Astronomy Night At Garden City High School
Garden City High School hosts an Astronomy Night at the Buffalo Range Recreation Area on Sagebrush Road from 6 to 8 p.m. Attendees will observe Venus Orion Nebula and the Pleiades as conditions permit. Temperatures will fall after sundown, dress warmly.
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Garden City High School
Buffalo ‘Range
Sagebrush Road
Main Street Bridge
Venus
Sons of the American Legion calf fry at Legion hall
The Sons of the American Legion sponsor a calf fry Thursday from 5 30 to 8 p m at the American Legion. Menu includes calf fries ham fried chicken and other foods. Plates are 8 for all you can eat. Public is welcome.
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Sons of the American Legion
The
American Legion
Math Night and Chili Supper at Bernadine Sitts Center
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center invites families to a Math Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at 3101 Belmont St. A donation chili supper runs 6 to 6:30 p.m. Students receive punch cards and earn prizes by accumulating punches from math activities such as card games, dice games, Quizmo, liquid measurement make and take, and estimation jars.
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Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Belmont St
New Tactic Adopted for Statewide Smoking Ban
AP reports Kansas advocates frame a statewide smoking ban as a budget solution. Supporters say Medicaid costs exceed 200 million dollars yearly due to tobacco illnesses and cite health studies from other states. Senate Public Health Welfare Committee plans hearings led by Chairman Jim Barnett as support grows.
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Topeka
Oney
David Wysong
Mission
Wysong
Senate Public Health Welfare Committee
Jim Barnett
Emporia
Senate panel stalls on Kansas school aid deficit plan
Disagreements over potential education funding cuts stall Ways and Means action on a 186 million deficit plan. The panel, led by Jay Emler, weighs whether to cut base aid, special programs, or both, with Gov. Sebelius proposing targeted changes and Democrats urging caution to minimize harm across districts.
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Topeka
Senate
Ways and Means
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Jay Emler
Lindsborg
House Appropriations Committee
Janis Lee
Kensington
John Wratil
Leawood
Blue Valley
Johnson County
Laura Kelly
Lakin Woman Faces Final Days With Family Amid Illness
Elizabeth Hughes 29, flown home to Lakin with husband David after Mayo Clinic diagnosis of a rare liver and heart condition named Elizabeth Hughes Disease. Her heart runs at 11 percent. doctors say the disease, linked to iron retention, may end her life in days or weeks. Her four year old daughter Emily offers drawings of Heaven as family honors faith and supports Elizabeth with gifts and prayers. A medical-expense fund is set up at Kearny County Bank in Lakin.
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Lakin
Elizabeth Hughes
David Hughes
Kearny County
Kearny County Hospital
Elizabeth
Mayo Clinic
Minnesota
Mayo
Alvin Bergkamp
Suellen Bergkamp
David
Emily
Heaven
Jesus
Tonda
Ed Eakin
Garden City
Tonda Eakin
High Plains
Eakin
Valerie Bergkamp
Kenneth Henderson Middle
Kearny County Bank
N. Main St
Kansas panel seeks speedier transmission project approvals
Kansas House energy committee considered bills to accelerate electric transmission lines in the state. Proposals target quicker rulings by the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Court of Appeals, plus a state authority board fee on ratepayers for new lines. ITC Great Plains and Prairie Wind Transmission seek to build a 180 to 230 mile line through southwest to Wichita, with a winner to be decided by December if talks fail.
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Topeka
Hns
House
Energy Committee
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
State Court of Appeals
House Energy and Utilities Committee
Carl Holmes
Liberal
Holmes
Oklahoma
ITC Great Plains
Michigan
Prairie Wind Transmission
Westar Energy
Spearville
Wichita
KCC
County approves loan for A and W and Long John Silvers
Finney County commissioners edge toward a quarter cent sales tax approved for April to boost revenue for roads and facilities. Estes Enterprises owner Eric Estes seeks $150000 from county and city programs to outfit A and W and Long John Silvers with equipment and furniture, backed by shared mortgages and a personal guaranty.
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Long John Silvers
Finney County
Eric Estes
Enterprises Inc
New A & W
E. Ave
Estes
Estes Enterprises
Great Plains Development Inc
Kansas Ave
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Garden City Community College
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