First annual Day of the Dead festival observed nationwide
Lydia Gonzales sat beside an ofrenda honoring deceased family members at the first annual Dia de los Muertos event. The festival centers on remembering loved ones with family gatherings and prayers, celebrated on November 1.
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Garden City High School
Moe Paw
GCHS
Stevens Park
Garden City Arts
Lydia Gonzales
Gonzales
Mexico
Garden City
Drought Hits Kansas Cattle Industry Hard
The drought's impact extends beyond crops to the cattle sector. USDA figures show September headcount headed to feedlots in Kansas down 25 percent from September 2011, a record for that month, and cattle sold by feedlots to packers down 17 percent year over year, tied for the worst month on record.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
USDA
Three die in two-vehicle crash north of Garden City
A Garden City Community College student athlete Phillip Cook 21 from Littlefield Texas and two women from Scott City Doris Reed 81 and another woman died in a late Friday crash in Finney County on US 83 north of the 50 83 junction. The 2008 Honda CRV driven by Cook crossed left of center colliding with a 1999 Lincoln Town Car.
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Garden City Community College
Scott City
Finney County
Garden City
Phillip Cook
GCCC
Littlefield
Texas
Doris Reed
Native Burmese refugee to become U S citizen in Garden City ceremony
Dwa Tho, born in Karen State Burma, spent three years in a Thai refugee camp and five years in the United States. The 26-year-old Garden City resident will officially become a U S citizen in a naturalization ceremony in Wichita. He cites opportunities in education and economy as his motivation to stay in the United States rather than return to Burma.
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Dwa Tho
Garden City
Burma
United States
U.S
Navy
Wichita
Burmese refugee Tho to become U S citizen in Wichita
Dwa Tho, who arrived in 2007, will take his U S citizenship oath during a ceremony on November 16 in Wichita. Now a case manager and Burmese translator at Garden City Community College, he works with non English speakers and plans to visit Burma once he gains citizenship.
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Oklahoma
Beef Products Inc
Finney County
Garden City
Tho
Burma
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Access and Opportunity Center
Dwa Tho
Garden City Community College Access and Opportunity Center
U.S
Wichita
Weather Forecast Today and Tuesday Sunny Skies
Today is mostly sunny with a high of 70 and a low of 39. Tuesday will be sunny with a high of 73 and a low of 39. Details on page A8.
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Brad
Oma Gonzales
Ofrenda
Stevens Lee
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G.C
Schwieterman Inc
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