Kansas Sampler Festival Ends After 28 Years in Winfield
The Kansas Sampler Festival concludes a 28th and final run at Winfield Island Park May 6 and 7. The event showcases 180 Kansas towns, with Marci Penner and WenDee Rowe debuting Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers. Organizers expect 300 volunteers, crafts, music, and regional attractions amid a planned 2018 Kansas Road Trip. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 7-12.
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Milford
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Kansas Sampler Foundation
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Kansassamplerfestival.com
Doctors on Call Eye Care Program Planned by Smoky Hills
Smoky Hills Public Television hosts Doctors on Call at 7 p.m. Tuesday with an encore at 3 30 p.m. April 23. Dr. William Clifford of Fry Eye Associates Garden City will answer viewer questions during the program. Questions may be emailed to doctors shptvorg or tweeted with the hashtag DOCCall.
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Smoky Hills
Jennie Barker to cut ribbon for school trail project
Jennie Barker Elementary School plans a 6 15 p m ribbon cutting Friday for a quarter mile eight foot wide asphalt trail recently completed. The event includes a Spring Carnival and one mile fun run with wristbands for games, concessions, and support from Sunflower Foundation, Western Kansas Community Foundation and Klotz Sand and Asphalt.
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Sunflower Foundation
Western Kansas Community Foundation
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GVRV hosts musical program Tuesday with Don Eves
A musical variety program featuring vocalist Don Eves of Garden City begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Garden Valley Retirement Village located at 1505 E. Spruce St. The event is open to the public at no charge.
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Garden City
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Garden City CC Choral Pops Concert At Pauline Joyce Auditorium
GCCC Department of Music presents its annual Choral Pops Concert at 7 30 p m on April 27 in the Pauline Joyce Auditorium under J Clayton Wright and Joseph Lowry. Soloists featured and Annalise Parr and Lexi Blackburn choreograph. All concerts at GCCC are free.
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Pentatonix
Annalise Parr
Lexi Blackburn
GCCC
VA official fired after investigation into inappropriate conduct
A Topeka based VA official, Robert Downs, was terminated after an investigation into sexually charged messages with a subordinate. The two exchanged numerous internal chats from 2014 to 2016 and discussed travel plans, open marriage, and job prospects, while Downs held multiple VA positions before final termination in April 2016.
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Veterans Affairs
Health Resource Center
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Downs
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care
Joseph Burks
Asheville
N.C
Kan
June Downs
Office of Accountability Review
Capital-Journal
Member Services
Matt Eitatis
Topeka VA
Kansas lawmakers weigh five-year phase in for school funding
Kansas lawmakers debate a five-year plan to raise K-12 funding by 750 million annually, amid tax reform battles. Officials warn property taxes could surge if funded by levies, while negotiations hinge on restoring income taxes and resolving LLC loopholes, with a multi-source package seen as likely.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Laura Kelly
Kansas Supreme Court
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
Tallman
Kansas
Statehouse
Steven Johnson
R-Assaria
House
Johnson
Melissa Rooker
R-Fairway
Rooker
Steve Fitzgerald
Leavenworth
Fitzgerald
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