Music concerts on tap next week in USD 457
A number of music concerts are scheduled next week in USD 457 schools. The concerts are free and open to the public.
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MARKET PRICES
Grain Prices at Garden City Co-op Wheat: 8.21 Corn: 6.13 Milo: 5.93 Soybeans: 11.80 Schwieterman Inc. reported Chicago Live Cattle Futures December February April Last: 138.175 140.15 143.15 High: 138.525 140.375 143.325 Low: 137.85 139.80 142.825.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY, DEC. 6 GARDEN CITY — USD 457 Board of Education: 6 p.m.
K-State head touts land-grant background
The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday selected Richard Linton as the new president of Kansas State University. Linton is currently the dean of North Carolina State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Works in Progress
Garden City Community College’s Mercer Gallery is hosting the GCCC Visual Arts Faculty Biennial as its latest exhibit, featuring artwork by Brian K. McCallum and Michael K. Knutson, through Dec. 14.
Cram the Van events set records for food banks
SCOTT CITY – Wheatland Electric’s annual Cram the Van food drive has, once again, collected more food for local food banks than in previous years, raising a total of 44,576 pounds this year. This year’s collection brings the combined eight-year total to over 86 tons of non-perishable food items donated, which is a 573% increase since the program’s inception in 2014.
Mobile Food Pantry set for Dec. 9
The monthly Mobile Food Pantry for Finney County will be held on Thursday, Dec. 9, at The Community Church, 614 N.
DeLorenzi joins Siena Medical staff
Raymond DeLorenzi, MD, will be beginning his practice at St. Catherine Hospital’s Siena Medical on Dec.
Justices’ assurances on abortion now in doubt
WASHINGTON – During his Senate confirmation hearing as a Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh convinced Sen. Susan Collins that he thought a woman’s right to an abortion was “settled law,” calling the court cases affirming it “precedent on precedent” that could not be casually overturned.
210,000 US jobs added in November
WASHINGTON – America’s employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding 210,000 jobs, the lowest monthly gain in nearly a year. But Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the nation’s unemployment rate tumbled from 4.6% to 4.2%, evidence that many more people reported that they had a job.