Cat Canyon fundraising deadline nears at Lee Richardson Zoo
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo appeals for donations to fund Cat Canyon by November 1. Executive Director Mary Palmer notes about $13,000 remains to reach full funding after a year of events since the board set the mandate in July 2010. Donations and updates are online at folrz com and friends of the zoo pages.
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Applications open for KLC leadership initiative
Kansas organizations may apply for up to 1 million dollars in immersive leadership training from the Kansas Leadership Center. The Academy for Team Leadership offers up to 400 participants over four years, with pre application workshops in Wichita and Topeka. Applications are due January 18, 2012.
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Mercer Gallery Hosts Graduate Ceramics Exhibition at GCCC
Mercer Gallery at Garden City Community College opens the Kansas State University Graduate and Faculty in Ceramics Exhibition with a public reception Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. The show runs through Nov 22, weekdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building west wing. Admission is free. A free ceramics workshop by David W. Gallagher Jr and Steve Belz follows the reception, with lectures, meet and greet, and demonstrations scheduled Friday morning and Saturday. Reservations to participate are via Brian McCallum at 276-0419.
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GCCC scholarship drive reaches goal after phonathon
Garden City Community College Endowment Association reports final scholarship drive total at 80 317 surpassing 80 000 with 31 392 from direct mail 1 480 in phonathon pledges and 47 445 in pledges from the final night calling 250 volunteers assisted by faculty staff students with Verizon Wireless support at Beth Tedrow Student Center Oct 3 6 and Oct 10 13.
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Kansas transportation secretary to step down in December
Deb Miller, Kansas’ first female transportation secretary, will leave in December to join Cambridge Systematics Inc. as a senior associate. She has led the Kansas Department of Transportation since 2008, overseeing a $1.4 billion budget and 2,900 employees, amid a major 10-year, $8 billion transportation program.
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Kansas Gov Brownback delays Medicaid overhaul release
Gov. Sam Brownback postpones unveiling a Kansas Medicaid overhaul until November to align with a new fiscal forecast. State officials, researchers, and university economists will draft projections through June 2013 to guide budgeting and potential tax code changes including possible income tax reductions.
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Youthville to close two Newton facilities in bid to cut costs
Youthville will shutter its Newton residential psychiatric treatment facility and a male juvenile center, consolidating services with its Dodge City campus. About 79 jobs end this year while 26 remain after keeping the Newton runaways cottage and related programs. Referrals to psychiatric facilities declined statewide, Medicaid funding pressures noted.
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