Kansas Patrol Targets Texting Distracted Drivers Campaign
Kansas Highway Patrol led a state wide push against texting and driving under the national U Drive. U Text. U Pay effort. In two campaigns April and July troopers logged 2,060 contacts with drivers, issuing 71 texting citations and 77 warnings while recording 71 phone use stops. The effort, funded by a Kansas DOT grant, totaled 1,200 extra hours.
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Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Joshua Kellerman
KHP
Ernest E. Garcia
Kansas Department of Transportation
Job fair draws recruits at Finney County Fairgrounds
Kerri Kemp interviews at Saint Francis Community Services booth as Finney County Job Fair unfolds in the exhibition building. Kimberly Bell screens potential hires at Brookover Feed Yards showcasing multiple openings.
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Kerri Kemp
Saint Francis Community Services Booth
Finney County
Finney County Fairgrounds
Kimberly Bell
Brookover
Siemens wins Ex-Im financing for Peruvian wind project
Siemens Energy has secured nearly 65 million dollars in financing from the Export-Import Bank to back the export of Hutchinson made wind turbine nacelles to Peru. The nacelles will support about 129 megawatts for the Marcona and Tres Hermanas wind projects near the Ica region. Blades were produced in Fort Madison Iowa. The Ex-Im Bank reauthorization debate centers on crony capitalism claims versus support for U.S. jobs and exports.
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Siemens Energy
United States
Peru
Marcona
Tres Hermanas
Ica
Fort Madison
Towa
Agency
Siemens
Federal appeals court questions Kansas proof of citizenship rules
A 10th Circuit panel questioned Kansas and Arizona efforts to force the federal Election Assistance Commission to add state proof of citizenship to the national voter form. Judges pressed whether a staff without commissioners can decide such major policy changes and what “necessary” means for eligibility.
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Federal Appeals Court
Kansas
Kris Kobach
Federal
Kobach
Arizona
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Election Assistance Commission
Jerome A. Holmes
Federal Commission
Gregory A. Phillips
EAC
Holmes
Commission
Congress
Topeka
Carlos F- Lucero
Bonnie Robin-Vergeer
Justice Department
Senate
Obama
Alice Miller
Eric Melgren
Wichita
Lucero
Melgren
Veterans aid event and arts festival in southwest Kansas
Tommy Drewel of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs will assist veterans and family members at Finney County Public Library Fort Dodge on Sept 3 17 and 10 with hours 11 30 a m to 3 30 p m and 11 a m to 3 p m respectively. The Main ARTery in Ulysses hosts Food for Thought ninth Rendezvous with the Arts through Nov 15 with a public reception Sept 5 and a scavenger hunt clue reveal. For more information call 225 4041 or (620) 424 3828 or visit mainarterykansas com or facebook com/mainarterykansas.
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Tommy Drewel
Veterans Service
Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
Fort Dodge
Finney County
Walnut St
Drewel
N. Ninth St
S. Main
Ulysses
Food For
Kansas
Jeani Gustafson
Mainarterykansas
Facebook.com
A Wild Affair fundraiser at Lee Richardson Zoo
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo hosts A Wild Affair on September 6 at Finnup Center for Conservation Education. Tim Anthony and The Animals perform, with live and silent auctions and a tasting from regional chefs. Tickets are 40 early bird, 50 after September 1. 21+ entry. proceeds fund a new primate exhibit.
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Friends of Lee
Patrick Dugan
Ward
Start dates pushed back for recreation classes
The start date has been pushed back one week for guitar and dance classes at Garden City Recreation Commission. Classes for ages 16 through adult include ballroom dance for couples Next Step line dance and a guitar class starting Tuesday. Begin line and pattern dance for couples on Sept 4. Pre registration by 276 1200 activity center or gc rec com.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
N. Sixth St
Gcrec.com
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Becky Malewitz
L Price
Aoe
E. Marys
Stephanie Bogner
Veterans Assistance
the Zoo
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