News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
Martin Gilmore/photo courtesy GCCC GARDEN CITY — Garden City Community College, High Plains Public Radio and the Tumbleweed Festival are partnering to present a Living Room Concert and a series of events geared towards providing arts and humanities education and opportunities to the citizens of southwest Kansas. The Living Room […]
By SCOTT AUST, FCEDC Director of Communications The Finney County Economic Development Corporation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday heard an update concerning the organization’s roadmap for addressing the community’s childcare needs FCEDC has been working with childcare professionals and organizations in the community for more than two years about childcare. […]
Photo by HorseThief Reservoir By SCOTT AUST, FCEDC Director of Communications In 10 years, a windswept portion of prairie in western Hodgeman County has been turned into an increasingly well-attended lake and recreation area. Last year, 36,836 vehicles were tallied entering HorseThief Reservoir, located about nine miles west of Jetmore […]
A crowd looks on during the 2018 Southwest Kansas Antiques Appraisal Fair. This year’s event is set for March 9. Registration is open for the Seventh Annual Southwest Kansas Antiques Appraisal Fair scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 9 in the Finney County 4-H Building at the fairgrounds […]
GARDEN CITY — Garden City Community College’s Student Government Association (SGA) started the “Buster Bikes” bike share program on February 7. Buster Bikes is a bicycle checkout program for GCCC students who may want or need an easy and efficient transportation solution within the city limits. The SGA Student Activities Center […]
Photo by Lee Richardson Zoo. One of the two addax calves born recently at the zoo. Lee Richardson Zoo recently announced the birth of two addax calves. The first addax calf, a healthy 15-pound male, was born in the early morning on Saturday, January 26, and the second calf, a […]
The City of Garden City will be holding Big Pool presentations next week, February 4 through February 9, to share information about the Big Pool and seek community input about how to proceed with the future of the Big Pool. Various alternatives, as well as input gathered from students in […]
The Front Door Gallery’s latest exhibit at the Finney County Historical Museum contains artifacts from World War I. The latest exhibit in the Finney County Historical Museum’s Front Door Gallery marks 100 years since southwest Kansas soldiers served in World War I. Entitled “Turning the Tide,” the display encompasses artifacts […]
Garden City Community College will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 21, in the Conestoga Arena of the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy, GCCC’s Student Government Association (SGA) welcomes guest speaker, Bryan Terrell Clark for […]
Garden City High School, home of International Thespian Troupe 2846, has been invited to present their production of Hamlet directed by Barbara Hilt, at the nation’s leading high school theatre festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. Eight schools have been invited based on productions that were adjudicated last fall; three more will […]
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