Garden City Community College Announces Spring Break Closures
Garden City Community College will close for spring break with no classes Monday through Friday. Offices at the Student and Community Services Center stay open while Saffell Library and Mary Jo Williams Learning Center operate 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays. The GCCC Adult Learning Center remains open for ESL Monday to Thursday. The Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex hours vary by day and the gym is closed March 19 with all offices returning to regular hours on March 21.
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Garden City Community College
Student and Community Services Center
Saffell Library
Mary Jo Williams
Gccc Adult Learning Center
Mary Street Closure Near Jennie Barker Road
Smoky Hill LLC Salina will undertake drainage work on Mary Street causing permanent closure between Kansas 156 and Jennie Barker Road on Wednesday. Access to Mary Street east of Jennie Barker Road will be from Jennie Barker Road both from the north and south. City Engineer Steve Cottrell can be contacted at 276 1130 for details.
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Mary Street
Kansas Highway 156
Kansas Avenue
Jennie Barker Road
Jennie Barker
Smoky Hill LLC
Salina
Steve Cottrell
Senior center to distribute USDA commodities Tuesday
Finney County residents can pick up USDA commodities Tuesday at the Senior Center, 907 N. 10th St., from 10 a.m. to noon, and at the Salvation Army, 216 N Ninth St., from 1 to 3 30 p.m. Items include rice cereal and tomato soup. Bring proof of residency and income for each household member. income guidelines apply. Call Barbara Jensen at 272-3620 for details.
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USDA
Finney County
10Th St
Salvation Army
Ninth St
Barbara Jensen
Corporate Meltdown 2011 weight loss winners named in Garden City
The Tubby Titans won most pounds lost and Bootie Busters topped fat percentage reductions in Garden City’s 12th Corporate Meltdown eight week challenge. 210 participants on 42 teams competed from Jan 11 to early spring, shedding 78.5 pounds by the Titans and 17 percent body fat for the Bootie Busters, with Finney County reporting nearly 600 pounds lost and a total of 8,893 pounds over 12 years. For questions contact Donna Gerstner or Linda Beech.
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Tubby Titans
Bootie Busters
Garden City
Finney County
Donna Gerstner
Garden City Recreation
Linda Beech
Finney County Extension Office
City to return surplus land at Fleming and Mary to prevent development
Garden City officials will return a 6,600-square-foot parcel at the northeast corner of Fleming and Mary streets to the city after Alliance Center LLC could not attract tenants. The commission will discuss plans for the former National Guard Armory, with a pre-meeting at 11 a.m. and regular session at 1 p.m. at the City Administrative Center. Census data show Garden City population decline and Finney County losses, with updated local estimates.
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Fleming and Mary Streets
Dodge City
National Guard
Eighth St
U.S. Census Bureau
Garden City
Finney County
Planning Department
Holcomb
Gctelegram.com
Tax help programs aid residents ahead of April 18 deadline
Taxpayers seek assistance from programs like Tax Counseling for the Elderly. At the RSVP office in County, Judy Byerly notes lower costs and helpful volunteers. The program, run with AARP and United Way sponsorship, serves low to moderate income seniors, first time filers, and non-English speakers, with hours by appointment through mid April.
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Judy Byerly
Finney County
10Th St
Byerly
Marty Dinkel
RSVP
Johnson City
Dinkel
AARP
Finney County United Way
IRS
Tax tips from Linda Beech for Kansas taxpayers
Linda Beech Finney County Kansas State University Extension Agent offers practical tax tips for the season. She advises patience with refunds consider splitting refunds into up to three bank accounts saving half and using refunds to pay debts and save for the future. She suggests adjusting withholdings to increase take home pay and reminds readers about the earned income tax credit and its eligibility.
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Linda Beech
Finney County
Kansas State University
Weeding Out Hunger drives food to Kansas towns and Midwest
Syngenta Crop Protection funds food drives across the Midwest under the Weeding out Hunger campaign. Halex GT sponsored events in March and April delivering donations to Emmaus House after a Friday Clarion Inn site. A robot arm on the truck drew attention as Ed Howard led stops toward Hutchinson Concordia and beyond.
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Kansas
Midwest
Halex GT
Syngenta Crop Protection
Clarion Inn
Emmaus House
Ed Howard
Howard
Hutchinson
Concordia
America
Peyton Blackburn
Mad Klotz
Holcomb
E. Kansas Ave
Finney County to discuss weather modification program
Finney County commissioners meet at 8:30 a.m. at the County Administrative Center to hear a resident's concerns about state weather modification funding. Farmer Mike Standley will push to discontinue Finney’s contributions to the Western Kansas Weather Modification project, which aims to reduce hail and improve precipitation using seed ing techniques. The program lists Finney County as one of 11 contributors.
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Finney County
Mike Standley
Kansas
N. Ninth St
Gctelegram.com
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