Musical program by Kearny County Roadrunners at Garden Valley
A musical variety show featuring guitars keyboards banjo saxophone and vocals by the Kearny County Roadrunners directed by Curtis Young of Lakin will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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Kearny County
Roadrunners
Curtis Young
Lakin
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Motivational Speaker Bill Cordes Visits Syracuse Thursday
Motivational speaker Bill Cordes will visit Syracuse on Thursday presenting a 6 30 p m program at Northrup Theatre Main Street. He will share a high energy humorous view on planning the future learning from the past and living in the moment with focus on maximizing life opportunities and overcoming mixed life messages. The event is free and open to the public.
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Bill Cordes
Syracuse
Northrup Theatre
Main Street
Cordes
World of Computers Silver Series at Garden City College
Garden City Community College Continuing Education offers a three two-evening course series titled The World of Computers The Silver Series. Each course runs 6 to 8 pm on consecutive Tuesdays and Thursdays with topics Computer Basics All About the Web and Discover E Mail taught by Janice Urie. Individual courses are 99 dollars, or 175 dollars for the complete series including a training manual. Enrollment deadline is one week before class. Registration at the CECS division or by phone 276 9647 or email personalenrichment gcccks.edu.
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Continuing Education and Community Services
Garden City Community College
Janice Urie
GCCC
Student and Community Services Center
Gcccks
Live On Stage kicks off Sept 13 in Southwest Kansas
Nashville artist Buddy Jewell and his band open the Southwest Kansas Live On Stage concert season at Clifford Hope Auditorium on September 13 at 7 30 p m The show highlights life and love songs from Jewell who rose to fame after winning Nashville Star in 2003 His Columbia Records debut yielded top five hits Sweet Southern Comfort and Help Pour Out the Rain Lacey s Song Season tickets run 50 for adults 30 for students and 125 for a family pack For details call 275 1667 or visit swks liveonstage org
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Nashville
Buddy Jewell
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Southwest Kansas
Jewell
USA Network
Columbia Records
Lacey
Swks-Liveonstage
AGs urge Craigslist to drop adult services section in kansas
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six joins 16 other state AGs in demanding Craigslist remove its adult services area. They say Craigslist has not fulfilled a pledge to curb illegal sexual activity online and has done little since a 2008 agreement to eliminate prostitution ads and child trafficking.
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Topeka
Kansas
Steve Six
Craigslist
Jim Buckmaster
Craig Newmark
Six
Weather forces fall crops to mature early in Kansas
A hot summer has pushed fall crops to mature ahead of schedule in Kansas. The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reports 21 percent of corn matured, versus a typical 15 percent by late August. Corn condition is 12 percent excellent, 49 percent good, 28 percent fair, and 11 percent poor to very poor, with about 1 percent of sorghum matured.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Supreme Court ruling leads to dismissal of Westar execs
The Supreme Court narrowed the honest services crime to bribes and kickbacks. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says charges against former Westar Energy chief David Wittig and strategy chief Douglas Lake were dismissed. Westar plans civil action while investors seek restitution after years of scrutiny.
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Supreme Court
Westar Execs
Wichita
U.S. Supreme Court
Westar Energy
U.S
Westar
David Wittig
Douglas Lake
Julie Robinson
Jim Ludwig
Justice Department
Department of Justice
Wittig and Lake
Ludwig
High Court
Enron
Jeffrey Skilling
Washington
Grissom
Holcomb USD 363 adds fourth year class at Wiley Elementary
The Holcomb school board approved an extra four year old class at Wiley Elementary to serve at risk students and some out of district entrants. Superintendent Demitry Evancho noted 16 students are on the waiting list and plans include a part time instructor costing about 14600 dollars. The district may hire long term substitutes until a permanent teacher is found. The board also hired Maria Trevino as a para for ESL at the high school and held a two and a half hour closed session on personnel.
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Holcomb Usd 363 Board of Education
Wiley Elementary School
Demitry Evancho
Evancho
Holcomb
Michael Estes
Estes
Maria Trevino
House
Senate
Kinzer
Kansas DUI law changes eyed by state committee
A Topeka committee reviews sweeping changes to Kansas drunken driving rules to curb complexity. Proposals include shifting third offense into treatment, placing ignition interlocks on first-time offenders, and creating a central records depository. Debate over third offense as a felony continues as lawmakers plan further meetings.
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Topeka
Mct
Kansas
Tim Owens
Overland Park
Nicole Romine
Douglas County
Owens
Mary Ann Khoury
DUI Victim Center of
Lance Kinzer
R-Clathe
Conference set for October status hearing in attempted murder case
Garden City man Gustavo Ramos-Beleta 46 faces charges including attempted first degree murder and aggravated burglary after his ex-wife Maria Castillo 40 testified to a Jan 25 home invasion in which he stabbed her. He is under a competency evaluation at Larned State Hospital with a potential release to full report by mid September and a status conference scheduled for Oct 4.
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Garden City
Gustavo Ramos-Beleta
Larned State Hospital
Kristi Cott
Ramos-Beleta
W. Wesley St
Finney County
John Wheeler
Maria Castillo
Ramos- Beleta
Castillo
Doug Heit
Heit
St. Catherine Hospital
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