Muppet Movie at Stevens Park Saturday for Summer Series
The Garden City Recreation Commission will show The Muppet Movie at dusk Saturday in Stevens Park as part of Silver Screen Saturday Nights. Hi Plains Feed sponsors the free evening with popcorn and drinks for $1 each. Proceeds aid the GCRC summer musical youth attending the Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta. If weather worsens, the film will be rescheduled and cancellations announced at 276-1202.
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Ham radio demo planned this weekend in Finup Scout Park
The Sandhills Amateur Radio Club of Southwest Kansas will demonstrate ham radio operations from noon Saturday to noon Sunday at Finnup Scout Park on N Eighth Street and Thompson Street. The event closes a week-long amateur radio week sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. More than 30,000 operators participated last year as hams demonstrate SSB FM digital and Morse code.
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Finnup Scout Park
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Miles of Smiles Riding Showcase Set for June 29
The Miles of Smiles Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program will hold its annual showcase June 29 at 10 a.m. in the Miles of Smiles Arena at 901 W. Maple St. A barbecue lunch with a free will donation follows. reservations and more information are available by calling 260-9997.
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G C man named LULAC state president in Topeka
Antonio Hernandez of Garden City was named deputy state director of the Kansas LULAC at the 84th annual state conference in Topeka. Raised in Seoti, he attended Garden City Community College on an athletic scholarship and volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters YWCA and Meals on Wheels. He works as a store manager for O'Reilly Auto Parts and belongs to Garden City LULAC Council No. 11073.
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Seoti
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YWCA
Meals On Wheels
O'Reilly Auto Parts
LULAC
GCCC Named Among Nation's Best Community Colleges
Garden City Community College is ranked 31st among U.S. two year colleges by TheBestSchools.org. The list highlights sustained achievement learning outcomes deployment and equitable cost to value outcomes, noting GCCC president Herbert Swender’s praise and the inclusion of Kansas peers North Central Kansas Technical College and Independence Community College in 2013.
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United States
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TheBestSchools.org
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Kansas
North Central Kansas Technical College
Independence Community College
Kansas education funding misses required levels by 650 million
A state Department of Education report shows Kansas school budgets for 2014 and 2015 fall $650 million short of statutory requirements. The figures, discussed at the June State Board of Education meeting, note per pupil base funding at 4392 and total state aid at 3852, with calls for $430 million more plus $72 million for special education costs. A district court has ordered legislators to remedy the gap following a January three judge ruling supporting school districts and parents.
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Land Institute hires former Kansas agriculture secretary
Former Kansas Agriculture Secretary Josh Svaty becomes vice president at the Land Institute in Salina, a career move he will use to bolster public policy, fundraising, and the push for sustainable natural systems agriculture. The Ellsworth County farmer and former Kansas House member brings government experience to Wes Jackson’s nonprofit.
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