Holcomb KAY Club Celebrates Citizenship Week Activities
Holcomb High School KAY Club marks Citizenship Week from Sunday through December 11 with family activities, a Candyland bake sale for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, food collection for Emmaus House, Holiday Mail for Heroes cards, rice donations via freerice.com, a Secret Santa pizza party, and home chores outreach. The 56 member leadership group is sponsored by the Kansas High School Activities Association.
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Garden City Public Schools Public Auction Notice
Garden City Public Schools will hold an auction at 9 a.m. Saturday in the 4-H Building at the Fairgrounds. Items include file cabinets desks fire alarm box panel TVs projectors mirrors tables office furniture room dividers ladders copiers shop equipment computers band instruments refrigerators and more.
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Labor of Love Craft Festival at First United Methodist
United Methodist Women host the Labor of Love Craft Festival at First United Methodist Church 1106 N Main St this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jewelry pottery wood crafts wreaths ornaments and baked goods will be sold with all proceeds supporting local missions in the community.
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HPPR Hosts Holiday Open House Event Monday
High Plains Public Radio invites the public to a Holiday Open House from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at 210 N. Seventh St. The Soup and Sweets event includes live entertainment and door prizes with free admission.
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USDA to distribute commodities Tuesday in Finney County
Finney County residents can pick up USDA commodities Tuesday at two sites, the Senior Center at 907 N. 10th St from 10 a.m. to noon and the Salvation Army at 216 N Ninth St from 1 to 3 30 p.m. Items include beans soup pasta fruit juice and cheese soup. Proof of residency and income for each household member is required. Call Barbara Jensen at 272 3620 for details.
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Casino decision hampered by Iowa case against Peninsula leaders
The Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board weighs Peninsula Gaming and Global Gaming Solutions for a Wichita area casino as two Peninsula executives face Iowa campaign finance charges. Trial is set for Jan. 5, with potential disqualification debated. regulators will review background before final approval. The Mulvane site near Wichita faces competition from Wellington, with projected costs of 260 million and 280 million respectively.
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Red Stocking Breakfast kicks off holiday events in Garden City
The Kansas Children's Service League hosts the Red Stocking Breakfast at Lone Star Steakhouse in Garden City to fund Early Head Start and Head Start programs. Tickets cost 10 in advance or 12 at the door with free entry for children 10 and younger. The event features local celebrities and a Caribbean cruise giveaway. Other weekend happenings include Santa's Carnival, The Nutcracker at Garden City High, Labor of Love Craft Festival, Yum Yum Shoppe, the Gray County Quilt Display, and a Holiday Cookie Walk supporting local missions and youth projects.
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Labor of Love
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El Capitan Statue to Return by Christmas in Dodge City
A life sized bronze longhorn statue known as El Capitan, toppled by a car crash in October, is repaired at Ad Astra Art Bronze Inc. in Lawrence. The owner notes repairs to the right horn tail and fractures are complete and the statue will be shipped back to Dodge City next Wednesday.
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BP Wind Energy holds meetings on Kansas wind farm plan
BP Wind Energy is touring Kansas to discuss a proposed 300 megawatt wind farm. Meetings were held in Kingman and Anthony this week as the company has leased over 250000 acres for potential development across Barber Harper Kingman Pratt Kiowa and Ford counties.
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Firm settles pregnancy claims against Akal Security
Kansas City news story reports Akal Security Inc will pay 1.62 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the EEOC. The agency said 26 pregnant guards at Army bases were forced to take leaves then discharged, in violation of federal law. Akal stated no admission of discrimination and that few in the class were fired for misconduct.
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Akal Security
Feds balk at destroying records for ex Westar officer
In Wichita AP Douglas Lake a former Westar Energy executive seeks to have his arrest records destroyed after charges against him were dismissed. The US attorney in Kansas responded to Lake of New Canaan Connecticut arguing against wiping the records. Lake was top strategy officer at Topeka based Westar when he and then CEO David Wittig faced 2003 conspiracy charges over inflated compensation.
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