Garden City Arts to open Many Musical Hands exhibit
Garden City Arts unveils Many Musical Hands, a Feb 19 to Mar 26 show curated by Valarie Smith. Nearly 20 nationwide artists donate works to support Many Hands charity aiding underprivileged children. proceeds fund local arts and Central America orphanages. Opening reception Feb 19 7 to 9 p.m. at 318 N Main St with live shows by Fresh Picked Parsley Ashley Case and Molly Fischer.
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Parsley Ashley Case
Molly Fischer
Main ARTery in Ulysses hosts Feb reception Sun Kissed theme
The Main ARTery in Ulysses will host its first reception of the year on February 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at 103 S. Main St. The event features 36 artists and vendors with Shannon and Slater Heglin providing music. Refreshments will be served. For details call Tracy Teeter or visit the shop's site.
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Ulysses
S. Main St
Shannon
Slater Heglin
Tracy Teeter
Mainarterykansas.com
Child Infants CPR AED Course Planned in Garden City
A February 24 child and infant CPR AED course at Garden City Recreation activity center 310 N Sixth St teaches response to pediatric emergencies and AED use. The two year certificate costs 25 dollars, 5 to 9 pm, registration by February 22. call Monica Colborn at 620 276 1200 or email monica.colborn gardencityks.us.
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Garden City Recreation Activity Center
N. Sixth St
Monica Colborn
Monica.colborn
Gardencityks.us
Finney County Historical Museum to Close Monday
The Finney County Historical Museum at 408 S Fourth St will close Monday for President’s Day and reopen Tuesday with two public programs. A Brown Bag Lunch at noon features Garden City’s Windsor Hotel and Brian Nelson. An Evening at the Museum at 7 p.m. titled Collecting with Jody Bennett, a seasoned antiques expert, will share buying, selling and appraisal tips.
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Finney County Historical Museum
S. Fourth St
Garden City
Windsor Hotel
Brian Nelson
Finney County Preservation Alliance
Jody Bennett
Bennett
Southwest Kansas
North Museum
Great Bend moves to preliminary engineering for transload site
Great Bend and Kansas partners win approval to start the preliminary engineering for a multimodal transload center west of the airport. The $6.8 million project includes a $3 million state contribution for rail improvements with HDR as engineer and several local groups in the development consortium. Garden City awaiting final signoff as discussions continue on its bid.
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Garden City
KDOT
Highway 50
John Maddox
Maddox
Kansas Department of Transportation
Great Bend Group
HDR
City of
Great Bend Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
K&o
Kansas Transload Services
Mike King
Kansas Transportation
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas
Mike Allison
K&o Railroad
Pat Cedeno
Watco Companies
King
Cedeno
Kansas panel weighs strict foster home limits in Senate bill
A Kansas Senate committee debated reforms to foster care with SB 315 proposing caps of four foster children and six total in a home. Proponents cite safety and space concerns while opponents warn of limiting case-by-case care. the bill saw no action.
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Kansas
Senate
Oletha Faust
Goudeau
Wichita
Faust-Goudeau
Topeka
Jonathan Schumm
Schumm
Schumms
DCF
Kathy Armstrong
David Haley
Kansas City
Rogg
Mary Pilcher-Cook
Shawnee
Forrest Knox
Altoona
Kansas budget passes amid deficits and education funding tug
The Senate and House pass competing budget packages amid a projected state deficit of more than 175 million. The House bill, 68-56, draws 25 million from transportation and suspends KPERS contributions, while the Senate measures aim to shield KPERS for two years. Negotiations proceed with a court ruling demanding 54 million for low-wealth K-12, and adjustments to STAR bond projects.
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House
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Ron Ryckman Jr
House Appropriations Committee
Kansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Tom Burroughs
Kansas City
Brownback
Kansas
Burroughs
University of Kansas
Osawatomie State Hospital
STAR
Star Bonds
Heartland Park
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