Construction Starts Monday on Mary Street Concrete Upgrade
J A G Construction Co will replace Mary Street asphalt with concrete. The first phase affects businesses from Casey's Drive to Henderson Drive on the south side and closes Casey's Drive. Bible Christian Church access remains, Fleming Street stays open until the Foodmart driveway reopens. One lane each direction, with flagger control during paving. about three weeks. Call city engineer at 276-1130 for details.
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J-A-G Construction Co
Mary Street
Steve Cottrell
Cottrell
Casey’s Drive
Henderson Drive
Bible Christian Church
Fleming Street
Foodmart
Ride for the Future heads through western Kansas to benefit GCCC
Garden City Community College hosts its fourth annual Ride for the Future on April 30 with stops in Montezuma Sublette Lakin Ulysses and Garden City. Funds raised benefit GCCC Endowment Association scholarships for Public Safety students. Participants register in advance for 30 dollars solo 50 dollars with a rider and choose from various vehicles.
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Garden City Community College
Department of Public Safety
Montezuma
Sublette
Lakin
Ulysses
Garden City
Western Kansas
Gccc Endowment Association
Public Safety
Brad Sisk
Gccc Emst
Southwest Kansas
Bible Christian
Team T.org
Caregivers Retreat Set for April at Camp Lakeside
The High Plains Professional Caregivers Retreat will be held April 1 and 2 at Camp Lakeside in Scott City. The $65 attendee fee covers lodging meals and seven continuing education units with staff discounts. Target attendees include clergy hospice and long term care staff social workers counselors and others who aid the dying and bereaved. For details contact Gina Cash at St. Catherine Hospice.
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High Plains
Camp Lakeside
Scott City
Gina Cash
St. Catherine Hospice
Kansas House rejects tax cut plans and keeps sales tax rise
Kansas lawmakers defeated measures to roll back the 6.3 percent sales tax or make it permanent while offsetting income tax cuts. The votes came as legislators faced a projected budget shortfall and Gov. Brownback ordered $56.5 million in spending cuts to balance the current budget.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lance Kinzer
Owen Donohoe
House
Jana Goodman
Goodman
Leavenworth
State Department of Labor
Ed Trimmer
Winfield
Tom Burroughs
Sam Brownback
locals celebrate st patrick fundraiser with baked potatoes
Downtown Vision hosts Who's Your Paddy a St Patrick's Day fundraiser at 413 N Main St. attendees shared a lunch of 180 potatoes with 300 prepared. Volunteers donated time with five dollar meals and condiments from cheese to sour cream while potatoes were supplied by Premium Source Ag. The event draws locals and visitors to shop and enjoy a festive downtown lunch.
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Arlene DeCardenas
Brenda Harder
Vision
N. Main St
Beverly Glass
Downtown Vision
Mark Lynch
Premium Source Ag LLC
Glass
Tina Fairbank
Paddy
Kansas adult business bill stalls in Senate panel
In Topeka the Federal and State Affairs Committee blocked advancing the Community Defense Act, urging local option instead. The bill would curb hours and locations, ban nudity, and require a no touch rule while allowing alcohol service, with supporters arguing for community protection and opponents preferring local control.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
Federal
House
Sen
Tim Owens
Overland Park
Phillip Cosby
Kansas City-area
National Coalition For the Protection of Children and Families
Beth Tedrow earns exclusive national AACRAO honor in Seattle
Beth Tedrow dean emeritus at Garden City Community College received an honorary life time membership at AACRAO's 97th annual conference in Seattle. She retired in 2009 after 47 years at GCCC, which opened a new student center in her name in 2004. The honor ranks with a small national corps of recipients recognized for dedication and achievement in higher education.
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Beth Tedrow
Garden City Community College
Seattle
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Aacrao
U.S
Tedrow
GCCC
James Blackburn
California State University
Fullerton
Minnesota
North Carolina
Nebraska
Louisiana
Ohio
Joseph Emmons
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Kansas House
Brad Nading
Patrick
Ireland
Cosby
John Samples
Blackburn
Aacrac
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