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Published 4/28/2010 in Community Guide - Entertainment

Cinco de Mayo

When: May 2, 2010

Where: Garden City

What is it: Cinco de Mayo is the remembrance of the Mexican militia's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Garden City's Mexican-American community marks the occasion with a celebration around May 5.

It began about 20 years ago, when Juan Andrade, owner of El Remedio Market, 1005 E. Fulton St., decide ...

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Published 4/28/2010 in Community Guide - Entertainment

Mercer Gallery

Ceramics, paintings, photography and other forms of art created by southwestern Kansas artists are featured at the Mercer Gallery, 801 Campus Drive, on the campus of Garden City Community College.

The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 2 to 5 p.m. Sun ...

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Restaurant business worth the sacrifice

Published 4/28/2010 in Community Guide - Entertainment

By LAURIE SISK

lsisk@gctelegram.com

According to the Garden City Convention and Tourism Bureau, Garden City is home to about 60 restaurants. In recent years, that total has fluctuated as new restaurants open and existing ones close.

Opening and running a new restaurant can be bo ...

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