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A Note from the Librarian

For the month of March, I would like to highlight our upcoming events. March is Women’s History Month and we are excited to host historian and scholar Marla Matkin with her presentation about the Santa Fe Trail in honor of the Trail’s 200th anniversary.

The women of Dodge City

You won’t find signatures from any women on Boot Hill Museum’s signature board of well-known early Dodge City citizens. It’s not there were no females in 19th century Dodge - they probably made up nearly 50 percent of the permanent residents.

As Google Voice scam proliferates, Better Business Bureau offers advice

Among the many scams that always seem to be proliferating, there is one that has been successfully victimizing people online for several months. It targets those who post about things like a missing pet or those trying to sell household items – in other words, anyone posting an ad on one of the many online marketplace sites. Your Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that fraudsters are tirelessly out to steal identities. Here’s how this scam works and how you can guard against it.

Open letter to the City Commissioners:

It is appalling to read of the decision made by you, our commissioners, to change the official newspaper from the Dodge City Globe to the Dodge City Website. This is discrimination against those do not have WiFi connections. This includes your constituents who are in longterm care settings as well as those in rural areas who do not have access to broadband.

DCCC professor selected as Astronomy Ambassador

Dodge City Community College Professor of Physical Science, Sherry Curtis Rogers, was selected recently by the SETI Institute as one of the 2022 NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA). Founded in 1984, the SETI Institute is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary research and education organization whose mission is to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and to share that knowledge with the world.