Garden City Closings Report for Good Friday
Garden City institutions list Friday closings including Garden City Community College Saffell Library Finney County Learning Center Bible Christian Academy USD 457 USD 363 St Mary Catholic School St Dominic Catholic School United Methodist Mexican American Ministry and Farm Credit of Garden City Bank. The Telegram will publish Friday Monday closings and American Ministries Monday.
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Garden City Community College
Saffell Library
Finney County Learning Center
Bible Christian Academy
St. Mary Catholic School
St. Dominic Catholic
United Methodist Mexican American Ministry Bank
Farm Credit of Garden
Garden City Community College Saffell Library
USD
United Methodist Mexican American Ministries
Garden City set for two hotel grand openings Thursday
The Comfort Inn at 2608 E. Kansas Ave opens with a 4 to 6 p.m. ceremony featuring a ribbon cutting by the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce and free room stays. The Americ Inn at 3020 E. Kansas Ave begins at 4:30 p.m. with a 5 p.m. ribbon cutting. Both hotels offer multiple room types and amenities. Meanwhile the Finney County Health Department promotes National Infant Immunization Week with free vaccines for ages 18 and under from 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. on the first Monday of each month, including May 5.
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Garden City
Comfort Inn
Kansas Ave
Americnn
Finney County Health Department
Zero Road
Health Department
Seder Feast Set at Presbyterian Church on Maundy Thursday
A Seder Feast will be held at the Presbyterian Church on Maundy Thursday. The traditional Passover meal starts at 6 p.m. at the church located at 1719 Texas Street.
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Presbyterian Church
Texas St
Retired school personnel to meet
The Sunflower Unit of the Kansas Association of Retired School Personnel will meet at noon Friday at Wheat Lands Convention Center. Delphi Messinger will give a presentation, and the president and treasurer for 2003 04 will be elected. Reservations by noon Thursday at 275 5566. Road Condition Hotline 1 800 585 7623.
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Sunflower Unit
The
Kansas Association of
Wheat Lands Convention Center
Lee Richardson Zoo
Delphi Messinger
FCEDC okays incentive policy changes in Garden City
Finney County Economic Development Corp votes 6-0 to approve revisions to a unified sales tax incentive policy guiding aid for infrastructure projects up to 80 percent over 15 years. The Home Depot previously received 1.5 million in incentives. policy tweaks address labor supply and funding concerns, with review set for May 13. Budget adjustments for 2004 total 152,222, funded by a quarter mill levy.
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
von Hunn
Garden City Commission
Home Depot
City Commission
Garden City
Bob Halloran
FCEDC
Halloran
George Hopkins
Carol Meyer
Steve O’brate
Hunn
Dennis Smith
Odds for casino bill widen in final session push
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius insists the gambling bill is not dead as the Legislature nears its wrap up. Supporters push for slot machines at Wichita, Kansas City, Frontenac, and Dodge City while opponents fear public policy risks and budget trades. Dodge City backers see casino profits funding Boot Hill Museum improvements and regional tourism. A local poll shows 69 percent favor a single-site facility in Ford County.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Senate
Sebelius
Wichita
Kansas City
Frontenac
Dodge City
House
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Southwest
Morris
Tim Huelskamp
Fowler
Missouri
Kansas
Boot Hill
Jeff Thorpe
Lob
Byist
Boot Hill Gaming Inc
The
Museum Board
Thorpe
Biloxi
Miss
Booneville
Boot Hill Museum
High Plains Publishers
Ford County
Robin Jennison
Wichita Greyhound Park
Pizza Hut fined for food code violations in Kansas
Kansas health officials fined Mid Plains Pizza Inc, owner of a Garden City and Liberal Pizza Hut, $1,000 split as two $500 penalties for violations of the state food code. An employee was observed handling pickle spears and bread sticks without gloves or tongs on Jan 24 and chopping a tomato Feb 13 without proper utensils.
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Pizza Hut
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Mid Plains Pizza, Inc
Garden City
Liberal
Sharon Watson
KDHE
301
Kansas
Watson
Veto halts ag tourism bill stuns Kansas farm activist
Gov Kathleen Sebelius vetoed Senate Bill 134 aimed at creating limited liability for farmers inviting public on land for agritourism. Proponents, including Kansas Sampler Foundation director Marci Penner, said it would boost rural economy, while Sebelius warned of safety risks. Lawmakers consider overriding veto. Separately, Garden City drug task force arrested Victor Martinez and Pedro Briseno Valazquez after stopping a vehicle, seizing 120.2 grams of meth with an estimated $12,000 street value and recovering a 1994 Chrysler LHS. Martinez and Briseno Valazquez face multiple meth-related charges and await bond hearings.
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Topeka
Marci Penner
Inman
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Penner
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Senate
House
Sebelius
Garden City
Finney County
Gibson Auten
Auten
Martinez
Briseno-Valazquez
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Jeff Whitham
Finney County Commission
Pete Olson
Matt Kirby
Baldwin
Alferd Packer
Lawrence Post Office
Lawrence
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Chris Steineger
Ckansas City
Las Vegas
Oklahoma
Steineger
Kdhe Fine
Kent Colvin
Mid Plains
Senate Commerce
Karin Brownlee
Rosathe
Brownlee
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