Cimarron Jamboree Set For Saturday at Senior Citizens Center
The Cimarron Jamboree will run from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Senior Citizens Over 50 on Main Street north of the courthouse. Organizers ask attendees to bring finger food and small monetary donations.
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Arbor Day celebration and poster contest winners named
Garden City Parks and Tree advisory board hosts Arbor Day event Friday at 3 p.m. in St. Dominic School gym to announce first second and third place Arbor Day poster contest winners for City of Garden City and Southwest District for 2009. A tree will be planted at the school for the city winner. Steve Michel contact 271-2929.
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Kansas promotes Come Home campaign for workers and firms
The Kansas Department of Commerce unveiled a Come Home video series at a news conference to attract workers and businesses, featuring Kansas residents and movers to highlight the state’s business climate. Separate briefings urged drivers not to text, with bills under consideration in the Senate. Kansas winter wheat remains in good shape but behind normal April headed progress, with 14 percent excellent, 59 percent good, 23 percent fair, and 4 percent poor.
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Wichita School Board Votes to Cut 117 Positions
Wichita's school board approved cutting 117 district positions amid a projected $25 million shortfall next year. Many roles were vacant due to a hiring freeze, with some staff eligible for other vacancies. Driver education layoffs drew concern over impacts on low income students and safety.
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Former Garden City mayor sworn in as Kansas regulator
Ward Loyd a former Garden City mayor and state representative was sworn in as commissioner of the Kansas Corporation Commission. Gov. Parkinson appointed him Feb 24, Senate confirmed March 10. term through March 15, 2012. Loyd, raised in Kiowa, practiced law since 1968 and previously served on the Garden City Commission and in the Kansas House. He joins Chairman Tom Wright and Commissioner Joe Harkins as a three member panel aligned with party balance.
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Veterans' group pickets Westboro church in Topeka
Illinois veterans arrived at 5 a.m. to attend Westboro Baptist Church services but were turned away from a private service. They picketed nearby with flags and patriotic signs while adults called the church not a real church.
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Doctor tried on pill mill charges in Wichita trial
Prosecutors set to portray Kansas doctor Dr Stephen Schneider and his wife Linda as a pair running a pill mill to boost profits. They face four counts of illegally prescribing drugs tied to 21 deaths, with court papers linking 47 more. The defense argues he provided high doses to chronic pain patients. Jury selection began for a potentially two month trial.
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