Memorial Day closings for Garden City and Holcomb offices
Federal and local offices in Garden City and Holcomb will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. Many city services including the library, animal shelter, and recreation departments will observe closures with limited weekday hours returning after the holiday.
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Garden City
Holcomb City
Garden City Animal Shelter
Finney County
Garden City Ymca
Garden City Recreation Commission
Finney County Public Library
Garden City Usd
Holcomb Usd
Garden City Community College
Finney County Community Learning Center
United Express
Great Lakes Airlines
Air Express Airlines
Garden City Telegram
Lee Richardson Zoo
Public Works Department
Schools raise funds for Red Cross effort statewide
Several area schools coordinated by the southwest Kansas School Food Service Association raised three hundred dollars for the American Red Cross Garden City chapter. Abe Hubert Middle School Syracuse USD 494 and Sublette USD 347 organized donation cans posters and cookie dough sales with volunteers including Jackie Pierce Connie Vogts Faye Faiser Carol Frazee and Lola Brown presenting the check to Red Cross representative Rosanne Carroll at the Garden City office. Funds support disaster relief programs and will not benefit Hoisington specifically.
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American Red Cross
Southwest
Kansas School Food Service Association
Abe Hubert
Syracuse
Sublette Usd
Jackie Pierce
KSFSA
Connie Vogts
Faye Faiser
Carol Frazee
Lola Brown
Red Cross
Rosanne Carrol
Garden City
Pierce
Food Service Organization
Hoisington
RSFSA
Construction closes Third Street on Wednesday
Third Street between Mary and Emerson Streets will close from 7 30 a m to 2 p m for power pole replacement by the Garden City electric department. Cox Communications and Southwestern Bell will lay cables on the ground at Wheatridge Road during the work.
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Third Street
Mary and
Emerson Streets
Garden City Electric Department
Cox Communications
Southwestern Bell
Wheatridge Road
Exciting Backyard Science Activities Teleconference for Kid Care
Better Kid Care hosts a live satellite teleconference titled Exciting Backyard Science Activities from 6 10 to 8 10 p m on June 7 at the Finney County Extension Office 501 S Ninth St Parents grandparents and child care providers will learn about planting kid sized gardens bird feeders backyard composting and exploring insects with children A $2 registration covers workshop costs Attendees may bring a sack supper snacks and beverages will be provided Pre register by calling 2723670 by June 6.
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Finney County
S. Ninth St
Englert buys Syracuse Journal and leads locally
Rhiannon Englert, a former reporter, purchased the Syracuse Journal from Bob Petrus and took over April 1 after the deal last week. She now handles writing, photography, ads, layout, and front page design while planning further education and eventual full computerization of the paper. The community welcomed her return as a young, hands on boss who aims to cover all news for the Syracuse area.
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Rhiannon Englert
Englert
Syracuse Journal
Bob Petrus
Kai
Bob
Lakin
Syracuse
Moran on tour Moran on tour US Rep Moran 66 county listening stops
US Representative Jerry Moran begins a 66 county listening tour across southwest Kansas with stops in Wichita County Tribune Syracuse Lakin Garden City Cimarron Hanston and other venues. Schedule lists cafe senior center courthouse and restaurant visits with times in mountain time.
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Jerry Moran
Hays
Moran
Kansas
Wichita County
Scott County Coop Association
Marienthal Road
Melvin O. Kutler
Broadway
Tribune
Hamilton County
Syracuse
Frank
E. Santa Fe
Lakin
Garden City
Endowment Room
Garden City Community College
Cimarron
Skid’s
Hanston
Kids Starbase Summer Academy planned in Garden City
Southwest Kansas hosts the first Kansas Starbase summer academy in Garden City from June 25 to 29. The five day program, run by the National Guard, Garden City Regional Airport, and Kids' Kollege at Garden City Community College, targets grades five to six with rocket building, flight simulations, aviation related work, and team building activities.
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Southwest Kansas
Kansas Starbase
Southwest
Kansas
Garden City
National Guard
Garden City Community College
Sheila Eakin
Finney County Community Learning Center
Eakin
Airport Board
Bill Clifford
Gccc Board of Trustees
Andy Perry
Topeka
Starbase
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Forbes Field
Kansas Army National Guard Aviation Training Center
Salina
Kids’ College
GCCC
Marilyn Mahan
ETS
Santa Fe Trail
Fort Larned
Veesart named Kansas Small Business Advocate of the Year
Pat Veesart, regional director of the SBDC at Garden City Community College, named Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year for Kansas by the U.S. SBA. She has led since 1998 and joined SBDC staff in 1994, praised for counseling minority entrepreneurs and developing startup training. The award was presented during SBA Small Business Week 2001 in Wichita with 10 honorees from across Kansas.
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Pat Veesart
Garden City Community College
Kansas
U.S. Small Business Administration
Veesart
Great Plains Development, Inc
Dodge City
Wichita
Sbas
Pat
Poindexter
Gccc Sbdc
Includ
SBA
Mark Nightengale
Heartland Mill, Inc
Marienthal
Marci Penner
Inman
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Terryl Spiker
First National Bank
Syracuse
Kenneth Koster
CPA
Great Bend
Sheryl Davis
Hays Sbdc
Hamilton County
Area Chamber of Commerce
Spiker
Nightengale
Organic Crop Improvement Association
Mannheim
Germany
Netherlands
Denmark
High Plains
United States
Canada
Heartland Mills
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Kid Care
Brad Nading
Truitt McDonald
Juan Moreno
Valley View Cemetery
Small Business Advocate
California
Hamilton
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