Commerce Bank Tops We Need Your Pennies Drive
Commerce Bank leads the We Need Your Pennies fundraiser with 18 763 pennies as of Friday. Western State Bank is second with 17 475 and Security Savings Bank third with 11 215. The drive ends Thursday to raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Banks across Garden City and Holcomb host donation jars. Participating banks include Commerce Bank Western State Bank Golden Plains Credit Union Bank of America Home National Bank Garden City State Bank Citizens State Bank Landmark Bank First National Bank of Holcomb Teacher's Credit Union Commercial Federal Bank Security Savings Bank and more with multiple local branch locations.
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Commerce Bank
Western State Bank
Security Savings Bank
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Garden City
Holcomb
Kansas Ave
Main
Spruce Streets
First National Bank of Holcomb
N. Henderson
Teacher’s Credit Union
N. Sixth St
Commercial Federal Bank
E. Kansas Ave
N. Main St
Construction at Eighth and Mary Streets Begins
Construction at the intersection of Eighth and Mary streets starts Wednesday replacing asphalt with concrete in a 100 foot radius. Traffic detours go up Tuesday with Mary Street narrowed to one lane each direction and Eighth Street detoured via Emerson Avenue and B Street. J A G II Inc Garden City conducts the $97,512 project with phased eastbound then westbound operations over about six weeks.
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Mary Streets
Eighth Street
Mary Street
Emerson Avenue
B Street
J-A-G II, Inc
Garden City
GCCC Hosts K State Classes via Telent 2 Network
TELENET 2 courses through Kansas State University will be offered this fall at Garden City Community College and the Southwest Plains Regional Service Center in Sublette. Six courses include Grant Writing Finding the Elusive Dollar Topics in Teaching Writing and Issues in Adult and Continuing Education. Business courses cover Marketing Management Concepts and Introduction to Operations Management. Classes begin Aug 22 with instruction from K State campuses in Manhattan or Salina. For more information visit lenet2.org or call (866) 379-2272.
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Garden City Community College
Campus
Southwest Plains
U.S. Highway 83
Lark Avenue
Sublette
Kansas State
Manhattan
Salina
Telenet2.org
Telenet 2
Centenarian 4-H Volunteer Sustains Greeley County Youth Work
Mildred Waldren marks 100 years of 4-H service in Kansas with over five decades as Go-Getters leader in Greeley County. She started in 1950. her sons followed into extension roles in Nebraska and Colorado. Waldren praises cooperative, learning by doing youth development and hopes the program grows further.
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Waldron
Arapaho
Colo
Greeley County
Waldren
Vernon
Omaha
Neb
Deryl
Boulder
Schmidt
Heart transplant opens new world for Denver teen
Josh Martinez, 16, survived a December heart transplant after years of heart problems and multiple surgeries. He enjoys carnival rides and meals without caffeine, resumes school work in Denver, and uses a cardiovascular machine daily. His family notes the emotional support from Garden City High School.
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Josh Martinez
Garden City
Martinez
Lynda Martinez
Josh
Denver
Melissa Escarcega
Garden City High School
John Silver
Alexandria Escarcega
Garden City USD 457 budget update focuses on all-day kindergarten
Garden City USD 457 officials finalize budgeting for 2005 06 after a state finance delay. About 4.4 million in new funds target bilingual and at risk students with added paraprofessionals and possibly all day kindergarten at Buffalo Jones Victor Ornelas and Alta Brown schools. Superintendent Rick Atha notes hiring remains challenging as priorities include expanded instructional time and program enhancements.
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USD 457
Board of Education
Statehouse
Rick Atha
Atha
Buffalo Jones
Victor Ornelas
Alta Brown
District board to discuss kinder garten space and brick work
USD 457 board meets at 7 30 p m Monday in the board room to address space limits for kindergartners and to review a visual update on Kenneth Henderson Middle School brick replacement. A seven minute video segment will be shown. The board previously approved rebricking the east wall and southwest corner due to crumbled mortar and decayed wire supports. Additional repairs on the south end near band rooms may be considered.
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Atha
Kenneth Henderson
Foundation honors Garden City physics teacher Casey Wise
Garden City High School physics teacher Casey Wise won local and state Aerospace Education Foundation teacher of the year honors earning 1250 dollars, two certificates, a totebag and a jacket. Wise chairs the science department and coaches basketball and swimming while engaging students beyond class with extra help and outreach.
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Casey Wise
Aerospace Education Foundation
Wise
GCHS
Air Force Association
Ulysses
Sam Gardner
Afas Aerospace Education Foundation
AFA
Gardner
YMCA
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Todd Schmitt
Reeley County
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Zeke Stone
Michaela Blakely
Katherine Bailey
Go-Getters Club
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