Youth Livestock Super Saturday Planned in Finney County
Finney County Extension Office hosts Youth Livestock Super Saturday at the 4 H Building on Finney County Fairgrounds for youth and parents. Sessions cover rabbits poultry horses beef meat goats swine and sheep with topics on selection nutrition health environment and husbandry. Free lunch comes at noon and a Livestock Skillathon runs during the day with pre registration advised.
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Finney County Extension Office
Finney County Fairgrounds
Mark Masri to Perform in Garden City Tuesday Night
Toronto born singer Mark Masri brings opera and romantic pop to Clifford Hope Auditorium at Garden City High School as part of the Southwest Kansas Live On Stage season. The 7:30 p.m. concert features a piano guitar and cello trio with tickets from 25 dollars, 55 for season adults, and 135 for a family package.
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Mark Masri
Garden City
Southwest Kansas
Clifford Hope
Garden City High School
N. Main St
Toronto
Canada
Amtrak expansion plans in Kansas halted over funding
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Department of Transportation says funding questions derail plans to expand Amtrak service. KDOT chief Dennis Slimmer told a Senate committee that no further work will occur without Legislature funding. Proposals sought a Newton stop or a Heartland Flyer extension to Kansas City MO, with costs around 87.5 million and 245.5 million respectively.
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Topeka
State Transportation Department
Kansas
Dennis Slimmer
Kansas Department of Transportation
Senate
Lawrence Journal-World
KDOT
Amtrak
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Newton
Kansas City
Water policy plans move through Kansas legislature
In Topeka AP: Parts of Governor Brownback's water policy plan advance in the Senate Agriculture Committee. The proposal would give water rights holders greater flexibility for irrigation and agricultural use, and remove annual minimum use requirements to avoid forfeiture. Brownback aims to extend groundwater supplies including the Ogallala aquifer amid drought.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Senate Agriculture Committee
Brownback
Ogallala
Federal GPS ruling seen as minimal locally
A Supreme Court ruling limiting police use of GPS is expected to have little local impact. Finney County Sheriff Bascue and Garden City police say they already seek warrants and will follow the ruling. Kansas Highway Patrol notes GPS use is rare and tied to federal joint task forces, with plans to comply.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Antoine Jones
Jones
Antonin Scalia
Sonia Sotomayor
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Garden City
Michael Reagle
Reagle
Kansas Highway Patrol
KHP
Scott Harrington
Colorado
Kansas
Garden City farm show opens with health and energy talks
The Garden City Farm and Ranch show began its fourth year with sessions on health and alternative energy. Sponsored by Mid America Ag Network through Stockline Communications, the event at Finney County Fairgrounds runs Friday and Saturday with around 60 exhibitors and an expected 3,000 visitors. A Saturday summit features Kansas State University professors discussing dairy industry issues.
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Garden City
Rick Everett
KIUL
KYUL
KGGS
Everett
Kansas State University
Balko
Charles Mahaffey
Mahaffey
Okla
Lakin
Eva Raymond
Raymond
Tim Huelskamp
Sunflower Electric to raise wholesale rates near 11 percent
Sunflower Electric plans a base rate increase around six percent with fuel costs rising about five percent per month, taking effect for January usage. The Hays based co op seeks to build an 895 MW coal plant near Holcomb, stalled after a Sierra Club suit, while considering a natural gas powered plant and relying on federal rules affecting diesel backups.
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Hays
Kansas
Sunflower
Lowry
Prairie
Dennis Devnes
Western Cooperative
WaKeeney
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