Couple to perform in concert tonight at HPPR living room
Singer songwriter Bill Isles and his wife Kate Isles will perform at High Plains Public Radio’s living room concert at 7:30 tonight with doors opening at 7. A $10 donation is suggested and snacks are provided by Herb’s Carryout. HPPR studios are at 210 N Seventh St. Also, 29,975 households were called in a Tele Town Hall hosted by U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran focusing on Bush’s troop increase in Iraq. 9,815 listened, 476 voted yes, 302 no, 24 undecided. The Garden City Singles meet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Pho Hoa One Restaurant.
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Bill Isles
Kate Isles
High Plains Public Radio
Herb
HPPR
Seventh St
Jerry Moran
Rhays
Moran
Bush
Iraq
Garden City
Pho Hoa One
E. Fulton St
Chamber Offers Every Voice Leadership Training Program
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Garden City announce Every Voice training with six sessions on Feb 13 Feb 14 Mar 1 Mar 15 Apr 5 and Apr 26. Cost 350. Applications via phone 276 3264 or ndodge genet.com. Limited to 20 participants. enrollment deadline Friday. YMCA to run Young Artists program for ages 3 to 5 with two five week sessions. First 1:45 to 2:30 Tuesdays in Child Watch. second 6:30 to 7:15 Thursdays in Child Care. Fees 12/24 member, 24/20 nonmember. Questions Gregg Hendricks 275 1199.
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Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Leadership
Garden City Board
Chamber
ndodge@genet.com
Garden City
Gregg Hendricks
Finney County Museum hosts brown bag lunch series
The Finney County Historical Museum will host noon to 1 p.m. talks this month. Dawn Habiger of Kalvesta discusses quilting techniques, Chevelle Thomas of the Finney County Historical Society covers quilt conservation, and Kathy Sexson of Lee Richardson Zoo talks about zoo updates. Meetings are at 403 S Fourth St with coffee and dessert.
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Finney County Historical Museum
Dawn Habiger
Kalvesta
Chevelle Thomas
Finney County Historical Society
Kathy Sexson
Lee Richardson Zoo
S. Fourth St
Kansas bill aims at state energy efficiency push
A Senate Utilities Committee hearing on a bill to create a state run energy efficiency program drew cautious support from utilities who seek cost recovery for any new program expenses. Proponents say the measure requires universal customer education on conservation and develops curricula for public schools, businesses, and governments while backing programs overseen by the Kansas Corporation Commission and Kansas Energy Office.
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Topeka
Hns
Mark Schreiber
Westar Energy
Senate Utilities Committee
Ing
State Corporation Commission
Energy Office
Schreiber
Senate
Jay Emler
R-Lindsberg
Kansas Energy Council
Energy Advisory Board
Kathleen Sebelius
Energy Council
Bruce Snead
Kansas
Cal
Snead
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Energy Office
Commis
Sion
Sierra Club
Tom Thompson
Thompson
Smoking ban bill advances to Senate floor in Kansas
The Judiciary Committee rewrote a statewide smoking ban to allow counties to opt out. The measure bans smoking in most public places with carve outs for veterans halls, certain food shops and charity cigar dinners. Senate leaders anticipate debate next week as local control is cited to aid passage.
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Topeka
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Derek Schmidt
Schmidt
R-Independence
Leoti Lions Host Groundhog Pancake Day Fundraiser Weekly
The Leoti Lions Club hosts its 26th Groundhog Pancake Day this weekend at the Community Building in Seon from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds support youth programs, glasses funding, scholarships, and park upkeep, with menu items including pork sausage pancakes syrup orange juice and coffee. Donations fund three $250 scholarships and $500 for youth glasses. Also showcased is the Smithsonian aviation posters exhibit Fly Now at Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma running through April 1, plus Amelia Earhart related programs and videos. A book signing by author David Heape is at Hastings Saturday 4 to 6 p.m. A public dance rounds out weekend events at the Finney County Fairgrounds Exhibition Building.
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Leoti Lions Club
Scoti Lions
Earl Giesick
Club
Lions
Seon
Giesick
Kansas
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum
Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Amelia Earhart
The
Kansas State Historical Society
Earhart
Wichita
Stauth Museum
Kim Legleiter
Legleiter
N. Aztec, Montezuma
Stauthmemorialmuseum.org
David Heape
Hastings
Kansas Ave
Heape
Kaitlyn
SRS
Finney County Fairgrounds
High schools weigh new chance to boost AYP scores
Kansas districts embrace Opportunity to Learn after federal approval to bank meets standard scores from 10th and spring 11th grade tests. Districts plan retests, remedial courses, and targeted prep to raise reading and math proficiency toward AYP benchmarks.
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Kansas
U.S. Department of Education
David Bowman
Kansas State Department of Education
Kansas State Board of Education
Michael Brom
Bram
Scott Kedrowski
Deerfield High School
Kedrowski
Hugoton
Lakin
Stanton County
Bowman
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