Garden City Public Schools cancel Friday inservice day
No classes Friday for Garden City Public Schools due to a district inservice day for teachers. District offices and facilities will remain open with regular business hours. Classes will resume on Monday.
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Registration opens for 2016 Biking Across Kansas tour
Registration opens at midnight Friday for the 2016 Biking Across Kansas bicycle tour now in its 42nd year. The eight day ride starts June 4 at the Kansas Colorado line west of Saint Francis and travels along US Highway 36 ending in Troy on June 10. Up to 900 bicyclists and supporters are expected. Visit www bak org for details.
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Area blood drives in February across southwest Kansas
The American Red Cross urges donors with AB and negative types A B C O negative to give blood at several southwest Kansas locations in February. Dates include February 3 Gar den City and February 9 Montezuma, among others, with varying times at Ulysses High School Garden City Community College Morningside Community Church and 4-H Buildings in Johnson City and Tribune. For details visit redcross.org.
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Master Gardener training opens in Dodge City
The Master Gardener program in southwest Kansas begins February 3 and runs Wednesdays through March 30 at the Ford County Fair Building in Dodge City. Sponsored by Kansas State Research and Extension, the 40 hour course trains adults in horticulture with instruction from KSU specialists and county agents. Apply by February 3 at local Extension offices. enrollment is 100 dollars. For more details call Finney County or Ford County Extension Offices.
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Groundhog Supper Serves Sausage and Community Support
At First United Methodist Church in Muncie, the annual Groundhog Supper gathers United Methodist Men and junior leaders to prepare sausage, gravy, and pie for 800 guests. Carryout accounts for about 30 percent, with prices of 3.50 for children and 7 for adults. Proceeds fund six scholarships and local causes. leftovers sell by the pound.
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Kenneth Henderson
Camden
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Roderick
Grant Roderick
Reagan
Marissa
Call
Senator faces backlash over dress code rule for witnesses
Kansas senator Mitch Holmes apologizes for defending a guideline targeting women's attire in the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee. He retracts the conferee guidelines after criticism and says the rules were only guidelines to help witnesses present effectively.
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Kansas House studies BB gun and hunting rights bills
A House committee discussed House Bill 2468 to allow schools to host BB gun and air gun events on district property and to pursue a constitutional amendment recognizing a right to hunt fish or trap. The measures drew NRA support but concern from the Kansas Association of School Boards over liability and local control.
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