GCHS astronomy club postpones observation session
Garden City High School astronomy group rescheduled a Monday observation to Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. on Sagebrush Road recreation area one mile west of US 83. If the sky is overcast or weather fails, the session will move to Monday May 9. Public welcome. bring telescopes. contact Kevin Nyberg at Garden City High School 805-8000.
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Garden City High School
Sagebrush Road
Us-83
Kevin Nyberg
Health Literacy and Math Night at Victor Ornelas ES
Victor Ornelas Elementary will host a Family Health Literacy and Math Night from 6 30 to 8 p m Thursday. Families can visit health centers learn about a healthy lifestyle and participate in activities and information sessions from community organizations. Health screenings games and many prizes will be offered during the evening.
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Victor Ornelas
E. Spruce St
GCCC Cowboys Poets Benefit Women's Basketball Program
GCCC hosts a 7 p.m. cowboy poetry and music show in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building to support the Women's Basketball program. Performers include Allen Bailey Keith Downer Don Eves Randy Fisher and Leonard Hitz from Partners of the Prairie. Admission is 5 in advance 6 at the door with tickets at the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. Whitney Corley can provide details at 275 3234.
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Western Kansas Cowboy
Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
Whitney Corley
GCCC
Partners of the Prairie
Midwest
Bailey
Oklahoma
High Plains
Downer
Garden City
Eves
Sublette
Kansas
Fisher
Meade
Hitz
Marine Corps
Dodge City
National Day of Prayer service at Garden Valley Village
A nondenominational National Day of Prayer service begins at 2 p.m. Thursday in The Chapel at The Village at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E. Spruce St. Pastor Brad Kirk of First United Methodist Church delivers the devotional. Special music by Fielding Hands Gwyneth Frack and Doris Johansen. Call 275-5036 for details.
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Garden Valley Retirement Village
E. Spruce St
Brad Kirk
First United Methodist Church
Fielding Hands
Gwyneth Frack
Doris Johansen
Garden City GCCC among top two-year colleges in Aspen Prize race
Garden City Community College is cited by the Aspen Institute as one of 120 top two-year colleges and eligible for the $700000 Aspen Prize, with finalists based on academics, tuition, teacher-student ratios, faculty credentials, diversity, and transfer and test scores. The process evaluated 120 institutions from all states using 200910 data, with the winner to be announced in December and additional awards for runners up.
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Garden City Community College
Aspen Institute
United States
White House
Barack Obama
Jill Biden
Joe Biden
Arne Duncan
Aspen
Garden City
Kansas
Cowley County Community College
Arkansas City
Hutchinson Community College
Colorado
Carver Career Center
Charleston
W. Va
Miami Dade Community College
GCCC
Washington
D.C
Colo
Bill Clifford
Gccc Board of Trustees
Herbert Swender
Obama
Deanna Mann
Joseph Emmons
Snender
Carol Ballantyne
James Tangeman
Emmons
Inside Higher Education
Joyce Foundation
Lumina Foundation For Education
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
Career Day opens Holcomb Middle to diverse futures
Holcomb Middle School highlights careers from firefighting to zookeeping at a crowded Career Day. Students meet professionals, test tools, and discuss paths from the Coast Guard and Army to art and technology, with eighth graders and sixth graders expressing clear interests and goals.
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Holcomb Middle School
Lee Richardson Zoo
Whitney Buchman
Buchman
Mike Davis
Barry Co
Garden City
Chad Krug
Jed Cleeper
Joseline Contreras
Makentree Chappel
Michael Thomas
Coast Guard
Rebecca Kessler
Willie Haas
John Madden
Krug
Day Care Director Resigns Amid Misconduct Allegations
Community Day Care Center Inc. director Nita Shelden resigned after an allegation of professional misconduct and a board suspension. KDHE was notified, and Donnie Lalicker serves as acting director until a new leader is hired. The center, founded in 1969, continues operations with emphasis on child safety and high standards.
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Nita Shelden
Community Day Care Center Inc
Mike Scheiman
Shelden
Scheiman
Pam Tuller
Sherman
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Topeka
KDHE
Center
Donnie Lalicker
Roberta Burchett
Donnie
Sheldon
Sheiman
Senate confirms wildlife and parks head in Kansas
The Kansas Senate approved Gov. Brownback’s pick Robin Jennison as secretary of wildlife and parks by a 38 to 0 vote. Jennison, a former state House Speaker with a decade in the House, previously left re election in 2000 to start a lobbying firm while remaining a ranch partner near Healy Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
House
Robin Jennison
Wildlife and Parks
Senate
Sam Brownback
Jennison
Kansas
Healy
KU grad funds German studies with $1.6 million gift
Lawrence Kansas, AP: University of Kansas alumnus Carl C. Krehbiel is donating 1.6 million dollars to endow scholarships for two KU students to study in Germany each summer. A former Kansas House member and businessman, Krehbiel graduated from KU in 1970 after a life changing summer in Germany.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Germany
Carl C. Krehbiel
Krehbiel
Kansas House
Kansas
Kansas security reacts to bin Laden death
Kansas state and military installations heightened security after Osama bin Laden’s death in Pakistan. Gov. Sam Brownback issued a statement noting the Homeland Security Office raised its threat alert. The Kansas National Guard reports an elevated security threat and Army posts in Kansas took action.
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Topeka
Kansas
Osama bin Laden
Pakistan
Sam Brownback
Homeland Security Office
Kansas National Guard
bin Laden
Kansas parties issue bin Laden statement
In Topeka the Kansas Republican and Democratic parties issued a rare joint statement after news of Osama Bin Laden s death. GOP Chairwoman Amanda Adkins and Democratic Chairwoman Joan Wagnon say justice has been served and that we are all Americans. They thank the military for the raid that killed Bin Laden in Pakistan.
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Kansas
Osama bin Laden
GOP
Amanda Adkins
Joan Wagnon
bin Laden
Pakistan
Adkins
Wagnon
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