Homecoming Week at Garden City High Plans Themed Events
Garden City High School gears up for homecoming leading to Friday’s football game vs Wichita Northwest. Activities run Monday through Saturday with theme days Pajama Day Class Color Day Super Hero Day Favorite Team Day Brown and White Day and a Friday 6 p.m. pep rally before a 7:30 p.m. kickoff and halftime royalty presentation. A weekend Walk the Red Carpet dance costs $5 with student ID.
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Otter Exhibit At Lee Richardson Zoo Closed For Repairs
North American River otters removed to quarantine building as water and filtration system are repaired. Staff provide daily enrichment. water clarity to improve. Project expected to last two to three weeks.
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Asian culture event highlights Garden City diversity
The Garden City Cultural Relations Board invites residents to its Community Diversity Celebration of Asian Culture on October 25 from 7 30 to 9 a m at the Plaza Hotel located at 1911 E Kansas Ave Special speakers Phi Van and Mitch Young will discuss the importance of diversity and its impact on their lives in Garden City For more information contact Celyn Hurtado at 2761175 or hhurtado garden city org
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Garden-City
Holcomb Class of 57 plans reunion
The Holcomb High School Class of 1957 hosts a 50th reunion October 13 in the North Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel in Garden City at 1911 E. Kansas Ave. Alumni from 1956 and 1958 may also attend. Lorene Quint at 275-1910 provides details.
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Kansas community colleges seek sales tax shift to ease property taxes
Officials from Kansas 19 two year colleges push a half cent sales tax to replace host county property taxes. Voters in each college district would approve the shift, aiming to cut homeowner and business tax bills while broadening funding beyond local property taxes.
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Sheila Frahm
Kansas Association of Community College Trustees
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Coffeyville Community College
Independence Community College
Neosho County Community College
Ottawa
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Pratt Community College
Johnson County Community College
Pat George
Dodge City
George
Robert Maxson
Cloud County Community College
Concordia
Maxson
Kent Adams
Marlee Carpenter
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Retail Council
Morris Reeves
Dodge City Community College Board of Trustees
No Excuses Leader Dwight Jones Takes Colorado Education Post
In early 1970s Kansas a bullied black boy named Dwight Jones resolved to fight back and later vowed to improve schooling for low income and minority students. He credits the incident with shaping his belief that every child deserves education without discrimination, guiding his rise to Colorado education commissioner. He previously led Fountain-Fort Carson schools, boosting outcomes for Black and Hispanic students and earning unanimous state board support for his current role.
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Sharon Springs
Colorado
McDonald’s
Fountain- Fort Carson
Colorado Springs
State Board of Education
Parents reminded of air gun ban at GCHS
Principal James Mireles urged parents Friday to keep children from bringing Airsoft guns to Garden City High School after two Septembers incidents where students were found with the devices on campus. Police assess whether the items qualify as weapons under Kansas law.
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GCHS
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Garden City Telegram
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Brad Hoggatt
Jace Banner
Troy Davis
Giant Brenham meteorite to be auctioned in New York
A 1,410-pound Brenham meteorite found near Greensburg Kansas two years ago goes on sale October 28 at Bonhams New York with an estimated value of 630000 to 700000. It will be displayed at Union Station Kansas City until the auction.
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Hopewell Indian Mounds
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