Admission sale starts for Pirate Cove scholarship auction
Admission sales are under way for the 33rd Annual Garden City Community College Endowment Association Scholarship Auction set for 6 30 p m April 1 at the Finney County Exposition Building The event aims to boost academic and technical scholarships with a treasure themed night Last year the auction raised over 167 000 with nearly 1 000 attendees Wrist bands cost 20 and are sold in advance only Doors open at 6 p m silent auction starts at 6 30 p m main live auction at 7 30 p m Scott Auction of Garden City conducts the event Tickets and sale locations are listed with local sponsors and merchants Major sponsors include Keller Leopold Insurance Adolfson and Peterson Construction Garden City Company Wallace Electric Walmart and Wheatland Electric Items in the live auction span from concert tickets to a Denver area guided fly fishing trip an at home theater system and numerous children’s items
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Pirate Cove
Garden City Community College Endowment Association
Finney County Exhibition Building
Kansas
Melinda Harrington
S Your
Daddy
Scott Auction
Garden City
Endowment Association
GCCC
Keller Leopold Insurance
Fleming St
Kinney Glass
Eighth St
Goldworks
N. Main St
Skeeter’s
W. Jones Ave
Lewis Motors
Fulton
Campus Streets
Keller-Leopold Insurance
Adolfson and
Peterson Construction
Garden City High School
Garden City Company
Wallace Electric
Walmart
Wheatland Electric
James Taylor
Wichita
Miranda Lambert
Dodge City
Denver
World of Computers Silver Series at Garden City CC
Enroll in three two-session computer literacy courses offered by Garden City Community College's Continuing Education and Community Services Division. Janice Urie will teach Computer Basics, All About the Web, and Discover E-Mail on Monday and Wednesday evenings with options for individual $99 or full series $175. Registration at gcccks.edu or 276-9647.
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Garden City Community College
Janice Urie
GCCC
Mary Jo Williams
Urie
USD 457 Board moves to add third member for contract talks
USD 457 Board of Education plans to appoint a third member to the district negotiating team with Garden City Educators Association. The GCEA team includes Jo Ann Mangan and other teachers. formal talks start April 1 under facilitator John Doren. Budget cuts heighten funding concerns as the 2010-11 contract nears July 31 milestones.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Garden City Educators Association
GCEA
Garden City
Garden City Public Schools
Association
Fleming St
USD
Kathleen Whitley
Steve Karlin
Board of Education
Mike Utz
Gloria Hopkins
Utz
Whitley
Jo Ann Mangan
Alta Brown
The
Education Association
Karlin
Mangan
Roger Lyng
Charles O. Stones Intermediate
Melinda Duran
Georgia Matthews
Glenda Kail
Abe Hubert
Linda Ackerman
John Doren
U.S. Federal Mediation Service Office
Wichita
Coren
Topeka
Washington, D.C
Kansas unions bill faces long odds this session
Kansas lawmakers appear unlikely to pass a measure banning automatic paycheck deductions by public employee unions this year. The House approved the bill, but the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee and leaders cite budget fixes and calendar limits as obstacles, while supporters push for passage next year.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
Ethics and Elections Committee
Terrie Huntington
Fairway
Jay Emler
Lindsborg
Huntington
Rep
Anthony Brown
Eudora Republican
Commerce and Economic Development Committee
Derrick Sontag
Americans For Prosperity
Steve Morris
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce Committee
Mark Desetti
Kansas National Education Association Teachers Union
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Susan Wagle
Wichita
Brown
Kansas House approves plan to lure residents to Rural Opportunity Zones
Gov. Sam Brownback wins final legislative approval for a plan offering income tax relief to out of state movers. Fifty counties with population declines would become Rural Opportunity Zones, allowing new residents a five year tax break and optional student loan assistance to spur rural repopulation and economic recovery.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Kansas
House
Brownback
Senate
U.S
County to appoint new emergency manager Monday
Finney County commissioners will formalize the appointment of Ralph Rojas as county emergency manager at 8 30 a m Monday in the County Administrative Center. Rojas, a utilities supervisor, replaces Cathy Hernandez and will report to the sheriff while guiding county wide emergency preparedness programs. Commissioners will also review requests for a share of the 2011 alcohol tax for park and recreation projects.
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Finney County
Ninth St
Ralph Rojas
Finney County Public Works
Gctelegram
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Board of Ed
Brad Nading
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