Garden City K9 Johnny saves the day for police work
Johnny is Garden City Police Department’s dual purpose K9, a 3 year old German Shepherd Belgian Malinois mix trained since 2014. Selected from an Indiana kennel for 8000 dollars, he partners with Officer Rich Colburn and aids narcotics detection and patrol duties including school demonstrations and rapid response from the patrol car.
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Johnny
GCPD
Colburn
Kansas Highway Patrol
Garden City High School
Former teacher caps career with first published novel
Archie Oliver, a former Holcomb teacher who retired from USC 363, found his long‑hidden manuscript Beneath the Darkness in 2003 and published it last year. He celebrated with a signing at Garden City Arts on Saturday, meeting former students and friends at 318 N. Main St.
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Holcomb
Archie Oliver
USC
Oliver
Betty
Garden City Arts
N. Mair St
Neighbors profiles artist Robin Valenzuela and Holcomb teacher Oliver
The Neighbors feature highlights local artist Robin Valenzuela reading from an early excerpt of Oliver’s book and Oliver guiding a series of mixed media paintings inspired by it. World Castle Publishing released the 2015 book after a long revision, with key edits by Holcomb High School staff and technical input from former educators in Garden City. Megan Williams, Oliver’s student, reflects on his decades of influence and his early career move prompted by a notice in The Garden City Telegram.
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Robin Valenzuela
Oliver
World Castle Publishing
Pensacola
Fla
Holcomb High School
Mary Kemper
Linda O’sullivan
Bob Wilson
Holcomb
Garden City Community College
Oli
Megan Williams
Williams
Garden City Telegram
Kansas eyes broader college reach to lift credential rate
Kansas education leaders warn the state must attract underrepresented and nontraditional students to meet Foresight 2020 goals. The Board of Regents reports Kansas missed its annual target for new postsecondary degrees, urging policies to lift overall attainment toward 60 percent of working age adults by 2020.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Blake Flanders
Flanders
Board of Regents
Georgetown University
Kansas’ Higher
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