GCCC Spring Break Begins Monday And Runs Through March 16
Garden City Community College students and faculty will have time off from day and evening classes from Monday through March 16 for the annual spring break. Administrative offices and many services remain open with regular daytime hours. classes resume March 19. The Administration Building Saffell Library and Mary Jo Williams Learning Center stay open. the Finney County Learning Center offices operate 8 am to 4 30 pm. FHSU Virtual College office on campus stays open. FHSU classes proceed as scheduled and observance runs March 17 to 25.
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Garden City Community College
Saffell Library
Mary Jo Williams
Finney County Community Learning Center
W. Jones Ave
FCCSC
Small Business Development Center
Southwest Kansas Regional Prevention Center
Fort Hays State University Virtual College
GCCC
FHSU
LULAC Scholarships Open to Area Students at GCCC
The local LULAC council offers memorial and various scholarships for area students pursuing college. Applications are at Garden City Community College via Itzel Stewart and Frankie Schmidt with deadlines due April 15. Recipients will be honored at a 6:30 p.m. reception in the GCCC Cafeteria.
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The
League of United Latin American Citizens
Garden City Community College
Itzel Stewart
Frankie Schmidt
LULAC
Father George Spaeth
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Catholic Diocese of
Dodge City
GCCC
Smiles for Life charity campaign begins in Garden City
The Smiles for Life fund raising drive started Thursday to aid sick and underprivileged children. Dr. Kenneth Bean will offer discounted professional whitening through June 30, donating services, with Discus Dental providing materials so all patient contributions go to help kids. The Crown Council charity has raised over $8 million in four years. call 275-4648 for details.
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Smiles For Life
Kenneth Bean
Garden City
Discus Dental
The
Crown Council
United States
Canada
Call Bean
Pancake and Sausage Supper at Pawnee Acre Building
A pancake and sausage supper is planned from 5 30 to 7 p m Saturday at the Pawnee Acre Community Building six miles west and four miles north of Kalvesta Proceeds go toward improvements of the building.
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Pawnee Acre
Kalvesta
Justices question steroid sales to coon dogs
In Kansas, Dr. Mark Schwarm allegedly sold 350 bottles of Winstrol V over two years to Jack Cooper to treat 60 to 80 coon dogs. Prosecutors noted other Kansas vets bought 205 bottles in two years. A lawyer seeks a new trial after his 1999 conviction on nine counts of illegal steroid distribution.
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Topeka
Mark Schwarm
Hutchinson
Schwarm
Jack Cooper
Cooper
Reno
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Holcomb Odyssey team heads to state in Manhattan
Holcomb Elementary School's Odyssey of the Mind team led by Michael Perez will compete in Manhattan on March 17. Members Melissa Conway Kiefer Bribiescu Brad Quilling Ryan Witzke Darris Hawks Samantha Smith Trista Fenton Machelle Klaus Megan Dinkel Kelsie Sorenson Molly Komlofske contribute to a growing program praised for teamwork creativity and problem solving. Garden City groups also qualified to state with teams from Garden City High School Kenneth Henderson Abe Hubert middle schools Charles Stones Intermediate Center and Jerinie Wilson Elementary advancing.
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Holcomb
Michael Perez
Perez
Manhattan
Melissa Conway
Kiefer Bribiescu
Brad Quilling
Ryan Witzke
Darris Hawks
Samantha Smith
Trista Fenton
Machelle Klaus
Megan Dinkel
Kelsie Sorenson
Molly Komlofske
Sorenson
Garden City
Garden City High School
Kenneth Henderson
Abe Hubert
Charles Stones
Jerinie
Wilson
Mike Perez
Tech labs under review as district studies program
The USD 457 Board heard the first evaluation of district tech lab programs amid declining high school enrollment and aging middle school modules. Directors Ford and Karlin flagged gender equity concerns and planned software upgrades while budgeting for middle and intermediate needs.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Julie Ford
Steve Karlin
Ford
Karlin
Garden City High School
Jeff Crist
Crist
Kevin Sterling
Tech
Roberts urges more funding for state research in Kansas
US Senator Pat Roberts urged Kansas lawmakers to boost state funding for university research to spur innovation and economic development. He cited the KU Medical Center brain imaging center with $1.8 million federal grant plus $1 million state and $7 million private funds, and pressed for a wind tunnel at Wichita State with Boeing as a possible partner. He cited the Stowers Institute as a biomedical cornerstone and outlined seven growth areas including aviation, agriculture and biotechnology, noting KU, Kansas State, and Wichita State federal grant totals for 2000.
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Topeka
Pat Roberts
Kansas
Roberts
House Appropriations
Senate
Ways and Means
University of Kansas Medical Center
Wichita State
Boeing
Stowerss Institute For Medical Research
Jim
Virginia Stowers
American Century Investments
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Kansas Supreme Court hears four troopers appeal in whistleblower case
The Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments on an appeal by four state troopers claiming they were fired in 1993 for opposing Governor Finney's overweight farm truck order. State argues reorganization of weighing operations caused firings. Civil Service Board found no retaliation. district court jury awarded damages for lost wages and emotional distress to three lieutenants, plus a sergeant, with varying totals.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Joan Finney
Kansas Highway Patrol
Anne Baker
Lonnie McCollum
McCollum
Highway Patrol
Civil Service Board
John W. Connelly
Paul Wade
Melvin M. Wedemyer
William R. Barrett
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Pawnee
Odyssey of
Witzke
Quilling
Graham K
Bob Kreutzer
Kreutzer
Jim Lentz
Lentz
Sterling
Bill Weatherly
GCHS
Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals
Pippenger
Weatherly
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