Huelskamp seeks interns and service academy applicants
The Office of Congressman Tim Huelskamp invites applications for the fall internship program in Salina Dodge City and Hutchinson offices. Intern duties include answering phones writing letters and media clip work with possible constituent casework or public event attendance in the First District.
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Tim Huelskamp
Salina
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Huelskamp
U.S
United States Military Academy
West Point
United States Naval Academy
United States Air Force Academy
Merchant Marine Academy
House
Kansas FSA expands drought CRP grazing and haying rules
Kansas FSA and other drought affected states extend emergency grazing period to Oct 31 for eligible CRP acres with no extra payment reduction. Producers must seek county office approval and indicate grazed acreage. Also allows using mechanically harvested hay from expiring CRP for own livestock or sale with a 25 percent rental payment reduction. Local offices urged for options.
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USDA
Farm Service Agency
Kansas
Conservation
FSA
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Emergency haying approved for additional Kansas counties
Emergency haying of CRP acreage has been approved for Butler, Chase, Cowley, Hamilton, Lyon, and Marion counties, announced by Adrian Polansky of the USDA. Previously approved counties total a long list. Haying runs through August 31 with at least 50 percent of each field left unhayed for wildlife. hay must be removed within 30 days after the period ends. hay cannot be sold, and nonlivestock producers may rent or lease privileges.
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Butler, Chase
Cowley
Hamilton
Lyon
Marion
Adrian Polansky
USDA
Farms Service Agency
Barber
Barton
Clark
Comanche
Edwards
Elk
Ellsworth
Finney
Ford
Grant
Gray
Greenwood
Harper
Harvey
Haskell
Hodgeman
Kearny
Kingman
Kiowa
Lane McPherson
Garden City school board to hold public hearing on lean 2011-12 budget
The USD 457 Board of Education will host a 6 p.m. public hearing in the Educational Support Center to discuss a lean 2011-12 budget, with a 5:30 p.m. pre-session on employer employee negotiations. A federal mediator has not yielded a new contract, and the proposal includes a 0.22 mill tax increase and a rise in local option budget to 11,731,480. The budget reflects state funding losses of about 7 million over three years and reduces 13 teaching posts along with library aides, while enrollment climbs past 7,000.
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USC 457
Board of Education
Fleming St
USD 457
Garden City
Kathleen Whitley
Garden City Public Schools
Whitley
Fed
Kansas
Health fair at UMMAM Clinic offers free screenings
United Methodist Mexican American Ministries hosted a two hour health fair at 712 St. John St offering free screenings and program information. About 35 people were served as KU Medical Center staff conducted cancer and diabetes checks alongside HIV AIDS counseling and BMI testing.
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Beka Mullen
Shelly Lin
United Methodist
United Methodist Mexican American Ministries
St. John St
Diana Machotka
UMMAM
Dodge City
Liberal
Ulysses
Tina Gunther
Kansas Farmworker Health
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Garden City
Public Service
Irma Velazquez
Welare
Velazquez
Amber Sellers
Lifetime Smiles
Sellers
Gunther, Velasquez
Little Brown House
KU Medical Center
Jed Hahn
GCCC
China
Fernando Segundo
Mexico
Hahn
Lin
Her
Segundo
Machotka
Garden City to swap Armory for Legion building
Garden City commissioners will review a legal agreement to transfer the former National Guard Armory at 405 S. Main St to the American Legion in exchange for the Legion’s 125 W. Pine St. building. The plan, approved in March, seeks use for Legion events, community activities, and as a shelter when needed. The meeting is 1 p.m. Tuesday at the City Administrative Center with a 11 a.m. pre-meeting to discuss transportation.
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Garden City
National Guard
American Legion
S. Main St
Legion
W. Pine St
Fraternal Veterans Organization
The
Garden City Recreation Commission
Gctelegram.com
County commission to discuss community corrections program
Finney County commissioners meet Monday at 8 30 a m at the Administrative Center to hear year end report from Community Corrections Director Beth Beavers and a discussion on the Juvenile Detention Center school lunch program with Director Katrina Pollet.
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Finney County
Beth Beavers
Katrina Pollet
Juvenile Detention Center
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Gctelegram
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Ummam Fair
Old National Guard Armory
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