RSVP Volunteers Help Community and Seniors Across Finney County
United Way funding supports RSVP which mobilizes 388 volunteers to log 59,800 hours between April 2009 and March 31. Dinkel cites $433,550 in community value from volunteer time, with $10,800 from Finney County United Way covering about 8 percent of RSVP’s budget.
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Marty Dinkel
Wallace
Dinkel
RSVP
Finney County
United Way
Finney County United Way funds RSVP tax program
Finney County United Way proceeds fund RSVP tax assistance from Feb 1 to Apr 15. 632 people served last year. Funds aid RSVP community service at Edith Scheuerman Elementary School with volunteers teaching service to students. Agencies served include St. Catherine Hospital Miles of Smiles Meals on Wheels and more. 35 years of service in Finney County noted.
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Dinkel
United Way
RSVP
Edith Scheuerman
St. Catherine Hospital
Fry Eye Care
Miles of Smiles
Emmaus House
USD 457
Garden City Community College
Meals On Wheels
Garden City
Dodge City
Finney County
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Finney and Kearny Counties
Community Day Care Center Inc
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
Santa Fe Trail Council
Boy Scouts of America
Finney County United Way 2011 Leadership Givers Named
This week Finney County United Way announces its Leadership Givers for 2011. Benefactors include Phil and Susan Escareno Terry and Carol Lee Tom Loker Tim and Tammy Roth John and Liz Scheppner along with Black Hills Energy employees Brungardt Hower Ward Elliot and Pfeifer employees CCAD Truck Parts and Garnand Funeral Home.
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Phil
Susan Escareno
Terry
Carol Lee
Tom Loker
Tim
Tammy Roth
John
Liz Scheppner
Black Hills Energy
Brungardt, Hower, Ward, Elliot & Pfeifer
Ccad Truck Parts
Garnand Funeral Home
GCCC enrollment steady with mixed full time trends
Kansas Board of Regents figures show Garden City Community College with 1,769 full time students this fall, a 2.2 percent drop from last year while full time equivalent enrollment rises. Registrar Unruh notes a cosmopolitan campus, 23.2 percent nontraditional students, 44 percent minority or non reported backgrounds, and Finney County residents making up 59.6 percent of enrollees. Colorado and Texas provide the next largest out of state groups.
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Kansas Board of Regents
GCCC
Steve Quakenbush
Fort Hays
Regent
Kansas
Unruh
Garden City
Finney County
Colorado
Texas
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Germany
Jamaica
Sweden
United Kingdom
Media groups condemn attacks on Iraqi journalists amid arrests
Reporters Without Borders cites three incidents where Iraqi security forces assaulted journalists at a Baghdad checkpoint after a political meeting. It condemns violence against press, notes a separate bombing injuring an Iraqiya TV anchor, and highlights ongoing dangers for journalists in Iraq alongside recent arrests of alleged al Qaeda linked operatives.
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Baghdad
Reporters Without Borders
Iraq
Iraqiya TV
Qassim al-Moussawi
Muhamed Mohammed Nayif
Al-Moussawi
Nayif
Islamic State of
al- Qaida
Majar al-Kabir
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