Zoo hosts docent coffee and open house event
Lee Richardson Zoo invites adults 18 plus to a docent coffee and open house at 10 a.m. January 8 in the Finnup Center for Conservation Education. Attendees can learn about animals used in programs, meet volunteers, tour the education center, and hear how docents assist with presentations tours zoomobiles and events. Training starts mid January. call 276-1250 for details.
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G C Arts hosting Culinary Delights cooking event
Garden City Arts will host the Culinary Delights fine art and comfort food cooking competition and reception on January 8 from noon to 3 PM at 318 North Main Street. Tim Schoonover of Dodge City will judge the art competition and Bob Lancaster of Dodge City will judge the cooking contest. For details call 260-9700.
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Free Spanish Parenting Workshops Begin January
A series of free Incredible Years workshops for Spanish speaking parents grandparents and foster parents of 3 to 6 year olds runs Fridays January 14 to April 29 at East Garden Village 4101 E US 50 No 466. Lunch 11:45 to 12:15. workshops 12:30 to 2:30 with free child care. Leaders Blanca Cano and Josandra Mesa. Registration forms at 1205 Fleming St. For more info contact Cano 805-7175 or Mesa 805-7176.
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Samys Culinary Competition boosts United Way support
Samys Spirits and Steakhouse hosts a Jan 15 culinary event to fund Finney County United Way. Kansas chefs compete for three prizes in a round robin with professional and audience judges plus money raised counting toward awards. 7 p.m. at 1911 E Kansas Ave. Tickets $30 includes entry hors d oeuvres and drinks.
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Bill would name road for Medal of Honor winner
TOPEKA AP A Kansas law maker seeks to rename a 45 mile stretch of highway for Navy machinist Donald Ross Medal of Honor recipient for Pearl Harbor. Ross born in Beverly Lincoln County. His battleship was heavily damaged and he was temporarily blinded in the attack.
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Rich districts mask uneven funding in Kansas schools
In Kansas, the state defines rich school districts by assessed valuation per pupil. Western Plains in Ness County shows high property value per student despite low enrollment and modest incomes, while urban districts like Wichita receive large base state aid. Superintendents warn of ongoing base aid cuts and tighter budgets as the line between rich and poor shifts.
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Kansas Republicans sweep top state offices in 2010
The Sunflower State voted with strong GOP gains on Nov 2 2010 sweeping the governor U S Senate and congressional seats plus statewide offices by double digit margins. The AP survey ranks their victory as Kansas 2010's biggest story with tax hike fights and a wave of political shifts shaping later policy.
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Nation's first black governor to speak at GCCC
L. Douglas Wilder, the nations first elected black governor since Reconstruction, will deliver the Martin Luther King Day address January 17 at Garden City Community College. The event, titled The Movement: Past Present and Future, runs 10 a.m. to noon in the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex main gym. The program is free and sponsored by the Cultural Relations Board and GCCC with support from the Breakover Lecture Series, Black Student Union and Student Government Association.
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Ford donates Focus to GCCC automotive program
Ford Motor Co gave Garden City Community College a 2010 Ford Focus for Christmas to be used in the Ford Maintenance and Light Repair Program. The car aids diagnostics and teaching in a facility that also received other Ford, GM, and Chrysler vehicles for student instruction.
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