Weekend Closure At Lee Richardson Zoo For Tumbleweed Festival
Lee Richardson Zoo will be open to pedestrians only this weekend due to the Tumbleweed Festival held on the west side of the zoo. The festival runs 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, with vehicle access prohibited and most animal exhibits viewable except the bison and elk yard. Entrance to the festival is at the southwest corner near camel exhibits. festival admission is $8 in advance or $10 at the gate for adults, with children $1. Free classes in southwest Kansas train foster and adoptive parents via PS-MAPP, with sessions in Garden City and Dodge City through Oct. 21 and Nov. 20 respectively. call (866) 999-1599 for details.
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Finney County Historical Museum
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Main Street
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Kansas
State of
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Mosaic
11Th St
Dodge City
Dodge City Community College
Science Building
14Th Ave
Books on the Bus donation drive at Unicel Garden City
The Unicel store at 3010 W. Mary St in Garden City will collect new or gently used children's books from Monday through July 7. Donors receive up to a $50 discount on select phone models and the books will support a Garden City School District summer bookmobile program.
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Garden City
Gardenity
W. Mary St
Public TV to broadcast DNC and RNC conventions live
Smoky Hills Public in cooperation with PBS and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer will provide complete live coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver from August 25 to 28 and the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul from September 1 to 4. Lehrer anchors with correspondents Gwen Ifill Ray Suarez Margaret Warner and Judy Woodruff.
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Smoky Hills
Ion
PBS
Jim Lehrer
Denver
Barak Obama
Xcel Energy Center
St. Paul
Minn
Lehrer
King Lehrer
Gwen Ifill
Ray Suarez
Margaret Warner
Judy Woodruff
Clutter memorial plan advances in Holcomb Kansas
A Holcomb memorial committee led by Bob Rupp funds a Clutter Family Memorial Fund at First National Bank and plans a peaceful park tribute to Nancy Clutter and her family. Members include Judy Haflich Jerry Roth and others aiming for a 50th anniversary remembrance in Holcomb Community Park.
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Judy Swartley Harlich
Jerry Roth
Bob Rupp
Nancy Clutter
Holcomb
Clutter
Haflich
Nancy
Herb Clutter
Bonnie
Kenyon
Rupp
Margaret Meyers
Clifford
Dolores Hope
Greg Cox
Coleen
First National Bank of Holcomb
Hope
The
Telegram
Herb’s
Meyers
Roth
Harlich
Jerry
Judy
Fall Fest returns to Garden City with vendors and races
Garden City Downtown Vision plans the second annual Fall Fest for September 20 in downtown Garden City with Marketfest vendors artists bakers and entertainers. The event includes the Western Motors Nasduck 500 races Buck a Duck races German food and a Banner Art Walk with 13 local artists. Proceeds fund banners and downtown benches. scholarships for GCCC spring 2009 are offered.
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Garden City
Downtown Vision
Beverly Schmitz Glass
Knights of Columbus
Main Street
Pine
Fulton Streets
Glass
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Carol Ballantyne
Western Motors
Kep’s
Grant St. Glass
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council
Stevens Park
Forum: future of family farms in rural Kansas
A Kansas forum sponsored by KIAL heard experts and lawmakers discuss the future of family farms facing high fuel and input costs, regulatory burdens, and aging producers. Participants highlighted technology, education, subsidies limits, and the need to retain rural populations and adapt to volatile markets.
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John Faber
R-Brewster
Brian Price
Brookover
Clarion Inn
Mitch Hall
Jerry Moran
Larry Powell
Gary Hayzlett
Eric Dopperschmidt
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Larry Jones
Jones Cattle
Finney County
Brookover Feed Yards
Paul Joseph
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
KIAL
Powell
Hall
Fort Hays State University
America
Hayzlett
Faber
Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Jones
Price
Dopperschmidt
Depperschmidt
Kansas
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