Health Club 5K and One-Mile Race at Jennie Wilson ES
Jennie Wilson Elementary hosts a Health Club 5K and a one mile race on Saturday with 8:15 a.m. registration and a 9:00 a.m. start. Medals go to all children 10 and under and top male and female in seven age groups. Free will donations enter participants for prizes including an autographed NFL Chiefs football and a Garmin device. call (620) 805-7750 for details.
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Jennie Wilson
NFL Kansas City Chiefs
Finney County Not Part of Special Election Reminder
Finney County clerk reminds voters that the county is not in the Fourth Congressional District race between Ron Estes and James Thompson. The special election to fill the Pompeo vacancy is not statewide. Finney lies in the First District represented by Roger Marshall.
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Finney County
Wichita
Ron Estes
James Thompson
Mike Pompeo
Roger Marshall
Kids Fun Shoot set for Saturday at Garden City
A Kids Fun Shoot organized by Finney County Game War den Angie Reisch runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Garden City Trap and Skeet Club. Free event for youths 9 to 17 features shotgun and pellet rifle shooting, lunch, and aims to teach hunting, wildlife conservation, and gun safety. space is limited with registration required at (620) 227-8609. sponsored by the Southwest Kansas Mule Deer Foundation, Garden City Trap Club, and Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.
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Finney County
Angie Reisch
Garden City
The
Southwest Kansas Mule Deer Foundation
Garden City Trap Club
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
USDA permits emergency grazing on CRP lands after wildfires
The USDA authorized emergency grazing on CRP lands in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas to aid ranchers hit by fires. Counties affected include Clark Comanche Ellis Ellsworth Ford Hodgeman Kiowa Lane Lincoln Meade Ness Russell and Seward. About 630000 acres burned, 3000 to 9000 cattle lost, large hay and fencing losses totaling around 36 million dollars.
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USDA
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Michael L. Young
Clark
Comanche
Ellis
Ellsworth
Ford
Hodgeman
Kiowa
Lane
Lincoln
Meade
Ness
Russell
Seward
Stauth to Feature Curtis Photo Exhibit at Museum
Stauth Memorial Museum will host an Edward S. Curtis Southwest Indian photos exhibit from April 15 to May 28. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 30 p.m. Tue through Sat and 1 30 to 4 30 p.m. Sun at 111 N Aztec St Montezuma. Tours by appointment at (620) 846-2527. closed Easter Sunday. Admission is free with donations accepted.
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Edward S. Curtis
Stauth Memorial Museum
Aztec St
Montezuma
Abe Hubert Elementary Earns Energy Bus Certification
Abe Hubert Elementary School in Kansas becomes the first certified Energy Bus School. Principal Martha Carter announced the milestone during a staff celebration with cake and games, and a visit from Energy Bus for Schools Leadership Journey CEO Niki Spears is planned this summer. The program promotes positive leadership and a constructive school culture, with staff and students embracing the seven guiding principles.
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Abe Hubert
Martha Carter
Kansas
Carter
Cloud Nine
John Gordon
Niki Spears
Energy Bus For Schools
Gordon
Energy Bus
EBSLJ
USD 457
Cross
Julissa Flores
Garden City USD 457 approves paper and window bids
The board approved a 74230.80 contract with Contract Paper Group of Uniontown for annual copy paper and a 50500 bid from Roth Glass of Garden City to replace Charles O Stones Intermediate Center windows. Certifications include retirements, resignations, and new hires across multiple schools with May 22 effective dates for resignations.
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Garden City
USD 457
Board of Education
Uniontown
Ohio
Roth Glass
Charles O. Stones
Jane Shoup
Florence Wilson
Jonathan Ajax
Horace Good
Emily Dizmang
Buffalo Jones
Jacob Huff
Bernadine Sitts
Leah Molek
Abe Hubert
Clarice Nelson
Jennie Wilson
Nicole Allen
Makala Leichtenberg
Victor Ornelas
Becky Alexander
Georgia Matthews
Kayla Bugstedt
Rachel Chapman
Kansas House sends strong-beer measure to Senate
The Kansas House approved an emergency final action sending a bill to the Senate. The measure would allow 3.2 percent beer licenses to stock up to 6 percent beer by April 1 2019 and permit retailers to sell nonalcoholic merchandise up to 20 percent of total gross sales while liquor stores could sell cigarettes and lottery tickets. The bill aims to ease sales in convenience grocery and drug stores amid a long running clash between large chains and small independent liquor retailers led by Uncork Kansas.
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Kansas
Senate
Dillons
Hy-Vee
Quicktrip
Casey’s
Uncork Kansas
Kansas Association of Beverage Retailers
Erin Davis
Ken Corbet
Brandon Whipple
Wichita
Annie Kuether
Carmichael
R- Olathe
House
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Educational Support Center
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Ember Dortch
Garden City High School
Louis Blake Freeland
Hye Jung Lee
Jennie Barker
Emily Shrimplin
Donna Welch
George Smith
Victoria Thu Laing
Gertrude Walker
Anon Tidmore
Karen Chaparro-Gutierrez
ELF
Garfield Early Childhood Center
Gloria Allen
Transportation Department
Shayla Seibert
GCHS
Thad Alston
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