KSU Honors 150th Birthday With New Wheat Variety
Kansas State University unveils a hard red winter wheat named 1863 to mark its 150th anniversary. The variety will debut next year during the sesquicentennial celebration led by coordinator Megan Umscheid. Planters purchasing the wheat will receive waterproof stickers showing the university’s 150th logo.
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Kansas State
Kansas Wheat Alliance
Daryl Strouts
Incoming Kansas House speaker names staff members
Incoming House Speaker Ray Merrick fills three staff posts in Topeka naming Rachel Whitten as communications director. Wade Hapgood becomes legislative director and Sharon Chandler serves as executive administrative assistant as Merrick returns to the House for the January 14 2013 session.
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Kansas
Ray Merrick
Stilwell Republican
Rachel Whitten
Whitten
Department For Children and Families
Wade Hapgood
Sharon Chandler
Hapgood
House Republicans
Secretary of State
Chandler
Merrick
Senate
House
Airbus donates parts to Wichita aviation research center
Airbus has given Wichita State University more than $800,000 in airplane structural parts and kits to the National Institute for Aviation Research. The materials support lab research and training, enabling studies of structural durability and damage tolerance and augmenting classes on composite fabrication, repair and testing.
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Wichita
Wichita State University
Airbus
National Institute For Aviation Research
Brownback Calls For Friday Moment of Silence
Gov. Sam Brownback asks Kansans to observe a 9:30 a.m. local time moment of silence for the Newtown school massacre victims. He describes the crime as senseless and extends prayers to those affected. The note follows similar calls by governors nationwide.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Newtown
Conn
Brownback
Sandy Hook
Snowstorm disrupts travel from Rockies to Midwest
A winter storm dumping over a foot of snow across the Rocky Mountains spreads to the Plains, closing I-70 in Colorado and highways in Kansas. KDOT reports closures on Kansas Highway 96 and U S Highway 50 with a fatal crash near Spearville and hazardous driving due to blowing snow. Snow totals vary with winds up to 50 mph, delaying Denver airport operations and prompting travel advisories in Iowa Nebraska and beyond.
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O'Hare International
Jamie Enderson
Laurie Harry
Casey’s General
Delta
United Airlines
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New Mexico
Utah
Vail
Park City
Nebraska State Patrol
Deb Collins
North Platte
Fred Midcap
Hudson
Midcap
Flagstaff
Mogollon Rim
Wisconsin
Michigan
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Mayan doomsday doings spark Wichita bar specials
Wichita businesses mark the so called doomsday with deals and humor headlined by Lucky's Bar on East Douglas offering Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy and $5 apocalypse shots. Anthropologist John Hoopes notes the 2012 doomsday concept is a myth used partly for commerce. The Maya calendar cycles do not predict an end to life.
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East Douglas
Wichita
Carrie Nation
the Speakeasy
Charli Lauer
John Hoopes
University of Kansas
Hoopes
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
el Salvador
John Cusack
Amanda Peet
Christmas Eve Services Planned by Local Churches
Local pastors outline Christmas Eve and Day services across Garden City and nearby towns. Bible Christian Church hosts two identical candlelight services at 5 and 6 30 p m with communion and carols. Other churches schedule 5 6 p m and 7 p m candlelight services and Christmas readings, with locations including The Chapel at Garden Valley Retirement Village and multiple downtown churches.
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Jesus Christ
Jeff Starkey
Bible Christian Church
E. Mary St
Christ
Isaiah
First Baptist Church
N. 11Th St
Mary Fabin
Astor
Rick Durham
First Southern Baptist Church
Third St
Durham
John
Jesus
Garden City
Fielding Hands
Curtis
Rachael Wedell
David Jones
Francine McAdams
Gwyneth Frack
Garden Valley Retirement Village
E. Spruce St
Bible Christian
Church of the Brethren
Eighth St
Cornerstone Church
N. Eighth St
First Christian Church
N. Seventh St
N. Third St
First United Methodist Church
N. Main St
Garden City Church of the Nazarene
Campus Drive
Garden Valley Church
St. Dominic Chuurch
J.C. St
the Presbyterian Church
Texas St
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
Word of Life Church
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