Garden City GCHS Holds Week of Homecoming Activities
Garden City High School announces a winter homecoming week with daily dress days from Pajama to Patriotic, basketball games at 6 p.m. each night, and a Tuesday royalty coronation between girls and boys games. Royalty candidates include Anna Delgado, Zach Leon, Jessica Luong, Enrique Cervante, and others. crownbearers are Kaitlyn Segovia and Cody Strecker. Community Burger King Night is Wednesday 5 to 8 p.m. and the homecoming dance runs Friday 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
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Matthew Selzer
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Jacob Waller
Jessica Myers
Nathan Hands
Brooke Schlappe
Jeff Larkin
Amanda York
Darren Reed
Kaitlyn Jo Segovia
Cody Strecker
Burger King
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GCCC Hosts National Trio Day Reception in Garden City
Garden City Community College staff will host a 2 to 6 p.m. reception for students and the public in Saffell Library lobby to recognize National Trio Day. Programs featured include Educational Talent Search, Student Support Services, and Upward Bound, with a proclamation by the Garden City City Commission.
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Peter Cottontail tickets go on sale at GCCC this Friday
The box office at Garden City Community College opens Friday for the theatre production The Adventures of Peter Cottontail directed by Steve Thorson. The show runs March 1 and 2 with matinees March 2 and 3, admission 6 for adults and 5 for children, students and seniors. Tickets 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. and one hour before each show. reservations 275-3244. Cast includes Rachel Bender and other GCCC students.
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Germany
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Apartment Fire Kills One In Lawrence
An early morning blaze in an 18 unit building in Lawrence left one dead and about twenty four residents evacuated. Deputy Fire Chief Mark Bradford said no other injuries were reported and the victim’s name was not immediately available.
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Latina Women Leadership Conference at GCCC Saturday
Women from across Kansas gather at Garden City Community College for A Latina Women s Leadership Conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Eight local speakers will join keynote Janet Murguia of KU in presenting on politics literacy education and community involvement. Local sponsors include Smoky Hills Public Television, Garden City council of the League of United Latin American Citizens, High Plains Public Radio, and the Garden City Chamber of Commerce Multicultural Committee. Registration is 15 dollars with lunch at the Heritage Room and can be completed at two local offices or by phone.
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Kansas Universities Weigh Employee Tuition Waivers
With tuition hikes ahead several state universities discuss waivers for employees and dependents. Emporia State, Fort Hays State, and Pittsburg State consider programs over five years while Kansas State and KU show limited support. Wichita State rejects waivers citing need to keep tuition low amid state budget shortfall and tuition ownership changes.
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Kansas Senate weighs redistricting plan for four U.S. House seats
Kansas lawmakers and national figures monitor the Senate Reapportionment Committee as it selects a new four district map. Competing ideas split southeast Kansas across districts while expanding the 1st District toward Wichita and the state’s northeast, with maps named Barber Congressional and Kansas Day under discussion.
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Exchange student killed after driving wrong way on freeway
AP reports Kenyan exchange student Tom Kariuki, 20, at Butler County Community College in El Dorado, died when he drove west in eastbound lanes on the Kellogg Freeway near downtown Wichita. Police pursued him to a nearby exit and alerted Kansas Highway Patrol. The crash also sent two other drivers and a passenger to Via Christi hospital. Angelica Guerrero was critical, Maria Rodriguez serious, Luzmila Montiel treated and released.
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Garden City hosts countywide spelling bee at high school
Top spellers from numerous elementary and middle schools advance from Friday contests to the Finney County Spelling Bee set for 9 a.m. Saturday in Clifford Hope Auditorium at Garden City High School. Names include Alta Brown, Miguel Perales, Kendra Flowers, Ana Guevara and many others with alternates listed.
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Carnahan urges Kansas Democrats to build on heritage
Missouri Senator Jean Carnahan told about 400 Kansas Democrats at Washington Days to embrace the party heritage and the achievements it has earned. She called Democrats a party that dreams dares and delivers, praising those who hold office or volunteer locally.
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