Thanksgiving Day Bank and Office Closures Listed
Banks and public offices in Garden City and Finney County will close for Thanksgiving. Major banks including American State Bank and Trust Co, Bank of the West, First National Bank locations, and others will shut all branches. Government offices, transit centers, zoo, education centers, and post office will also close or reduce hours with normal service resuming Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American State Bank and Trust Co
E. Mary St
Bank of the West
Kansas Ave
First National Bank
N. Main St
E. Kansas Ave
People’s State Bank
W. Laurel St
First National Bank of Holcomb
N. Henderson St
Garden City State Bank
Commerce Bank
Taylor Plaza
E Kansas Plaza
N. Seventh St
Landmark National Bank
Finney County Transit Center
N. 11Th St
CityLink
Lee Richardson Zoo
Finnup Center For Conservation Education
Finnup Drive
Zoo
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
S. Fourth St
Garden City Community College
Campus Drive
GCCC
USD 457
E. Fleming
U.S
N. Sixth St
Garden City
N. Eighth St
Finney County
N. Ninth St
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Garden City Telegram
USPS
Blood drive planned in Grant County at civic center
The Grant County community blood drive is set for December 1 from noon to 6 p.m. in the Commercial Building at the Grant County Civic Center in Ulysses. Donors aged 17 and older weighing at least 110 pounds may give, with 16-year-olds needing parental permission. Cancer survivors in remission one year may donate. Bring donor card or photo I.D.
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Grant County
Grant County Civic Center
Ulysses
Red Stocking Breakfast benefit coming up
The Red Stocking Breakfast to aid Garden City kids and families is set for December 3 from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Lone Star Steakhouse. Tickets cost $8 in advance or $10 at the door, with free meals for children 10 and under, and prize draws including an iPad 2. Proceeds support Kansas Children's Service League programs in Garden City.
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Garden City
Lone Star Steakhouse
Kansas Ave
Kcsl
Kansas Children’s Service League
Kansas to save with voluntary state employee buyout plan
About 1,027 eligible Kansas state employees will exit early with lump sums or health coverage, totaling $42.7 million in salaries. After costs, the plan saves $8.9 million this year and $25.6 million in 2018, with 25 percent of retirements expected to be replaced per guidance. Largest retirements from Social and Rehabilitation Services, Transportation, and Kansas State University.
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Topeka
Kansas
Brownback Administration
Dennis Taylor
Taylor
Sam Brownback
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Department of Transportation
Kansas State University
Sharon Schwartz
Washington
GCCC Trustees Accept Dividend and Outline Goals
Garden City Community College trustees accepted a $30,000 EduKan dividend and discussed the cosmetology program. They reviewed institutional goals and strategies, including enrollment targets and campus-wide improvements, as EduKan enrollment rose 14 percent overall and 50 percent at GCCC.
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Garden City Community College
Mark Sarver
EduKon
GCCC
EduKan
Sarver
Leslie Mason
Consortium
Barton County
Colby
Dodge City
Pratt
Seward County Community College
Garden City
Kansas State Board of Education
Mason
Kansas
Guilla Hind
Penka
Elson Martinez
Hind
Paui Pfenninger
Herbert Swender
National Center For Construction Education and Research
Wichita prepares for surge in Hispanic student enrollment
The Wichita district sees rapid growth of Hispanic students with 31 percent of the 2001 to 2002 year, up from 15.6 percent a decade earlier. Officials warn of teacher shortages for English learners and expanding ESOL training while redrawing attendance lines to preserve diversity amid rising language diversity and poverty.
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Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Karen Boettcher
Irving Elementary
Lisa Groth
Irving
Groth
Dalia Hale
Hale
Boettcher
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Brownback
Laur
Sisk
Trevor Brown
Dillons East
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Ron Schwartz
FCEDC
Schwartz
Economic Development Corporation
Eric Depperschmidt
Snender
Council For Resource Development
Washington, D.C
Martha Kanter
Wichitas
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