. The display blends Santa and the Nativity, with scenes honoring Marquetta Murray and John Sears, reflecting a family tradition of gathering at Christmas Corner.
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Baxter Springs
Gladys Murray
Murray
Gladys
Threasa Lewis
John
U.S. 166
Kansas
Lewis
North Pole
Mary
Joseph
Jesus
John J. Murray and Sons Wrecking
Marquetta Murray
John Sears
Nebraska
Thomas Kinkade
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