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🌱 Garden City’s Parents as Teachers earns national recognition

Garden City, Kansas Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi Garden City! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Garden City’s Parents as Teachers earns national recognition
  • How Finney County gas prices compared with Kansas in late October
  • Where Garden City stands in this week's Kansas football rankings

Also on today's calendar: Friends of the Library Booksale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunshine and pleasantly warm, with a high of 71 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Thursday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 68, low: 35.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 58 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Garden City Public SchoolsParents As Teachers Awarded Blue Ribbon Affiliate Status (westernkansasnews.com) — Garden City Public Schools’ Parents as Teachers program has earned Blue Ribbon Affiliate status following an 18-month review of its services. The early childhood program offers home visits, child screenings and connections to community resources, helping parents prepare their children for school.
   

2. Finney County saw lowest price for regular gas at $3.85 in week ending Oct. 31 (swkansasnews.com) — Finney County’s reported regular gas prices averaged $3.94 a gallon for the week ending Oct. 31, slightly above Kansas’ $3.90 average. The lowest reported county price was $3.85, according to GasBuddy customer submissions, though the figures reflect cash purchases and are not current pump prices.
   

3. This weeks Kpreps.com rankings (westernkansasnews.com) — Garden City remains outside the Class 6A top five but appears among other teams considered in this week's Kpreps.com football rankings. Across the area, Holcomb, Wichita County, Hodgeman County and Ingalls hold top-five spots in their classifications as the playoffs head into the sectional round.
   

4. Exactly how much water is my crop using? — (USGS.gov) (coyotegulch.blog) — A satellite image of irrigated fields near Garden City illustrates research aimed at giving farmers better estimates of crop water use. Cornell researcher Yun Yang wants to combine Landsat observations with other satellite data to make those estimates more detailed and timely, potentially helping guide irrigation decisions.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Cargill posted a job opening for Production Associate in Garden City. Apply here.
  • Gap posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Schulman Crossing in Garden City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garden City here.

Ok Garden City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Garden City

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