Computer classes in Holcomb offer basic skills
Garden City Community College hosts an eight week Basic Computer Skills course for Holcomb seniors. The program runs Tuesdays 6 30 to 8 30 p m from Oct 4 to Nov 22 at Holcomb Middle School with Colleen Lauer leading. Tuition is 60 for adults 61 and under and 21 for those 62 and older. Enrollment contacts: Mary Olson 276 9535 maryolson gcccks edu or Steve Johnson 227 2063.
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Deadline set for Eighth Sandhills Art Exhibit submissions
Friday is the deadline to submit original artworks for the Eighth Annual Sandhills Art Association exhibit. Complete entry forms and a $20 fee must be delivered by 5 p.m. to Mercer Gallery on the College campus.
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Sandhills Art Association
Mercer Gallery
Garden City Community College
Access Fundamentals set for Oct 11 13
Enrollment under way for Access Fundamentals, a computer application course at Garden City Community College. The two-session program runs 1 to 5 p.m. October 11 and 13, hosted by the Business and Industry Institute, and offers hands on data work. Participants should know Windows, keyboard, and mouse before enrollment.
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Access Fundamentals
Garden City Community College
Garden City Community College Business and Industry Institute
Retirement Planning Course at Garden City CC Oct 18
Garden City Community College Continuing Education hosts a two hour Retirement Planning course from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on October 18 in the Bill Kinney Room Beth Tedrow Student Center. Instructor Grant Elpers of A.G. Edwards will cover IRAs bonds trusts and options for family financial security. The $15 fee includes guidance and registration through the CECS Office at 276-9647 or cecs geccks.edu.
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Grant Elpers
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Kansas meth lab seizures drop after cold medicine law
Kansas reports a 64 percent drop in meth lab seizures from June to August 2005 versus 2004, following a law restricting pseudoephedrine and ephedrine sales to behind counters in pharmacies. From January through May seizures also fell 31 percent. Law requires ID logs and limits on weekly purchases.
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Oklahoma
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
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Senate
Derek Schmidt
Schmidt
Garden City Marketfest and Homecoming Parade Weekend
Downtown Garden City hosts Marketfest 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday with 35 vendors, the Nasduck 500 Race, and prizes including a Kenmore grill. Garden City Community College also holds a homecoming parade at 9 a.m. Saturday and a tailgate before the 7 p.m. football game versus Highland Community College.
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Main Street
Grant Avenue
Downtown Vision Inc
Downtown Merchants Association
Downtown Vision
Cathy McKinley
GCCC
Memorial Stadium
Highland Community College
Amber Sligar
Phi Theta Kappa
Tiffany Ball
Centennial
Colo
Kameshia Melton
Grapevine
Texas
Karla Camacho
Deanna Gutierrez
Garden City Latin Heat
Marcus Cross
Houston
Athletes Association
Elbin Palencia
Garden City Halo
Allen Wilkins
Gaffney
S.C
Black Student Union
Ben Lamb
SGA
Keith Fine
Coldwater
Mary Jo Williams Comprehensive Learning Center
Holcomb to Launch City Website After CivicPlus Deal
Holcomb city council approved a revised CivicPlus contract, including a one-time $2,400 fee and $80 monthly usage. The site will enable online bill pay for trash, sewer, and water, with six hours of training and ongoing maintenance. A separate interlocal agreement discussion with Garden City and Finney County covered a proposed quarter-cent sales tax for economic development, with action deferred.
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Robin Pena
Pena
William
Heydman
Garden City
Finney County
Kansas forms Food Policy Council to boost local foods
Kansas to launch the Kansas Food Policy Council in Salina with Rod Bremby announcing. Dan Nagengast leads a program funded by a federal grant to connect Kansans with state grown foods, improve health, support local economies, and reduce hunger. The council, run by the Kansas Rural Center, aims to broaden input by including anti hunger groups and food service advocates and to link farmers with schools, prisons, and public venues. Iowa and Oklahoma already have similar councils aiding farm to school efforts and local procurement.
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Kansas Food Policy Council
Kansas
Rod Bremby
Salina
Food Council
State Council
Dan Nagengast
Lawrence
Kansas Rural Center
Whiting
Maura McDermott
Kerr Center For Sustainable Agriculture
Oklahoma Food Policy Council
McDermott
Oklahoma
Food Policy Council
Iowa
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