Holiday closings listed for area offices and banks
Area offices report Veterans Day hours with closures. Garden City and Holcomb offices open Monday while Finney County courts close. Libraries and shelters have varying hours. post offices closed though some mail may be delivered. Banks largely closed, except Wal-Mart branch of Commerce Bank open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and a few others fully closed.
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Finney County
Garden City
Commercial Federal Bank
First National Bank of Holcomb
Garden City State Bank
Home National Bank
Landmark Federal Savings Bank
Security Savings Bank
Stock Growers State Bank
Western State Bank
Deerfield High to mark Veteran's Day Friday
Deerfield High School will hold a Veteran's Day celebration in the high school gym at 2 30 p m Friday. The event aims to recognize as many Kearny County veterans as possible with Representative Gary Hayzlett and Gardiner as guest speakers. The public is encouraged to attend.
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Deerfield High School
Kearny County
Gary Hayzlett
Gardiner
Stevens Park
Finney County
Democratic Central Committee
U.S
VFW
W. Mary St
Career Day at Cimarron High School
Gray County High School students will attend Career Day at Cimarron High School on Wednesday with 23 career areas represented. Counselors and professionals will discuss nature of work entry methods education salaries trends and outlook to help students explore career paths and plan future course selections.
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Gray County High School
Cimarron High School
Maribeth Long
Connecting Families volunteers needed at Garden City office
St Francis Academy invites volunteers aged 21 and older for the Connecting Families program in Garden City. Roles include driving children to medical appointments, family and home visits, placement facility transport, and other duties. Contact Dora Rosales at 276-4482 or dora.Rosales st-francis.org or Dave Jacobs at 785-825-5229 ext 320 or dave.Jacobs st-francis.org.
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Garden City
St. Francis Academy
Connecting Families
Dora Rosales
dora.Rosales
St-Francis.org
Dave Jacobs
dave.Jacobs
Stovall fights Microsoft over fair competition in antitrust case
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall said the multi state suit against Microsoft focuses on fair competition and consumer protection, criticizing the federal settlement as insufficient. She noted licensing disputes with Microsoft, estimated Kansas costs, and the need to pursue evidence as a federal judge sets a penalty phase for March.
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Topeka
Carla Stovall
Microsoft
Stovall
Kansas
California
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Iowa
Florida
Connecticut
Utah
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Hunters aid Emmaus House with deer meat drive in Garden City
Garden City police started last year a program pairing hunters with Emmaus House to donate processed deer meat for food boxes. Last season yielded 51 deer or about 3100 pounds. organizers expect more this year. Donors may pay processing fees, or Emmaus House may cover them, with meat, skins, and other items distributed to qualifying families on a regular schedule.
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Emmaus House
Shane Tillison
Garden City Police Department
Robin Marsh
Marsh
Ehresman Packing
E. Fulton St
Velda Plankenhorn
Ehresman’s
New York
Plankenhorn
Tillison
Crazy House
Dreamcoat opens at Garden City Community College this weekend
GCCC presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building with shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Directed by Skip Mancini, the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is a GCCC music department production. Saturday night is sold out. tickets are $6.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
GCCC students collect bears for holiday giving
Garden City Community College students and Phi Theta Kappa chapters collected more than 800 teddy bears for donation through a regional challenge. Bears were gathered from campus groups and local donors, to be distributed to service agencies and children in need, with a regionwide total to be reported at the Hutchinson conference.
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John Deere
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Phi Theta Kappa
Alpha Xi Upsilon
Shelia Hendershot
PTK
Missouri
Kansas
Cynthia Johnson
Hen
Goodwill Industries
Salvation Army
Kip Nichols
Garden City
Hutchinson
Johnson
Kansas Coalition of Domestic Violence
KCDV
Penka
Nursing Department
Nathan Meeks
Liz Sosa
Family Crisis Services
Grehar 'Tat
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Garden City City
Holcomb City
Deerfield High
Cimarron
Laurie Bean Chapman
St. Mary Church
Grant County Chamber of Commerce
Adobe Museum
Ulysses
Russ’s Gift Center
Golden Plains Credit Union
Deerfield Umw
Deerfield
Main Street
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