Garden City auction themes and fundraisers outlined
Volunteers plan the Garden City Community College Scholarship Auction with a Red White and Blue in 2002 theme. The event on April 5 at Finney County Exhibition Building features a 6 p.m. doors, silent auction at 6 30 p.m. and live auction at 7 30 p.m. Tickets cost 15 each, available starting Monday. A 2002 Camaro Z 28 is the prize in a separate $50 donation car drawing sponsored by local dealers and Wheat Lands Center. Proceeds aid the college.
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Garden City Community College
Gccc Endowment Association
Finney County
Garden City New Car Dealers Association
Wheat Lands Hotel and Conference Center
Media shield law urged by press groups in Kansas
Media organizations urged a House committee to endorse a proposed shield law protecting reporters from revealing confidential sources in court or before a grand jury. The bill would allow disclosure only after a judge finds no other way, relevance to a case, and a compelling public interest.
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Topeka
Southeast Kansas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sara Shelton
Buffalo
Jerry Paul Crooks Jr
Dwayne Umbarger
Kansas
Supreme Court
Shawnee County
House Committee
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Garden City airport eyes task force for growth
Garden City FCEDC votes to form a task force with the Airport Advisory Board and city leaders to study economic development at Garden City Regional Airport. Ideas include attracting a cargo carrier or warehouse, renaming the airport to Southwest Regional, and boosting military traffic while monitoring funding and consolidation impacts.
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Garden City, Airport Advisory Board
Finney County Economic Development Corp
FCEDC
City and Airport Board
Garden City
Mike Scheiman
Sherman
Southwest
Dodge City
Lim
Liberal
Scerman
Kansas
Hutchinson
Living a fantasy in rodeo legend Buddy Heaton
Buddy Heaton, born 1929 in Alva Oklahoma, pursued a dramatic rodeo life in goat skin chaps and a ten gallon hat. He clowned bull fights, doubled in films with Marilyn Monroe, supplied Clyde the buffalo for Kennedy's inauguration parade, and later managed Liberal’s livestock barn while surviving cancer injuries and a tornado.
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Hugoton
Buddy Heaton
Marilyn Monroe
John F Kennedy
Heaton
Calgary
Canada
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dodge City
Alva
Oklo
Slim Pickens
Slim
Hollywood
Monroe
Kennedy
Clyde
Buffalo
Washington, D.C
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Liberal
Ted Heaton
Stevens County Sheriff’s Department
Teddy
Buddy
Dad
Oklahoma City
GCCC trustees move to plan student center addition
Garden City Community College advances dorm project with Lee Construction chosen as contractor. Trustees will discuss design build approach for a 12,000 square foot student center including 6,000 square feet of basement storm shelter space, aiming for a January 2003 completion and apportioning funds through a $3 class fee increase and higher dorm fees.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Lee Construction
Garden City
Carol Ballantyne
Blaine Davis
Architecture Plus
Davis
Ballantyne
Enrollment up five percent at Garden City Community College
Garden City Community College reports spring 2002 enrollment rose to 2,220 students and 18,491 credit hours, a five percent increase from last year. FTE reached 1,232.7, with growth driven by parapro students, seminars, and athletes. demographics show 55.2 percent women and 26 percent minority representation.
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Garden City Community College
Nancy Unruh
Unruh
GCCC
Nikki Geier
Finney County
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
Cameroon
Canada
Columbia
Japan
Mexico
Nigeria
Bahamas
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Hickok
Bill
George Hopkins
Smith
Buffalo Monroe
JFK
Gccc Board of Trustees
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