American Legion parking lot sale returns Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its third annual parking lot sale starting 8 a.m. Saturday at the American Legion lot at Eighth and Pine. Proceeds fund auxiliary programs and veterans. Finney County United Way kicks off its fourth annual golf tournament Saturday at Buffalo Dunes Golf Course with a 11:45 a.m. luncheon Aug. 31 at Wheatlands Convention Center. Tickets $3. call 275-1425 by Aug. 25. United Way aims to raise 520,000 for 20 health and human service agencies.
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American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Eighth
Pine Streets
Finney County United Way
United Way
Buffalo Dunes
Wheatlands Convention Center
E. Fulton Street
Finney County
Fall Story Hour Begins at Kearny County Library
The Kearny County Library in Lakin will start Fall Story Hour on September 18 for children ages 3 to 5. The theme is Peter Peter Pumpkin Readers. Sessions run 2 to 3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 10 to 11 a.m. Fridays. Signups start September 5 at the library or by calling 620 355 6674.
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Kearny County Library
Lakin
Peter
Class of 81 reunion planned for Sept 1
Garden City High School class of 1981 will hold a 25 year reunion starting at 8 p.m. on September 1. An informal party will be at Shooters, 2901 West Mary Street, and classes of 1979 1980 1982 and 1983 are welcome. Contacts are Robin Ford at 275-7254 or Catherine Reinert at 275-5639 for more information.
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Garden City
Shooters
W. Mary St
GCHS
Robin (Smith) Ford
Catherine
Craig) Reinert
Class reunions set for Sept 2 at GCHS coffee reception
Graduates from classes of 1966 1969 to 1971 and 1976 plan Labor Day weekend reunions at GCHS. A coffee reception from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. will be held in the Family and Consumer Sciences room in J D Adams Hall inviting all students and former instructors from those years.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
J.D. Adams ‘Hall
Roberts interview set to air September on Smoky Hills TV
Smoky Hills Public Television will air A Conversation with Pat Roberts at 7 30 p m on September 1. Lawrence Holden, station GM, will announce the program featuring Congressman Roberts R Dodge City in an interview led by Chapman Rackaway Fort Hays State University. Topics include ethanol renewable fuel farming future technologies intelligence reform and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report.
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Smoky Hills
Privacy issue clouds livestock identification push
US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns assured that data from a planned animal identification program would remain confidential and be used only for disease outbreak responses. He argued private vendors would hold data off federal records, though protesters criticized the plan as costly and favoring large producers. Missouri reports 9 percent of farms registered.
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Kansas City, Mo
Mike Johanns
Johanns
Vermont
USDA
Sue Karber
Kingfisher
Oklo
Department of Agriculture
America
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Misti Preston
Australia
Balloon Classic and Tumbleweed Festival Weekend in Garden City
Garden City hosts the Third Annual Hot Air Balloon Classic with launches at Finney County Exhibition Building and Fairgrounds, a Saturday morning breakfast, live music, a balloon glow, and a Sunday launch. The adjacent Tumbleweed Festival at Lee Richardson Zoo runs Saturday to Sunday with two music stages, food booths, festival buttons, and kid activities. The High Plains Rendezvous Rally draws bikers Friday to Sunday at the fairgrounds with registration, poker hands, bike show, and charity proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Mercer Gallery at Garden City Community College opens a Robbie Jones photography exhibit Sunday with a public reception.
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Garden City
Finney County Exhibition Building
WenDee LaPlant
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Finney County Fairgrounds
Lee Richardson Zoo
Dillons East
E. Kansas Ave
Dillons West
Buffalo Jones Ave
Commerce Bank
N. Main St
Western State Bank
Finney County Historical Society Museum
S. Fourth St
Finnup Park
Arts Center
Main
el Remedio
E. Fulton St
el Mercado
N. Taylor Ave
Golden Plains Credit Union
High Plains
Kansas
Ralph Rojas
Rojas
American Cancer Society
U.S. Highway 83
Holcomb Lane
West River Road
Lakin
Fairgrounds
Garden City Community College
Mercer Gallery
GCCC
Robbie Jones
Jones
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Pauline Joyce
Sublette native in Iraq sees different war picture
Army Capt. Sean Herbig of Sublette, commander of A Battery 1-125 STRIKE, reports high troop morale and positive Iraqi civilian reception. His unit, totaling mainly southwest Kansans, has spent 120 days performing area security around Camp Scania, targeting anti-Iraqi forces, aiding the Iraqi army, and improving civilian life through water projects and school talks. He notes better communication with families via an Internet cafe and phone bank, contrasts with U.S. media images, and says his soldiers strive to understand local conditions while planning to return and resume teaching and coaching careers at Sublette High School.
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Kansas
Sean Herbig
Sublette
Iraq
Herbig
Kansans
Camp
Scania
United States
Camp Scania
Sublette High School
Kansans weigh border claim as 2nd District race heats up
In Topeka Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda maneuvers the immigration issue, opposing a Texas led 10 lane Trans Texas Corridor that could span from Mexico to Canada. Republican incumbent Jim Ryun rejects the plan as fiction while highway officials say no near term expansion is planned for I 35 and funds are not available.
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Topeka
Nancy Boyda
United States
Mexico
Canada
Kansans
Boyda
Texas
Jim Ryan
Ryan
Ryun
Laredo
Detroit
Terry Heidner
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas
Heidner
Kansas City
Rick Perry
Oklahoma
Kansas River
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