Area scouting groups hold registration night
Local Girl Scouts Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts host a sign-up session from 6 to 8 pm today at First United Methodist Church 1106 N Main St. Parents and potential volunteers are invited to learn about Scouting and opportunities to help. For details contact Chandra Lay at 76 7061 for Girl Scouts or the Boy Scout office at 275 5162.
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First United Methodist Church
N. Main St
Chandra Lay
Boy Scout Office
Knowledge at Noon program on Finney County study
Debra Bolton will lead the Knowledge at Noon session on September 6 at the Finney County Public Library. She presents findings from the Community Assets Project based on a Health Well Being Assessment and Social Capital Study of about 10 percent of Finney County residents. The free program runs 12 05 to 12 55 p m with coffee and tea, no registration required.
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Debra Bolton
Southwest Area Family and Consumer Sciences
Finney County
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Finney County Extension Office
Fire burns 1300 acres in Wilson County Kansas
Fire in Wilson County destroyed one home and several outbuildings, burned 8.25 miles of fencing and 28 electrical poles, and scorched about 315 hay bales valued at $30,000. One calf perished. Firefighters saved five homes. Cause under investigation, possibly a discarded cigarette.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Garden City Gas Prices From Latest AAA Sampling
Prices shown reflect the most recent sampling of Garden City gas stations. Source AAA Fuel Price Finder.
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Garden City
Last funds approved to finish Kansas Capitol renovation
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and lawmakers advanced what they call the final financing for a 332 million Statehouse renovation. They approved 5.4 million in bonds for a basement visitor center and 7 million in DOT funds for ground work, aiming to complete by 2013 amid cost overruns and added improvements.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Statehouse
Department of Transportation
Bill Graves
The
Brownback Administra
Tion
Brownback
Mike O’neal
Hutchinson
O’neal
Senate Ways and Means Committee
Carolyn McGinn
Sedgwick
House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Davis
Rain Replenishes Parched Quivira Wetlands At Refuge
After over 5 inches of rain, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Wichita, Kansas, sees a rapid influx of more than 8,000 ducks and other birds as Big and Little Salt Marsh fill to about 70 percent. Rattlesnake Creek resumes flow, water returns, and wildlife such as deer may follow after weeks of extreme heat and drought. Local rancher Todd Miller notes the dramatic improvement from previously dry conditions.
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Wichita
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Barry Jones
Jones
Todd Miller
Miller
Sylvia
Kansas withholds final 3M payment for new vehicle system
Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said the state is withholding the last 10 percent of a 25 million contract with 3M for the new motor vehicle registration system as glitches cause long lines for tag renewals. The upgrade, rolled out in May, caused county backlogs and record conversion issues, prompting an audit inquiry and delayed driver licensing modernization.
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Topeka (Ap
Kansas Revenue
Nick Jordan
Kansas
Jordan
Topeka Capital-Journal
3M Co
Department of Revenue
Brownback
Legislative Post Audit Committee
Koranda
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Stephanie, Ogner
E. Mary St
Ultra Coe
Kansas Capitol
Daryl Hamlett
Tumbleweed Festival, Inc
Lee Richardson Zoo
Jeannine Koranda
Mark Parkinson
SPM
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