Ballroom dance classes offered in Garden City
An eight week session starts Friday at Garden City Recreation 310 N Sixth St. Jon Gregory teaches the Cha Cha for couples each Friday at 6 p.m. Leather soled shoes required. $55 per couple for eight weeks. Reservations: 276 1200 or stop by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City Recreation
Sixth St
Jon Gregory
Pawnee Fry marks 62nd annual event in Finney County
The 62nd Pawnee Fry is set for Monday at the Pawnee Acre Community Building in northeast Finney County. A 6:30 p.m. meal features calf fries and ham sandwiches, followed by a program on Tools of the Modern Cowman by Justin Waggoner, southwest area beef specialist. Public invited. information available from Finney County Extension Office or Jim Hewes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnee Acre
Finney County
Justin Waggoner
Southwest Area
Jim Hewes
Agency recognizes dedication reception for Finney County leader
The Finney County Farm Service Agency honors Thelma Toke Heiman for nine years on the Finney County Committee with a public reception Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon at 2106 E. Spruce St. in the office conference room. The public is invited. call 275-0211 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County Farm Service Agency
Thelma “Toke” Heiman
Finney County Committee
Spruce St
H1N1 Vaccination Drive At Finney County Fairgrounds
Health Department offers H1N1 shots to anyone six months and older from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the grand stand meeting room. Second-dose vaccination for children under nine requires a 28 day interval. Citizens are urged to stay home when sick and follow hygiene practices to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County
Kansas House weighs ban on texting while driving
The Kansas House Transportation Committee sponsors a bill to bar texting and emailing while driving with GPS navigation as an exception. A hearing was scheduled today. Violators face warnings first year and a $100 fine beginning July 2011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
House Transportation Committee
Legislation seeks to move magistrate judges to urban areas
A Kansas bill would reassign state financed district magistrate judge posts from sparse counties to cities, risking loss of judges in western counties while Reno County would keep its single magistrate. The plan targets districts with mixed county populations and uses caseload thresholds to trigger elimination, with counties able to preserve posts by funding salaries locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Grant
Haskell
Morton
Seward
Stanton
Stevens
Margaret Alford
Grant County
Haskell, Stanton
Stevens County
Seward County
Clark, Comanche
Ford, Gray, Kiowa
Meade
van Hampton
Clark
Comanche
Smith
Edwards County
24Th Judicial District
Kansas Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Secretary of State
County General Fund
Clark County
Howard Wideman
Designer of holocaust museum joins Greensburg Big Well project
The City of Greensburg announces Ralph Appelbaum Associates will join BNIM to design the LEED Platinum Big Well Museum. Appelbaum's firm, renowned for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, will help shape exhibits telling the Big Well story, the May 4 2007 tornado impact, and Greensburg’s green rebuilding. Project Explore assists by gathering local stories for inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Well Museum
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, D.C
Greensburg
Ralph Appelbaum
Appelbaum
AAA
New York Museum of
America
Project Explore
Haitian boy finally joins Hesston family after long wait
Scott and Wanda Miller adopted Haitian teen Junior Cranvil, now 17, after a six year, turbulence filled journey from Croix-des Bouquets orphanage. a devastating Haiti earthquake sped up visa clearance as the family welcomed Junior into their home with his siblings Levi Karla and Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesston
Cranvil Miller
University of Kansas
Junior
Scott Miller
Scott
Wanda Miller
Levi
Karla
Joe
Kansas
Haiti
Millers
Haiti Lifeline Ministries
Kingdom Life Ministries Church
Miller
Centre of Children’s International Lifeline Orphanage
Port-au- Prince
Croix-des Bouquets
Junior Oranvil
Nicole Dieudonne
United States
Uni
Dad
Wanda
Junior Cranvil Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
A .Aduom
Garden City
Sloan
House Judiciary Committee
Garden City Community College
Perryman Athletic Complex
Sandra J. Milburn
the Hutchinson