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Up for bid: Chance to donate to scholarships
Published 4/8/2010 in Local News
By The Telegram
The Garden City Community College Endowment Association Scholarship Auction, with the theme of "Who's Your Caddy?", is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Finney County Exhibition Building on the fairgrounds in Garden City.
Doors open to admission wrist band wearers at 6 p.m., with a silent auction starting at 6:30 p.m. and the live auction starting at 7:30 p.m. Wrist band prices increased to $25 after Wednesday. For more information and reservations, call 276-9578. Wrist bands are available from Keller-Leopold Insurance, Kinney Glass, Goldworks, Culligan of Southwest Kansas, Skeeter's Body Shop, Burtis Motor Co. and GCCC Endowment Association Office, plus association board members.
Entertainment will be provided by the GCCC jazz band. The wrist band admission cost also includes refreshments provided by Culligan of Southwest Kansas, Western Beverage, Southwest Distributing, Great Western Dining and Pepsi.
Light snacks will be provided, and the GCCC meats team will offer dinner at a variety of prices: $10 for prime rib with all the fixings; $8 for pulled pork sandwiches with the fixings; or $4 for a pulled pork or pork loin sandwich.
The association also is conducting a donation drawing for a 2010 Dodge Challenger SE. Sponsors of the car are Keller Leopold Insurance and Skeeters Body Shop. For a donation of $50, people can enter to win the car. The winner's name will be drawn at the conclusion of the auction, but it's not necessary to be there to win.
The 32nd annual auction also will include Miss Kansas 2009, Becki Ronen. She will mingle with the crowd, and take the stage throughout the evening to draw names of finalists and will draw the final winner in the drawing for the new car.
Items that have been donated for the live and silent auction include: a multi-admission movie and concession package from Mitchell Theaters-Sequoyah Eight Cinema; Denver Bronco tickets; a Lazy-Boy recliner from Garnand Fine Furniture; a vacation home package at Table Rock Lake, given by Chris McKinney of Garden City; a U.S. Air Force Academy golf package, with accompanying academy football tickets, provided by Burtis; a golf package at Highlands Ranch in Colorado, including two 18-hole rounds, plus overnight accommodations and other features; and a full orthodontic package, offered by Dr. Timothy Hanigan and Dr. Christina Hanigan.
Some donors are providing golf-related items, too, including a Nike driver from Cole's Golf Shop at Buffalo Dunes; and a Caddy Shack package, in which volunteer public officials and community leaders will provide personal caddy services for the successful bidder.
Other weekend event's include:
* This week's selection in the Second Friday Films series shown at the Finney County Public Library, 605 E. Walnut St., is about a down-and-out restauranteur and his neighbor who hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their Newfoundland town. The Canadian comedy/drama/mystery stars William Hurt and Molly Parker.
The films, which are shown at 7 p.m. on the second Friday of the month, are selected by the Southwest Arts & Humanities Council Film Committee. No admission is charged, and refreshments are available. Participants are advised to check the ratings as some films will not be appropriate for young children. According to the copyright license held by the library, the titles of the films cannot be published anywhere but at the library. For more information, call the library, 272-3680, or the ArtCenter on Main, 260-9700.
* Bible Christian Church, 1501 E. Mary St., will hold a day of service from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Everything is free including free clothes, free children's haircuts, Ident-A-Kid with the Garden City Police Department, child dental screening and fluoride treatment, health checks, cancer screening, EKG testing with Garden City Community College students, and screening from Russell Child Development Center. For more information, call 276-8356.
* The Finney County Historical Society's annual spring banquet is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at the St. Dominic Parish Center.
During the banquet, the historical society will announce the winners of this year's Pioneer Family awards, which go to two Finney County families who have contributed significantly to the county's history. This year, the historical society will be honoring the Maestas and Richmeier families.
Tickets are $16 for society members and $18 for non-members. For reservations, call the Finney County Historical Museum, 272-3664.
* The Scott City Jamboree will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Senior Center in Scott City. Participants are invited to bring snacks to share if they wish; small monetary donations also are appreciated.
* A free concert featuring Celtic guitarist Jerry Barlow will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Finney County Public Library, 605 E. Walnut St.
Barlow's repertoire consists of traditional Celtic tunes and his own compositions he performs on his acoustic guitar, along with offerings of his humor and the legends behind the music. He has developed alternate tunings and fingerstyle techniques to play the Celtic music, melodies which have been played primarily on the harp, flute, pennywhistle and fiddle for centuries.
Barlow has been featured in "Fingerstyle Guitar" magazine and has performed for the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music and at other Denver events, including the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, the Denver Center for Performing Arts and the Swallow Hill Music Association.
For more information, call the library at 272-3680.
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