Garden City GED Graduation Ceremony at GCCC
Garden City Community College Adult Learning Center hosts its 30th GED ceremony at 10 30 a m in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Auditorium on the GCCC campus. Fifty one students will receive diplomas with three Garden City students Braxton Lloyd Carie Larson and Irving Salgado earning GED honors for top scores. Rafael Diaz of GED Testing Service will be guest speaker.
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Garden City Community College Adult Learning Center
Pauline Joyce
KDOT announces approved May bids for highway work
The Kansas Department of Transportation announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance on May 25. In southwest Kansas Gray County will see pavement reconstruction of 0.6 miles of U.S. Highway 56 through Copeland, awarded to Smoky Hill LLC of Salina for 2,743,339 dollars.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas
Gray County
Copeland
Smoky Hill LLC
Salina
Hospital Support Groups Offer Grief and Cancer Help
My Hope, a grief support group for adults, meets the second Tuesday each month at High Plains Public Radio, 210 N Seventh St, noon to 1 pm. Breast Friends, a cancer support network, meets the second Wednesday each month at Legacy House, 309 E Walnut, 6 to 7 pm. Call numbers provided for more info.
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My Hope
High Plains Public Radio
N. Seventh St
Breast Friends Cancer Support Group
Legacy House
E. Walnut
Queens and Kings of the rodeo pram event at library
Mia Flores nine posed with face paint during a rodeo clown dress contest at Finney County Public Library Story Hour held in Community Congregational Church fellowship hall. Alana Roth Miss Rodeo Pennsylvania and Staci Trehern Miss Rodeo New Left assisted as attendees cheered firecracker antics. The Beef Empire Days turnout forced use of the church facility.
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Mia Flores
Alana Roth
Staci Trehern
Finney County Public Library
Community Congregational Church
Roth
Pennsylvania
Trehern
Story Hour
Felowship Hall
Stevens Park
United Wireless
Lee Richardson Zoo
Beef Empire Days history and community roots
Mackenzie Swan reports on Beef Empire Days origins dating to 1968 with John Dohoghue steering the effort. The piece traces growth from 70 steer entries and the first parade to annual events like the cattle crawl, rodeo, and cookout and notes sponsors, committee members, and past participants across Kansas.
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John Dohoghue
Dohoghue
Hugh Andrews
Morris
Garden City
Stevens Park
Lawrence Odgers
Beef Empire Days
Wichita
Kansas City
John Bauerle
Phil Frazier
Cimarron
Larry Jones
Holcomb
Ray Purdy
Bauerle
Frazier
Jones
Purdy
Ray
Kansas
Dohogne
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KDOT
Stephanie Bogner
Qumar
Vicky Griggs
Kathy Diehl
FDIC
American State Bank & Trust Company
Great Bend
Larned
Macksville
St. John
Pram
Mackenzie Swan
Horace Good
the Telegram
Eome
Ray Tok al
Dodge City
N. 14Th Street
Plaza
N. Fleming
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