Roundup Briefs Farm & Ranch Show on tap this weekend
The Garden City Farm & Ranch Show returns to Finney County Exhibition Building with the latest in farm and ranch gear, energy seminars, and horseman ship clinics. Notable speakers include Dale Rodman and Dennis McKinney with sessions by Curt Pate and NVRA clinicians. Free admission and lunch for first 500 visitors. Hours 9 to 5 Thu/Fri, 9 to 4 Sat. Visit MidAmericaAgNetwork.com for details.
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Garden City
Finney County Exhibition Building
Luke Schwieterman
Schwieterman Inc
Jeff Hutton
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Kansas
Dale Rodman
Dennis McKinney
Better Horses
Ernie Rodia
Montana
Curt Pate
Robert Redford
Gena Henson
Channing Hawks
National
Versatility Ranch Horse Association
Lori Shannon
MidAmericaAgNetwork.com
Kansas Day events headline six Garden City schools
Six Garden City schools plan Kansas Day activities this week to mark the state's 1861 admission. Gertrude Walker Elementary hosts a zoomobile on Kansas animals while third and fourth graders make bread in a bag. other activities include butter making, Buffalo Bill portrayals, ethanol demonstrations, a guest musician, spinning wheel demos, Kansas trivia, and multiple center and Jeopardy style events led by students.
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Garden City
Kansas
Gertrude Walker
Barbara Addison
Finney County Extension Office
Alta Brown
Willis Pracht
Jennie Barker
Valerie Stewart
Scott City
Plymell
Victor Ornelas Elementary School
Holcomb Ffa
Buffalo
Kansas urged to follow Florida's lead in reading gains
Gov. Brownback urged Kansas to emulate Florida's education reforms to boost reading scores. Matthew Ladner cited 28 percent of Kansas fourth graders below basic reading and Florida Hispanic students near Kansas in 2009, while Kansas outperformed Florida on graduation and dropout rates but scored lower on overall reform.
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Wichita
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Brownback
Senate Education Committee
Topeka
Florida
Matthew Ladner
Goldwater Institute
Arizona
Kansas Policy Institute
National Assessment of Education Progress
NAEP
Ladner
Kansas Association of School Boards
States
District of Columbia
Ground Hog Supper At United Methodist Church Draws Crowd
At United Methodist Church, the annual Ground Hog Supper drew a long line before peak 5:30 p.m. as 1,800 sausage patties and local meat fed diners. Garden City Middle School students aided volunteers with serving and clean up for scholarships and church kitchen upgrades.
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First United Methodist Church
Miller
Garden City
Junior Leadership Corps
Caleb Callahan
Abe Hubert
Junior Leadership Corp
Garden City High School
Ashley
Mario Rivas
Drayce
Ashley Rivas
Garden City Optometrists
Rivas
Boy Scouts
Bernadine Sitts
Tyler Hands
Natali Martinez
Sankay Thee
Debate over full strength alcohol sales in Kansas jobs claim
Proponents of SB 54 say allowing grocery and convenience stores to sell liquor and full strength beer and wine would create more than 12,000 jobs, $216 million in wages, and $72 million in taxes, while liquor store owners warn results favor corporations and erase local business history. University study estimates 8,987 grocery jobs and 9,349 convenience store jobs, offset by 1,154 liquor-store losses.
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Topeka
Mct
Art Hall
University of Kansas Center For Applied Economics
Hall
Coalition For Jobs and Consumer Choice
Walmart
Kroger/Dillons
Hy-Vee
QuikTrip
Amy Campbell
Kansas Association of Beverage Retailers
Bill Proponents
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Brad Nading
Church
Tim Miller
United Methodist Church
Dania Unruh
Becky Clark
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