GEMS career fairs planned for St. Dominic Parish Center
The Girls and Guys in Engineering Math and Science events unfold next week at 615 JC Street with about 700 seventh grade students from Garden City Dighton Healy and Holcomb middle schools and home schoolers. Two sessions daily run 8 30 to 11 10 a m and 11 40 a m to 2 20 p m. Ana Lazarin and Alex Kanelakos will open sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively at 8 40 a m and 11 50 a m.
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Garden City
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Holcomb
St. Dominic Parish
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Wichita State University Engineering
Alex Kanelakos
NASA
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Rotary fundraiser luncheon supports grants and maps
The Rotary Club of Garden City hosts a Friday fundraiser luncheon at the Clarion Inn from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds fund Garden City High School scholarships, third grade dictionaries, and playground state map projects. Tickets are 15 dollars with a 5 dollar brunch coupon and a 50 dollar gift certificate drawing. For details call 640-1776.
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Clarion Inn
Garden City Area
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Wheatfields On Main
Santa Fe Trail Council Boy Scout Office
Nazarene Church Fall Festival Set for Saturday
Garden City Church of the Nazarene will host its annual Fall Festival on Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. at 2720 N Campus Drive. The family event offers food and games. details at gcnaz.com or 275 4278.
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Garden City Church of the Nazarene
Gcnaz.com
Light the Night with Jesus at Church of the Brethren
A free Sunday event at 505 N Eighth St invites all ages to share the light of Jesus with games prizes food and fellowship from noon to 7 p.m. at the Church of the Brethren. For more information call 276-7391.
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Church of the Brethren
Eighth St
Former GCCC president Wamsley dies at 78 in Missouri
Raymond Duane Bud Wamsley, 78, former Garden City Community College president, died Sunday in Springfield, Missouri. He led GCCC 1971–1976, securing the college's first North Central accreditation and expanding technical, career, and community programs. Funeral Thursday in Wichita with burial at Conway Springs Cemetery. He inspired nursing program growth and named Penka Building. Survivors include son Craig, daughters Lynda and Rhonda, and eight grandchildren.
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Raymond Duane Wamsley
Garden City Community College
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
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Bud
Springfield
GCCC
Asel Harder
Aquinata Penka
Penka
John Collins
DeVorss-Flanagan
Joseph W
Thomas F. Saffell
James H. Tangeman
Carol Ballantyne
Emmons
Harder
Emporia
Robert and
Isadore Wamsley
Conway Springs
Friends University
Wichita State University
University of Kansas
U.S. Army
Craig Wamsley
Aurora
Lynda Dalton
Cary, N.C
Rhonda Koropatna
Toronto
Pumpin fun reaches kids at Huber’s Farm Fresh Produce
Traci Savolt, co-owner of Huber's Produce, hosts a Halloween pumpkin education session for St Dominic and Holcomb students at 2006 E Schulman Ave. The tour shows how pumpkins grow, are eaten, carved and cooked, with each child taking home a pumpkin. Savolt emphasizes pumpkins as a high fiber health food and a link to family memories.
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Huber
Holcomb
St. Dominic Catholic School
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E. Schulman Ave
Hubers
Kansas State University Horticulturists
K-State
Huber’s
Attorney General Attacks Sentencing Plan Over Inmate Release
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six challenged a Kansas Sentencing Commission plan to increase good time credits up to 50 percent, saying it could release inmates early and raise violent crime. Republican foe Derek Schmidt accused Six of political publicity. Six noted prior opposition in 2009 and warned changes could weaken public safety amid prison crowding and budget cuts.
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Derek Schmidt
Wichita
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Kansas Sentencing Commission
Sentencing Commission
Sedgwick County
Kansas
Department of Corrections
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