Free Garden City fiddlers concert at Finney Center
The Garden City Fiddlers Pickers and Singers perform at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Senior Center of Finney County 907 N. 10th St. The free old style country music program invites performers to sign in. A carry-in supper runs 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. followed by more music until 9 p.m.
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Garden City
Finney County
10Th St
GCHS to host Tri-M Elementary Music Clinic Thursday
Garden City High School will host a Tri M Music Honor Society Elementary Music Clinic at 4 p.m. Thursday for fourth and fifth graders, followed by a 6:30 p.m. concert in the high school auditorium at 2720 Buffalo Way Blvd. Admission is a donation to the Shropshire Music Foundation. Clinician is Liz Shropshire, founder of the foundation. Parents can sign up by emailing Bethany Nickel at Knickelgckschools.com or by calling 805-5524.
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Garden City High School
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Buffalo Way Blvd
Shropshire Music Foundation
Liz Shropshire
Uganda
Kosovo
Northern Ireland
Bethany Nickel
GCHS
Knickel
Gckschools.com
Military academy nominees from Kansas district announced
Rep. Tim Huelskamp announced 18 district nominations for service academies including three from Garden City. Brevin Irvin and Greta Peters received multiple academy nominations, Tyler LaSalle and Jacob Gesling also named, with James Meehan III listed from Dodge City. The process emphasizes discipline and community commitment. Huelskamp assembled a Kansan nominations board.
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Tim Huelskamp
Garden City
Brevin Irvin
Steven
Kathryn Irvin
U.S. Naval Academy
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. Military Academy
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Tyler LaSalle
Roger
Jennifer LaSalle
Greta Peters
Timothy
Shawn Peters
Kansas
Jacob Gesling
Sublette
Michael
Karen Gesling
James Meehan III
Dodge City
James, Jr
Hospital tightens visitation rules at St Catherine Hospital
St Catherine Hospital adopts stricter visitation guidelines to curb influenza spread. All visitors must stop at a collaboration station for hand hygiene and precautions, no visitors under 12, and those with fever or respiratory symptoms must stay home. CDC guidance shapes the plan. rules remain until flu activity drops.
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St. Catherine Hospital
St. Catherine
Scott Taylor
Hospital
Taylor
CDC
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Steathhosp
Lawmakers weigh sleep rules to curb late night decisions
Kansas House debates a rule to end debate by 11 p.m. unless a majority agrees to extend, proposing a 10 hour rest between sessions to ensure lawmakers and staff sleep six or seven hours. The measure, cited by Rep. Pete DeGraaf, was defeated 50 to 66 amid concerns about workload and duties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas House of Representatives
Mulvane
Pete DeGraaf
House
DeGraaf
Bob Bethell
R-Alden
Wabaunsee County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas House panel endorses union fundraising bill poised for debate
A Kansas House committee endorsed a bill restricting political fundraising by public employee unions, voting 10 to 5. The measure would ban automatic paycheck deductions for union political activities, signaling likely passage given GOP majorities. opponents cite Wisconsin parallels and a controversial remark by Kansas Chamber official Eric Stafford.
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Kansas
Topeka
Statehouse
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee
Wisconsin
Scott Walker
Sam Brownback
Eric Stafford
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
House
Stafford
Annie Tietze
Tietze
Kansas Chamber
Debate delays on Kansas Turnpike KDOT merger plan
Kansas Turnpike Authority CEO Michael Johnston testifies on 2013 status while House leaders defer merger details. Lawmakers press for specifics, noting potential savings of 15 million annually and the need to study why the Turnpike was created as a separate entity in 1953.
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Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas Department of Transportation
House Appropriations Committee
Marc Rhoades
KTA
Michael Johnston
Sam Brownback
KDOT
Rhoades
Newton
Brownback
Kansas
House
Tee
Johnston
Kansas City
Kan
Oklahoma
Transportation Department
Turnpike Authority
Tom Whitaker
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
Whitaker
Turnpike
Jerry Henry
Cummings
Henry
Kansas Highway Patrol
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