JAG program at GCHS to be honored at homecoming
During Garden City High School homecoming football game with Wichita East, the JAG program at GCHS will receive the statewide 5 of 5 Award for high standards in graduation post graduation employment and post secondary enrollment. Principal Steve Norby and Superintendent Steve Karlin will accept the honor.
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GCHS
Garden City High School
Wichita East
Jobs For America
Kansas
Matthew Fearing
Anna Silva
Traci Martinez
Steve Norby
USD 457
Steve Karlin
KDOT releases bids for state highway work in Kansas
The Kansas Department of Transportation announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects in Kansas. In the Southwest region, an 11.8 mile miling and overlay of US 83 in Haskell County from the US 160/Kansas 144 junction to the Finney County line was awarded to J&R Sand Co. Inc., Liberal, for 1,282,245.
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Kansas
Topeka
Haskell County
Finney County
J&r Sand Co. Inc
Middle School Bands to Perform Free Concert
The Horace J. Good Middle School bands present a free 6 p.m. concert Monday in Clifford Hope Auditorium at 1412 N. Main St. The seventh and eighth grade bands perform, with the jazz band playing four pieces.
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Horace J. Good
Clifford Hope Auditorium
N. Main St
Holcomb Booster Club plans meeting on building project
The Holcomb Booster Club will host a public information meeting at 7 p.m. October 15 at the Holcomb Recreation Center Community Room 106 Wiley St regarding the Holcomb USD 363 proposed building project. The bond election is scheduled for November 17. Contact the district office at (620) 277-2629 for questions.
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Holcomb Usd
Holcomb Recreation Center
Wiley St
Crystal Apple finalists named by Garden City Chamber
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce announced six finalists for the 20th Crystal Apple Teacher Recognition program. Finalists include Jesse Bernal, Dawni Lanzmann, Barbara Ann Mercer, Lana Ratliff, Roger Reed, and Lyle Sobba. Three winners will be honored November 19 at the Clarion Inn with engraved crystal apples, $1,000 cash, and an iPad.
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Barbara Ann Mercer
Buffalo Jones
Lana Ratliff
Holcomb
Roger Reed
Charles O. Stones
Lyle Sobba
GCHS
Shonda Collins
Wheatfields On Main Inc
Collins
Crystal Apple Teachers
Finney County
Clarion Inn
Kansas Ave
Cox Communications
Chamber of Commerce
E. Fulton Terrace
Florence Wilson Celebrates 95th Birthday at Elementary School
Florence Wilson, namesake of Florence Wilson Elementary, marked her 95th birthday with students. The former Garden City teacher, who began teaching in 1940, described her philosophy of praising rather than paddling and recalled a life of teaching, travel with her husband, and honors including induction into the Kansas Teacher Hall of Fame.
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Wilson
Racheal Murungi
Florence Evelyn Wadsack
Garden City
Ravanna
Andrew Sabine
Wallace
Tom Koksal
United States
Europe
Kansas
Kansas Teacher Hall of Fame
Florence Wilson Elementary
Navigators prepare to enroll Kansans in federal marketplace
Kansas groups KAMU and Ascension Health receive federal grants to deploy navigators for the 2016 health insurance marketplace. Navigators will assist Kansans in comparing plans, estimating subsidies, and renewing coverage, with Via Christi serving multiple counties. Enrollment runs November 1 to December 15 for coverage starting January 1, with a January 31 deadline for March 1 start.
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Kansas
Navigators
Kansas Association For the Medically Underserved
KAMU
Ascension Health
Debbie Berndsen
Berndsen
Kamu Navigators
Ascension Health Navigators
Via Christi
Allen
Butler
Cowley
Crawford
Finney
Ford
Pottawatomie
Reno
Riley
Saline
Sedgwick
Sumner
Maggie Ward
Marketplace Navigators
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Stephanie Bogner
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Prudential Insurance Co
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