Roundup of local events and fundraisers this week
Knights of Columbus fish fry at K of C Hall 205 N Eighth St from 5:30 to 8 pm. Garden City High School Vocal Music Dept Contest Cornucopia Concert at 7 pm in GCHS auditorium 2720 Buffalo Way Blvd features multiple choirs. Homestead Assisted Living hosts three programs at 7 pm Tue and 6 pm Apr 20 with public admission free. Finney County Historical Society annual meeting and banquet 7 pm Apr 26 at Garden City Church of the Nazarene includes board elections and Pioneer honorees Ville and Mildred Jennings and Ascencion Mora families with multimedia, plus a silent auction. YMCA summer camp registrations open with early bird through Apr 20 fees details and contact.
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Garden City High School Vocal Music
GCHS
Buffalo Way Blvd
Buffalo
Finney County Historical Society
Fellowship Hall
Garden City
FCHS
Garden City Family Ymca
Krystal Richardson
Gckymca. Family
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Kansas leaders eye new revenue projections for 2015
Kansas lawmakers and economists prepare to review next year’s forecast amid cautious optimism about growth. Revenue officials cite gains in individual and corporate income taxes along with sales taxes, while noting past tax cuts and a slowing reserve balance. Job growth exists but Coffeyville’s plant closure and a 4.9 percent March unemployment temper optimism as lawmakers plan the 2015 budget.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
Jeff King
Nick Jordan
King
Coffeyville
Women of Purpose award $6,000 grant to help southwest Kansas women
The Women of Purpose luncheon granted $6,000 to Family Crisis Services for personal finance classes with Seeds of Hope. Founders began in 2008 with fifty-two members pledging $1,000 each to grow a southwest Kansas endowment empowering women. The group’s theme shifts every three years to address health and wellness, now Women Wise Money and Finances.
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Margaret Meade
Women of Purpose
Southwest Kansas
Women of Purpose Foundation
Pat LeClerc
LeClerc
Family Crisis Services
Seeds of Hope
Janene Radke
Family Crisis
Radke
Robin Zauche
Shea Sinclair
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Women of
Sinclair
Megan McPhee
Garden City Recreation Commission
Waas
Community Congregational Church
Troopers Turn To Tweets To Warn On Treacherous Travel
Kansas Highway Patrol troopers formed the Tweeting Troopers to share traffic warnings and tips via Twitter. Gary Warner and Ben Gardner expanded reach during winter storms with rapid updates about slick roads and a fatal Nickerson crash, gaining thousands of followers in four months.
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Gary Warner
Kansas Highway Patrol
KHP
Warner
Southcentral
Ben Gardner
North-Central
Reno County
Nickerson
TrooperGary
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Knights of Columbus
K of C
Eighth St
Homestead Assisted Living
Henderson St
YMCA
E. Mary
Stephanie Bogner
Kansas Supreme Court
McPhee
Brad Nading
Sandsage Bison Range
Arkansas River Bridge
Friends of Sandsage
Bison Range & Wildlife Area
Facebook.com
Friends
Southard Home Improvement
Kansas Ave
Ann Aurcing
Layne Salsbury
Layne Kamirez
Main St
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