Gluten Free Support Group to Meet in Ulysses
Southwest Kansas Area Gluten Free Support Group holds its first meeting in Ulysses at 10 a.m. at the GCRC Activity Center 120 W Grant Ave. Mary Herbert registered dietitian from Southwest Medical Center will help establish a regular schedule. Call Artrisha Moyer at 620 353 9640 for details.
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Southwest Kansas Area
Ulysses
GCRC
W. Grant Ave
Southwest Medical Center
Mary Herbert
Artrisha Moyer
Knowledge at Noon explores world produce at library
The Knowledge at Noon program Thursday will tour the produce department of the local grocery store, showing exotic foods from around the world and how to select and use them. The free event runs 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. at Finney County Public Library, 605 E Walnut St. No advance registration. Bring lunch. coffee and tea provided. Call 272-3670 for details.
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Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Finney County Extension Office
Kids arts and crafts class set for Saturday
An arts and crafts class for children 8 and older is planned for 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Garden City Recreation Commission. A table offers bead crafts, wooden items, potholders, cardboard dragsters, or Styrofoam gliders. Fee is $3 at the door. Call 276-1200.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
N. Sixth St
Online affidavits to obtain free Kansas birth certificates
State officials say affidavits to obtain a free Kansas birth certificate will be available online this week at KDHE. The form waives the usual $15 fee and requires swearing the certificate will be used to secure a voter photo ID or to register to vote. The certificate can serve as one of the documents to prove citizenship under a new law.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Wichita Eagle
KDHE
Kdheks.gov
Hays Regional Airport posts record 2011 boardings
Hays Regional Airport reported its highest passenger boardings in 2011 with 10,912, a 17.3 percent rise from 2010, enabling up to 1 million dollars in federal funding for improvements. City Manager Toby Dougherty credited an aggressive marketing push and a improving economy, noting Great Lakes Airlines service issues waned after a new manager. Runway reconstruction is planned to start late spring or early summer while the airport stays open.
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Hays
Toby Dougherty
Dougherty
Hays Daily News
Great Lakes Airlines
Garden City man given four concurrent life terms
Lorenzo West, 28, was sentenced to four concurrent life sentences plus about 46 years before parole on 11 counts including three rapes of a minor and criminal sodomy. Jessica's Law applies to three rape counts and the sodomy count, while the kidnapping count carries the longest term. West’s attorney urged a lower sentence. the victim and family testified, and West expressed remorse while claiming innocence.
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Garden City
Michael Quint
Lorenzo West
Quint
Jessica
West
Finney County
Tamara Hicks
Jennifer Cunningham
Cunningham
Christi Cott
Alvina Cruz- Rivera
U.S
Cruz-Rivera
Cott
Cairn Terrier Proposed as Kansas State Dog
Obedience chairwoman Brenda Moore backs designating the cairn terrier as Kansas’s official dog breed. State Rep. Ed Trimmer introduced House Bill 251 after Moore urged the move, noting the breed’s intelligence and loyalty and Toto fame.
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Kansas
Brenda Moore
Augusta
South Central Kansas Kennel Club
Moore
Ed Trimmer
Winfield
Trimmer
Toto
Kansas lawmakers weigh fate of historic tax credits
Gov Brownback seeks to scrap 23 credits including the historic preservation and IDA credits. House Republicans would keep all but one of the targeted credits. Interfaith Housing Services warns loss would cripple its IDA program, jeopardizing private funding and federal matches while affecting 151 helped so far and limiting future aid.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
Interfaith
House
Tion
IDA
Brownback
Emily Hurst
Hurst
Hutchinson
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