Short term classes offered by Garden City Community College
Garden City Community College announces short term classes from the Business and Industry Institute. Topics include volunteer management for southwest Kansas nonprofits on Oct 6, a Strategic Planning course for small organizations, an EA Forklift Trainer certification session Oct 10, a two session Access Fundamentals workshop Oct 10 and 12, and an employment laws workshop Oct 12. Cost ranges from 30 to 120 dollars with Jessica Glaze handling enrollments.
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Garden City Community College Business and Industry Institute
Southwest Kansas
GCCC
Jessica Glaze
Jessica.glaze
Day care group to hold annual board meeting
The Community Day Care Center Corp. will hold its annual board meeting at 5 30 p m Monday at the center located at 505 College Drive.
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Community Day Care Center Corp
College Drive
Intruder Threat Triggers Lockdown at Labette County High
Labette County High School in Altamont shut down for over two hours after calls warned of a possible armed intruder on campus. Authorities from Altamont Police and multiple agencies searched the building. no intruder found and students were released around 4 p.m. as the investigation continued.
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Altamont
Labette County High School
Labette County
Robert Sims
Altamont Police Department
Kansas High School
Sheriff’s Department
Sims
Small fire at Garden City High poses little disruption
Garden City High School faced a small Sunday fire in the southeast corner near the new courtyard site. No students were sent home, air was cleaned by staff overnight, and the alarm triggered the fire department at 12 32 p m. The cause is under investigation and not believed to be vandalism. Construction on the courtyard remains on track for late December completion.
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Garden City High School
Rick Atha
USD 457 Board of Education
Atha
Garden City
Allen Shelton
Darren Dennis
Maurine Kozol
Jennie Wilson
Samantha Otero
Finney County faces rising turnover among employees
Finney County officials will monitor 2006 employee turnover after 31 workers left that year, surpassing 2005. HR director Deb Hays notes nurses drive most turnover in the health department as commissioners say a rate under 10 percent is not a crisis and will continue tracking the trend.
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Finney County
Deb Hays
Hays
Don Doll
Doll
Commission
Jefferson comes alive at Garden City Community College
About 300 people experienced Constitution Day as Clay Jenkinson portrayed Thomas Jefferson in period costume at the Perryman Athletic Complex. He answered audience questions in Jefferson’s voice, discussed religious liberty and separation of church and state, and signed books after the two hour show. Jenkinson, host of The Thomas Jefferson Hour on NPR, has impersonated Jefferson for 15 years and aimed to spark interest in American history among Garden City students and local residents.
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Clay Jenkinson
Garden City Community College
Mark Jarmer
GCCC
Jenkinson
Perryman
Jefferson
Maria Lopez
National Public Radio
KANZ
Garden City
NPR
America
Arnold Davis
Farmer
Jarmer
Dennis Perryman
Scott City weighs dog ordinance on vicious canines
Scott City Council discussed drafting a future ordinance to govern vicious dogs after a resident reported a pit bull incident near a child. A committee reviews samples from other cities while City Attorney Shirley and officials prepare ideas on enforceability and definitions, including liability, vaccination, licensing, and the first bite rule.
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Steve Schmitt
Scott City
Schmitt
Terry Faurot
Chris Jurgens
Public Service
Reggie Ford
John Shirley
State's child immunization rate rises for third straight year
Kansas seen jump in vaccine coverage with 83.8 percent of children having all 14 required doses before age three, up from 66.8 percent in 2002. Officials credit Department of Health and Environment efforts amid ongoing concerns about vaccine-preventable diseases and regional mumps activity. Governor Kathleen Sebelius lauded the improvement in a prepared statement.
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Kansas
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Environment
Midwest
Kathleen Sebelius
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