Garden City Fiddlers and Pickers Perform at Senior Center
Old style country music roundup features the Garden City Fiddlers Pickers and Singers starting at 4 p.m. Saturday at Finney County Senior Center 907 N. 10th St. A 6 30 p.m. carry in supper precedes music. Free monthly program invites all ages to participate or listen. For info call 640.0588 evenings.
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United Way funding applications available for Finney County
Finney County United Way invites applications and outlines criteria for funding. Electronic copies are at wwwgardencity.net/unitedway. email fcawed gmail.com for an application. Hard copies may be picked up at 1511 E Fulton Terrace Garden City. Deadline is 4 p.m. April 1. Call Consuelo Sandoval at 275-1425 for more information.
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Finney County United Way
Zumba Class at Garden City Recreation Rec
Garden City Recreation Commission offers a Zumba class led by Cristy Lopez for ages 15 and up. Sessions run 6:30 to 7:25 p.m. on Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays starting Monday, with contact number 276-1200 for details.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
Garden City Recreations Commission
Cristy Lopez
Zoo Reinstates Vehicle Entry Fee At Lee Richardson Zoo
Beginning Tuesday the drive through entrance reopens and the seasonal vehicle admission fee resumes. A $10 day pass allows unlimited vehicle entries. pedestrians stay free. Zoo opens 8 a.m. daily with vehicle fee from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Members entrance free with Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo card.
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Garden City Community College marketing seminar series open for registration
Registration remains open for GCCC Business and Industry Institute five mid day marketing seminars aimed at boosting business visibility. Sessions run 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m on March 16 and 30 April 13 and 20 and May 4 with a 155 fee covering lunch and materials. Registration required one week in advance. Contact 276 9647 or B I gcccks edu for details. Institute hours are 8 a m to 7 30 p m Monday through Thursday and 8 a m to 4 30 p m Fridays.
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Business and Industry Institute
Jean Warta
GCCC
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Institute
House passes union paycheck bill amid protests in Kansas
The Kansas House approved a bill 75 to 46 to end voluntary payroll deductions for union political activities. Protesters in the gallery were removed as union members outside criticized limits on free speech. Gov. Brownback’s office did not comment as lawmakers consider broader labor policy and state workforce plans.
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Tunnel
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Kansas
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Ohio
Indiana
Stan Chapman
Jeremy Hendrickson
Laborers’ International Union
Kansas City
Scott Walker
Stan Rothenberger
Statehouse
Rothenberger
Kansas House weighs raising speed limit to 75 mph
Kansas legislators advance House Bill 2034 to raise the maximum speed limit from 70 to 75 mph on divided multilane highways. Rep. Marvin Kleeb argues open western states already permit 75, while opponents question at grade access roads. The measure moves to the Senate.
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Marvin Kleeb
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Altoona
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North
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The
Senate
Boeing wins $35 billion Air Force tanker contract
The Air Force selected Boeing to build 179 aerial refueling tankers worth about 35 billion dollars. The deal supports roughly 50,000 U.S. jobs and boosts economies in Washington state and Kansas, with 11,000 local Boeing jobs and 693 million dollars in annual benefits in Washington.
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Wash
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Todd Campbell
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees In Aerospace
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Jay Inslee
D-Wash
Jason Redrup
Norm Dicks
Redrup
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SPEEA
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Patty Murray
America
Chris Gregoire
EADS
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Robert Bentley
Pentagon
Kansas
Pat Roberts
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