Emmaus House Cruise-In Tonight at Traditions Sandwich Shop
The Emmaus House Cruise-In runs 7 to 9 30 tonight at Traditions Sandwich and Soda Shop 121 Grant Ave Participation is open to cars trucks bikes old or new with an entry fee of 5 or a case of nonperishable food People in 1950s attire receive a free ice cream cone Music by Mobile Music Masters The 2011 giveaway car a 2006 PT Cruiser Convertible will be shown ahead of the Kool Nights Hot Cars Emmaus House Car Show on Oct 30.
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Emmaus House
Traditions Sandwich & Soda Shop
Grant Ave
Emmaus
Windsor Ambassadors Organizing Meeting in Garden City
The Finney County Preservation Alliance invites interested parties to an organizational meeting for the Windsor Ambassadors at 10 a.m. Saturday. The session at Downtown Vision, 413 N Main St, Garden City, will recruit volunteers, offer tour guide training in September, and include a behind the scenes look at current grant work with refreshments. Call Don Harness at 275-4340 for details.
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Finney County Preservation Alliance
Windsor Ambassadors
Downtown
Vision
N. Main St
Garden City
All Things
Windsor
Don Harness
Bikers breakfast planned at American Legion post
A breakfast for veterans supporters is scheduled Sunday from 8 to 11 a.m. at Harry H. Renick American Legion Post 9 located at 125 West Pine Street. The all you can eat menu features French toast bacon sausage ham eggs potatoes biscuits gravy juice and coffee for seven dollars with proceeds aiding veterans.
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Harry H. Renick American Legion
Pine St
Alzheimer’s group to hear audiologist on hearing loss
Au.D. Kim Hendricks will speak at the Alzheimer’s Support Group meeting about whether symptoms are dementia or acute hearing loss. Jenny Shipman of the Wichita Alzheimer’s Association coordinates the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Garden City on Oct. 8. Meeting starts 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church main parlor 1106 N. Main St with west entrance.
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Kim Hendricks
Jenny Shipman
Alzheimer’s Association
Wichita
Garden City
First United Methodist Church
N. Main St
Holcomb Council OKs 15-Year Waste Connections Contract
Holcomb City Council approved a 15-year contract with Waste Connections Inc for the Finney County landfill. Rates start at 43.50 per ton for the first three years with a 4 percent increase every three years, aiming to save residents money long term. The deal includes two annual community cleanups. A 25-minute closed session on personnel matters ended with no action. The council plans to meet again August 24 at city offices.
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Holcomb
Waste Connections Inc
Finney County
Gary Newman
Newman
Holcomb Council
N. Lynch St
Kansas crops hit hard by heat drought forecast
The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service lowers the corn crop to 495 million bushels, down 15 percent from last year, with yields averaging 110 bushels per acre the lowest since 1983. Sorghum and soybean outputs fall 28 percent, winter wheat remains at 273 million, and alfalfa hay down 21 percent.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Sue Schulte
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Schulte
GCCC joins nine colleges in new Kansas job grant drive
Garden City Community College and eight other Kansas institutions will share a $1.0 million planning grant to launch Accelerating Opportunity for Kansans. The program, aiming to boost adult basic education into career credentials, targets CNAs initially, with expansion to welding and maintenance, and seeks to train at least 450 adults by end of 2014.
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Garden City Community College
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Lenora Cook
GCCC
Hector Martinez
Washington State
Cook
Steve Quakenbush
Butler Community College
Dodge City Community College
Hutchinson Community College
Kansas City, Kan
Community College
Neosho County Community College
Seward County Community College
Washburn Institute of Technology
Topeka
Wichita Area
Regents
Kansas Department of Commerce
United States
Jobs For the Future
Andy Tompkins
The
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Joyce Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Kresge Foundation
Open Society Foundation
National Council On Workforce Education
National College Transition Network
Washington
Feds charge 12 hunters in Kansas camp probe
Federal prosecutors charged 12 out of state hunters from Texas and Louisiana in the Camp Lone Star deer case near Coldwater Kansas. The misdemeanor Lacey Act filings allege illegal transport of game and guided hunts without valid licenses.
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Feds
Kansas
Wichita
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Texas
Louisiana
Camp Lone Star
Coldwater
James Butler Jr
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Marlin Butler
Martinsville
James Butler
Butler Brothers
Butlers
Justin Klein
Center
Johnny Risinger
Enterprise
Charles B. Sapp
Douglas Baker
Palestine
Zach Belrose
Kyle Bush
Timpson
Jerry Deville
Denham Springs
James Donnan
Center Texas
Michael Herne
Monroe
James Jacobs
Shelbyville
Bazil Moore
Harry Wells
Michael Scarber
Arthur Clemons
Cushing
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Bikers
Holcomb City
Layered
Jerry Uhrich
Clinton MacDonald
Sure Sound and Lighting
Pound Tower Stakes
Mosaic
Survivor
Finney County Fairgrounds
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