Zoo seeks public vote for naming giraffe in Swahili bids
Lee Richardson Zoo invites the public to choose a Swahili name for its new reticulated giraffe. Choices Hasani meaning handsome Saburi meaning patience and Tatu meaning third child. Citizens vote with dollars at locations including Safari Shoppe Finnup Center Ward's Garden Center Commerce Bank Main Street KIUL Radio, with proceeds funding Cat Canyon.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Hasani
Saburi
Zoo
Tatu
Cat Canyon
Finnup Center
Office Solutions
The Blue Notes to perform in Lakin
The Blue Notes will entertain for a public dance at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Senior Center in Lakin.
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Blue Notes
Lakin
Senior Center
Neufeld Joins Kansas Bioscience Authority Board
Kansas House Speaker Melvin Neufeld named himself to the Kansas Bioscience Authority board amid backing from lawmakers and economic developers. The 10th term lawmaker, who led bioscience support bills tied to the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas State University, noted the authority's role in boosting state bioscience research and jobs. He faces defeat for a second term earlier this month.
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Topeka
Melvin Neufeld
Kansas Bioscience Authority
Ingalls Republican
Neufeld
Kansas State University
Windsor Hotel restoration eyed for mixed uses in Garden City
The Finney County Preservation Alliance seeks Heritage Trust Fund support to stabilize the Windsor Hotel and explore multiple uses. Proposals include residential housing, nonprofit offices, a business incubator, and a restaurant, with a March 2 deadline for grant materials and letters of support.
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Windsor Hotel
Kent Stehlik
Finney County Preservation Alliance
Alliance
Stehlik
Windsor
Garden City
David Crase
Tom Klein
New
Don Harness
Klein
Wyoming
New Mexico
Harness
Heritage Trust Fund
Kansas State Historical Society
Historical Society
Register of Historic Kansas Places
Patrick Zollner
Heritage Trust
Dodge City
Benincasa hosts charity tree auction aids guests
Volunteers at the Benincasa hospitality home near St. Catherine Hospital provide lodging and spiritual support to about 350 families of out of town patients annually. The fourth annual Christmas tree auction raised about $4,100 to aid the nonprofit lodge operating since 1994 with a donation request of 5 to 10 dollars per night.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Benincasa
Gctelegram.com
N. Sixth St
Mary Ellen Vox
Janie Wimmer
John Miller
Food and Housekeeping
John Vox
St. Catherine
Vox
Ronald McDonald House
Shari Brandenburg
Janet Smith
Ulysses
St. Catherine Smith
Prosecutors decline to charge former AG Morrison
Two special prosecutors concluded Paul Morrison’s conduct did not warrant criminal charges after a nine month investigation into his extramarital affair. They cited insufficient evidence on alleged telephone harassment and noted defenses to many claims while Morrison denied wrongdoing and blasted a political vendetta.
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AG Morrison
Clathe
Paul Morrison
Robert Arnold III
Timothy Keck
Morrison
Johnson County
Phill Kline
Kline
Steve Howe
Linda Carter
Arnold
Keck
Thaca
Chapman schools weigh bond issue after tornado damage
Chapman schools face a bond vote to cover remaining costs after a June tornado damaged multiple buildings. Superintendent Tony Frieze expects a bond of about 10 million and notes FEMA will fund 75 percent above insurance and donations, with 15 percent locally. If the bond fails, modular classrooms remain and FEMA's help could end. FEMA and state officials offer alternative funding paths.
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Chapman
Tony Frieze
Frieze
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Kansas Division of Emergency Management
Chapman High School
FEMA
Josh DeBerge
Kansas City
DeBerge
Sharon Watson
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University of Kansas
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