Finney County Conservation District Annual Meeting Monday
The Finney County Conservation District hosts its annual meeting with the Finney County Extension Office at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the 4-H Building. Seminars cover Water Quality and TMDLs by Bob Frisbee, Carbon Sequestration by Chuck Rice, and Managing Stress in Agriculture by Chet Nelson. A noon meal follows a short business session. call 275-0211 Extension 3 for details.
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Finney County 4-H
Bob Frisbee
K-State
Chuck Rice
Chet Nelson
Kansas Rural Farm Help Line
Conservation District
Finney County Ag Bankers
Master Gardener program accepts Southwest Kansas applicants
Area residents may apply for the Southwest Kansas Extension Master Gardener Program, a volunteer training effort promoting integrated pest management, water conservation, yard waste management, and regional plant adaptability. Applications are at Finney County Extension Office and other southwest Kansas offices. submit by Tuesday.
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Fiddler Picker Singers To Play In Scott City
The White Woman Basin Chapter of the Kansas Old Time Fiddlers Pickers and Singers will perform from 2 to 4 30 p m Sunday at the VIP Building 300 Church Street Scott City The event is free and open to the public.
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Miller Memorial Scholarship Established at GCCC
John and Emme Miller of Boca Raton Florida endowed twenty thousand dollars to Garden City Community College. The KirK Gordon Miller Memorial Scholarship Fund will fund an annual renewable award for a full time freshman or sophomore in need. Applications via the Office of Student Financial Aid at the Academic Building south end. call (316) 276 9519.
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GCCC
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Lydia Gonzales Quoted in Worker Rights Meeting
Lydia Gonzales was cited in Monday’s report on a worker rights meeting as a quoted participant. She was described as a quoted attendee, not an organizer, in the coverage of the event.
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Light snow forecast in Kansas with clearing weekend
National Weather Service says light snow expected across Kansas through Friday with a clear weekend. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with flurries and lows from 10 to 15 in the north and west to the lower 20s in the southeast. Friday may bring more light snow to the southeast with highs in the 20s and 30s. Extended outlook calls for dry conditions through Monday with highs in the 30s and 40s and overnight lows from 15 to 25. Road condition hotline provided.
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Topeka
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National Weather Service
Garden City Schools Back In Session After Snow Days
Garden City students returned to class after two snow days with administrators urging precision use of remaining snow days. USD 457 Superintendent Milt Pippenger and Deputy Jim Lentz noted calendar buffers allow last minute changes but no plan to add days unless a new storm hits. Teachers adjusted lesson plans while high school use of alternating schedules remained intact, with principal Kevin Burr saying the week starts like a new Monday.
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Milt Pippenger
Pippenger
Jim Lentz
Lentz
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Victor Ornelas Elementary School
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Garden City High School
GCHS
Kevin Burr
Burr
Algebra Boot Camp at Garden City Community College
An Algebra Boot Camp will run 7 to 10 p m Monday through Wednesday in the Lecture Hall at Garden City Community College. The free program covers different concepts each session and includes an algebra handbook. It targets high school juniors and seniors preparing for ACT or SAT, GCCC students enrolling in algebra, and community members seeking a refresher. Funded by a School to Career Grant to Garden City Public Schools Holcomb Public Schools and GCCC.
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Garden City Public Schools
Holcomb Public Schools
GCCC
High Plains Public Radio to resume full power after outage
After six days at reduced power due to a major equipment failure, High Plains Public Radio will return to full power. Gardne City transmitter shut down Friday after 5 pm. crews from the transmitter maker head to Garden City and normal service is expected by the weekend. The station continued from Hill City and satellite sites, keeping weather, news, music and information on air.
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High Plains Public Radio
Garden City
Tony Stout
Hill City
National Public Radio
Weather outlook for Garden City
Tonight partly cloudy with a low near 10. North wind 5 to 15 mph. Friday mostly sunny with a high in the mid 20s and northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Friday night partly cloudy with a low in the teens. Saturday partly cloudy with a high in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
Highway corridor route could change in Kansas study
Finney County and Garden City officials learned from KDOT that the U S 50 400 corridor study will not fix the current route. The study costs about 1 2 million with local matches totaling 200 000 and a nine to 12 month timeline. County and city officials must decide funding and potential opt out implications ahead of a January 29 meeting.
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Garden City
Mullinville
Kansas Department of Transportation
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Gray County
IBP
Finney-Kearny County
Ford County
Kiowa
Kearny
Hamilton County
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Holcomb City
Automatic recount bill eyed by Kansas governor
Gov Bill Graves proposes automatic recounts in statewide races with margins under one half of one percent. The plan, debated by the Senate Elections and Local Government Committee, follows Florida issues and would shift recount costs to counties. Elizabeth Ensley notes potential taxpayer burden though a hand recount in Shawnee County affirmed the 65 vote win of Republican Doug Mays in the 54th House District.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Senate Elections and Local Government Committee
Ron Thornburgh
Florida
Don Brown
Kansas
Barbara Allen
Allen
Overland Park
Thornburgh
Graves
Brown
Elizabeth Ensley
Shawnee County
Ensley
Doug Mays
Cyndy Cain
Grain Prices at Garden City Co-op NY Crecca
Edward Jones and Co reports Dow Jones at 10648.10, up 63.85 from this morning's opening. Grain prices at the Garden City Co-op reflect this market movement and the day’s trading trends.
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