Garden City to stage The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Garden City Recreation Commission presents a benefit production of Barbara Robinsons The Best Christmas Pageant Ever from December 17 to 20 at First Southern Baptist Church. Performances start at 7 pm nightly with about 50 community members in the cast to aid local families facing hardship. Admission is a new toy, used coat, or can of food, with tickets available at 310 N Sixth St or at the door. the church provides refreshments during intermission. Co-producers include Dr Bill Garcia and the Garcia Charitable Foundation along with First Baptist, First United Methodist and First Southern Baptist Churches.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
Barbara Robinson
First Southern Baptist Church
N. Third St
Herdman
N. Sixth St
Bill Garcia
Garcia
GCCC Conceal Carry Class Details and Schedule
Kansas residents may take a one day eight hour concealed carry course at GCCC to meet state law requirements. The classes run Jan 16 Feb 20 Mar 27 Apr 17 and Jun 12 from 7 30 a m to 5 p m in the John Collins Building co sponsored by Sand and Sage Rifle and Pistol Club. Fee is 125 preregistration required. information and registration available before Dec 18 and after Jan 4 at 276 9629.
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Garden City Community College Department of Public Safety
Kansas
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
GCCC
John Collins Vocational
Sand and Sage Rifle and Pistol Club
Sheriff's Office
Gov candidate's firm settles fraud suit in California
Kansas Democrats presumed nominee Tom Wiggans faced a California fraud case against Connellis Corp. over an acne gel. The suit alleged deceit in filings and misleading investors, settled for about 12.8 million dollars as Wiggans announced his candidacy for governor.
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Topeka
Kansas
California
Tom Wiggans
Connellcs Corp
Palo Alto
Calif
Wiggans
Topeka Capital-Journal
San Francisco
Olathe
Sam Brownback
Amy Jordan Wooden
Associated Press
Teachers’ Retirement System of
Oklahoma
Connellis
Connetics
Plan eyed to save tallgrass prairie in Kansas counties
The US Fish and Wildlife Service considers voluntary conservation easements across 14 Kansas counties to protect about 1 million acres of tallgrass prairie. If enacted, easements would ban residential or commercial development and may regulate wind energy. Meetings this week gather public input, with support for Flint Hills Legacy Conservation Area.
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Wichita
Fish and Wildlife Service
Kansas
Amy Thornburg
Denver
Thornburg
Butler, Chase
Chautauqua
Cowley
Geary
Greenwood
Elk
Lyon
Marion
Marshall
Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley and
Wabaunsee Counties
Flint Hills
Bill Sproul
Vic Elam
Legacy
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
Hartford
Livestock leaders push blogs and social media to defend industry
Kansas ranchers leaders urged members to use blogs, tweets, and Facebook to counter animal rights attacks. They argued 97 percent of Americans eat meat and trust beef, while consumers on coasts remain disconnected from farm life. The plan calls for coordinated lobbying and authentic storytelling by ranchers to counter misinformation.
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Kansas Livestock Association
KLA
Todd Domer
Dan Thompson
Kansas State University
Beef Cattle Institute
Thompson
Domer
Kansas
Jody Donahue
Fredonia
Inmate Chauncey Howard Fled Sedgwick Jail Mixup
Hutchinson AP Chauncey Howard an inmate from Wichita remains at large nearly two weeks after a paperwork error led to his release from Sedgwick County jail. Officials learned of the mistake Thursday after the Nov. 20 hearing saw charges dropped, with Howard transferred for court appearances prior to release. Maj. Glenn Kurtz says the escape was not publicized immediately to aid capture.
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Hutchinson
Sedgwick County
Chauncey Howard
Howard
Wichita
Glenn Kurtz
Sedgwick County Detention Bureau
Kurtz
Department of Corrections
Immedi
Overland Park Pharmacy Donates $550K in Unused Medicines
Prescription Solutions in Overland Park says it donated about 150000 units of unused medicines to Kansans in need. The program, approved in 2008, channels drugs from adult care homes and mail service pharmacies to clinics serving the uninsured and poor. The 150000 units, worth nearly $550000 and amounting to 18000 prescriptions, were donated to 36 safety net clinics in over 30 Kansas cities.
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Overland Park
Ap) Prescription Solutions
Prescription Solutions
Wichita State to honor homicide victim student
Wichita State University officials will award a degree posthumously to 25 year old Jessie Foust who was completing a social work degree set to graduate in December when she was murdered on the night before Thanksgiving.
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Wichita
Wichita State University
Jessie Foust
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Kansas National Guard
Kansas Adjutant General
Joint Forces Headquarters
Steve Rodina
Scott W. Haworth
Haworth
Kansas Army National Guard
Nickell Armory
IMIS
DaScu
Garden City
Tom
Jordan Wooden
Brownback
David Kensinger
Kansas Republican Party
Amanda Adkins
Hutchison Fire Department
Troy Mueller
Hutchinson Fire Department
Wiley Elementary School
Ately
Kansas Cities
Wichita State
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