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Mercer Gallery exhibit features two artists

BY GCCC INFORMATION SERVICES The Garden City Community College Mercer Gallery exhibit for April is featuring Josh Knott and Josh Novak from Crowder College in… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

ON TAP: Games this week

TUESDAY, APRIL 9Baseball: 6 p.m., Liberal at GCHS; 4 p.m., Holcomb at Cimarron.Soccer: 6:30 p.m., TMP at GCHS girls.Swimming: 4 p.m., GCHS girls meet (GCHS, Holcomb).Softball: 4 p.m., GCHS at Hays; Cimarron at Holcomb.Golf: 1 p.m., Holcomb boys at Goodland.Track and Field: 3 p.m., GCHS, Holcomb at Goodland.Tennis: 1 p.m., GCHS boys at Salina Central.THURSDAY, APRIL 11Baseball: 1/3:30 p.m., GCCC at Seward Co.; 4 p.m., Southwestern Heights at Holcomb.Soccer: 6:30 p.m., Dodge City at GCHS girls.Softball: 4 p.m., Holcomb at Elkhart.Tennis: 1 p.m., GCHS boys at Hutchinson.Golf: 1 p.m., GCHS boys at Newton Invite.FRIDAY, APRIL 12Softball: 2 p.m., GCHS at Dodge City tourney.Swimming: 3 p.m., GCHS girls at Wichita North meet.Track and Field: 3 p.m., GCHS at Wichita Heights.Baseball: 4 p.m., Holcomb at Colby.SATURDAY, APRIL 13Baseball: 11 a.m., GCHS at Dodge City wuad; 1/3:30 p.m., Seward Co.

Blood drives scheduled in area

During National Volunteer Month in April, the American Red Cross asks donors to help protect the blood supply by making and keeping blood donation appointments in the weeks ahead.

Kearny County students learn about fentanyl prevention

Students in Kearny County learned about fentanyl prevention April 3 in two presentations, one at Lakin High School and the other at Deerfield High School.The 45-minute assemblies featured a new DARE fentanyl curriculum designed to teach students good decision-making skills that will help them lead healthy lives and cope with high-risk circumstances including drugs like fentanyl.The Kearny County assemblies were two of the first presented in the state of Kansas using the new fentanyl prevention curriculum.Presenters included Randy Combs, Kansas Attorney General’s office Statewide DARE Program coordinator; DARE officers, Deputy Kyle Carlisle and Detective Garnett Hartman; and Kearny County Emergency Management Director Jared Webb.