GCCC Phone System Shutdown Friday For Upgrades
Garden City Community College will suspend its campus phone system from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday while United Telephone upgrades software. All voice and fax lines and campus voicemail will be unavailable, with only email functioning. Main number 276-7611 and admissions line (800) 658 1696 remain listed. Enrollment hours and locations for fall and summer are provided.
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Garden City Community College
Dodge City
Bill Hammond
Retirement reception set for Thursday
Buffalo Jones and Jennie Barker elementary schools host a retirement reception for Roberta Rhoades from 4 15 to 5 15 p.m. Thursday at Buffalo Jones Elementary School Gymnasium 708 Taylor Ave. after 31 years with Garden City Public Schools. One last instrument show at Charles O Stones Intermediate Center gym 401 N Jennie Barker Road from 6 to 7 30 p.m. Thursday invites fourth graders to try instruments for next year.
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Buffalo Jones
Jennie Barker
Roberta Rhoades
Taylor Ave
Rhoades
Garden
Ci Arenity
Charles O. Stones
Jennie Barker Road
Garden City
Bell from pre Civil War era rededicated at Lawrence High
A 1600 pound Boston made bell from 1856, once in a Lawrence Unitarian Church, was moved to Lawrence High School and rededicated in a ceremony with about 60 attendees. Class of 2004 students researched its history, and senior Karen Bentley rang it after unveiling in a glass display in the commons.
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Karen Bentley
Boston
Unitarian Church
Paul Stew
Holcomb USD 363 staff win hearing on grievances over pay
Holcomb public schools classified workers told the USD 363 Board of Education of concerns about the classified handbook and salaries. After a two and a half hour wait, the board agreed to convene an ad hoc committee in a June 7 closed session to hear their grievances, with one representative from each job category.
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Holcomb
Holcomb Public Schools
USD 363 Board of Education
Holcomb School Board
Chris Regan
Mike Pfiefer
Regan
Colleen Lauer
Skip Landis
Lauer
Pfiefer
African Choir to perform at First United Methodist Church
The African Children's Choir, a 26 member group ages 7 to 12 from Uganda and Rwanda, will give a 7 p.m. Friday concert at First United Methodist Church Garden City. They tour the United States and Canada for Music for Life, promoting education and cultural music.
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Garden City
United States
Canada
Europe
Music For Life
First United Methodist Church
N. Main St
Deborah Scott
British Columbia
Scott
Uganda
Rwanda
Africa
First United Methodist and
Garden Valley Church
Wichita
Tim Davis
First United
Wwwafrican Childrens Choircom
Ulysses weighs three outsiders for city administrator job
Acting administrator Ike Holland said a Kansas League of Municipalities search narrowed to three candidates. One is Brian Redshaw from Indiana familiar with the area, another Randy Bombardier raised in Great Bend, and a third unnamed manager from southwest Kansas. A decision may come after Thursday interviews before the end of May.
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Ulysses
Ike Holland
Kansas League of Municipalities
Syracuse
Ind
Holland
Brian Redshaw
Holsington
Indiana
Redshaw
Randy Bombardier
Ridgefield
Wash
Bombardier
Great Bend
Kansas
League
Bill Powers
Powers
Alan Olson
Olson
Charles Gregory
Gregory
John Battin
Kansas City
Zany brings edgy humor to Garden City Fiesta show
Comedian Bob Zany will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Fiesta Courtyard Garden City with doors at 7 p.m. Tickets are 10 in advance and 12 at the door. Zany tours nationwide about 45 weeks a year and hosts the Zany Report on KKJQ FM. He started on The Gong Show at 15 and has appeared on Joe Dirt Roseanne Drew Carey What: Comedian Bob Zany When: 9 p.m. Friday Doors: 7 p.m. Where: Fiesta Courtyard 1810 Buffalo Jones Ave. How much: 10 in advance 12 at the door. More at bobzany com.
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Bob Zany
Jay Leno
Zany
Los Angeles
Buffalo Jones Ave
Bobby Wild
KKJQ
Garden City
Bob Tetreault Jr
Man No. 2
Bob Zang
Fiesta Courtyard
Cruz Liquor
Comfort Inn
E. Kansas Ave
Bobby Gonzalez
Austin
Texas
Gonzalez
Kkjq FM
Bobzany.com
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