Blues at the Zoo benefits Lee Richardson Zoo
Tickets are on sale for May 10 as The Nighthawks headline a Blues at the Zoo charity. Proceeds support Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo and a new primate exhibit. Advance tickets 10 dollars, at multiple local outlets. gate price 20 dollars. children five and under free. Zoo closes 4 pm for setup, gates reopen 6 pm, concert 7 pm. Information 276-6243 or folrz.org.
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Mobile Veteran Help Office At Garden City Walmart
The Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Mobile Office will be at the Garden City Walmart parking lot from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to offer free assistance to veterans and family members. Veterans service representatives will help access benefits such as service connected disability compensation, improved pension with aid and attendance, death pensions, VA health care, education benefits, and vocational rehabilitation.
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Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
Garden City
Walmart
Veteran Services
Zoo Doo sale at Lee Richardson Zoo April 26
Lee Richardson Zoo will offer its Zoo Doo compost by scoop bag or bucket from 9 a.m. to noon on April 26 south of the zoo on Finnup Drive. The dry compost blends exotic animal manure food waste and bedding to improve soil aeration reduce compaction and add micronutrients. Bags cost five dollars for 45 pounds scoops twenty five dollars. buckets may be filled for one dollar per five gallon bucket.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Finnup Drive
Zoo
Aqueduct idea gains favor as Kansas water plan
Kansas scholars and officials weigh a vast aqueduct to tap excess Missouri River water and move it west to Utica for irrigation and possible Ogallala recharge. Costs cited range from 4 to 23 billion dollars, with supporters calling it a utility-like future water source amid rising demand and political hurdles.
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Kansas
Bill Golden
Aqueduct
Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
Utica
Golden
Doll
Garden City
Missouri
Southwest Kansas
Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3
Mark Rude
Edwards County
Hays
Arizona
Rude
Ogallala
YMCA Easter Eggstravaganza Draws Hundreds of Kids
About 500 children plus relatives attended the YMCA Easter Eggstravaganza from 7 to 9 PM Saturday. The event featured egg hunts, egg dying, crafts, swimming, carnival games, and inflatables. Organizers expected 600 to 700 attendees and handed out bags for collecting eggs while prizes included Easter baskets.
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Garden City Family Ymca
Jaylene Gramajo
Tristen Gramajo
YMCA
Tristen
Dawson McQuitty
Krystal Richardson
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Desiree McMillan
Vicky Frias
Aide Saldiver
Vicky
Aide
Desiree
Joey
Tyler Williams
Silas Pineda
Garden City
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