Advance voting deadline looms for area voters
Voters may cast advance ballots at Finney County Clerk's office, 311 N Ninth St, until noon Monday. The office is open 8 to 5, with 98 advance votes recorded by Wednesday. Ballots cover all districts in the county in Spanish and English for city, school, and college races statewide.
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Finney County Clerk's Office
Ninth St
City Garden City
Holcomb City Council
Holcomb
Garden City Community College
Garden City Usd
Holcomb Usd
Violence in Health Care Seminar Set at GCCC and St. Catherine
A joint seminar titled Violence in Health Care for social workers emergency room staff RNs LPNs and administrators is scheduled from 8 30 a m to 4 p m on April 4 in the GCCC Student Center Endowment Room. Linda Morgan and Dave Smith will lead the program offering 80 contact hours and covering safety issues types of workplace violence crime prevention reporting and documentation. Registration is 75 with lunch not provided and a $10 late fee after Thursday. Substitutions are allowed and contact details are Paula Moisio and Mary Adam for enrollment information.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Gccc Allied Health
Department of Public Safety
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Paula Moisio
Paula.moisio
Gcccks
Allied Health
Mary Adam
Mary.adam
Geccks
Garden City Community College to offer home plumbing class
Southwest Kansas homeowners may enroll in a five session evening course on basic plumbing taught by Sam Ortiz, a 22 year GCCC Maintenance veteran. The class runs Tuesdays 7 to 9 pm from April 1 to 29, with a $119 fee for plumbing and electrical wiring, or $99 for flooring. Registration via Paula Moisio or Shannon Ortega or in the John Collins Technical Building CECS office. enrollment limited and contingent on sufficient signups. Road conditions hotline provided.
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Southwest Kansas
Garden City Community College
Sam Ortiz
GCCC
Paula Moisio
Paula
Moisio
Shannon Ortega Shannon
Ortega
Gcccks
CECS
John Collins Technical
Weekend rodeo and literacy fair set in Garden City
The 2003 literacy fair runs 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Garden City Community College with Shakespeare Paul Revere and a Civil War soldier in costume, plus Latin Lingo performances and a books on the bus program. The 36th annual GCCC Intercollegiate Rodeo follows, with events at the Finney County Fairgrounds and tickets at the gate. A benefit for Tabitha Redden includes dinner, auctions, and a dance at Fiesta Courtyard. Additional events include Pinocchio Commedia, Glenn Miller tribute by Singin' Saints, Amelia Earhart talk in Liberal, and more weekend activities across Finney and surrounding areas.
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Garden City
Garden City Community College
William Shakespeare
Paul Revere
Finney County Literacy Council
Holcomb
GCCC
Barbara Larson
Leigh Ann Roderick
Kansas
National Rodeo Association
Finney County Fairgrounds
Tabitha Lynn Redden
Roger and
Tisha Redden
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Aaron Knight
Tabitha
Reddens
Western State Bank
Tabitha Redden
Pinocchio Commedia
Pauline Joyce
Amelia Earhart
Earhart
Ann Birney
Mid- America Air Museum
W. Second St
Liberal
Atlantic Ocean
Garden City Recreation Commission
Baby camel born at Wild Asia exhibit in Lee Richardson Zoo
A Bactrian calf weighing 80 pounds was born Wednesday at Wild Asia. The newborn briefly needed veterinary help to remove a merconium plug and was bottle fed after the mother briefly rejected her. Zoo staff report the calf is healthy and on display with hopes of reattachment to the mother.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Kathy Sexson
Zoo
St. Louis Zoo
Sexson
Holcomb council approves office facelift and housing project
Holcomb City Council approved new carpet for city offices at 4,456.23 from Jarnagin Construction, with Jamie Jarnagin abstaining. The Cambridge Square Addition No. 2 plat was unanimously approved, adding 20 homes along Sydnee Lane. The body also authorized a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria lease for the police, with a 21,729 bid from Burtis Motor Co. at the last meeting. The next meeting is April 9 at 7 p.m. with swearing in of new officials.
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Holcomb
Lisa Stabb
Jarnagin Construction
Cimarron
Jamie Jaragin
Justin
Cambridge Square Addition No
Sydnee Lane
Ryan Street
Police Department
Burtis Motor Co
Garden City
Holcomb City
N. Lynch
Dennis Lauer
Terry Crain
Holcomb City Council
Jarnagin
Bruce Heinitz
Charles Morgan
Steve Detty
Panel eyes online higher ed boost for southwest Kansas
A Kansas Board of Regents study group weighs expanding access to college in southwest Kansas with more education, nursing, and business offerings at flexible sites and online. Costs would run 100000 to 186000 dollars, with final recommendations due in April as Fort Hays State, K State, Emporia State, and Dodge City Community College participate.
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Topeka
Kansas
Board of Regents
Carol Ballantyne
Garden City Community College
Ballantyne
Fred Kerr
Pratt
Kerr
Fort Hays State
Kansas State Universities
Dodge City Community College
K-State
Dodge City
Fort Hays
Ed Hammond
Emporia State University
Kay Schallenkamp
Lew Ferguson
Board of
Regents
Washburn
Hammond
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N. Main St
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Glenda Owens
United Methodist Church
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Lori Beckler
Heritage Keepers
Beckler
Wichita
Dee Brestin
Colorado
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Wiks
Brad Nading
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