Red Cross Pleads for Blood Donors Ahead of Independence Day
The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood in the weeks around Independence Day to maintain summer supplies. A blood drive runs 2 to 6 30 p m Monday at Morningside Community Church 100 N Apache in Monterza. O negative A negative and B negative types are especially needed. Appointments via the Red Cross Blood Donor App or www redcrossblood org or call 800 733 2767.
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American Red Cross
Morningside Community Church
N. Apache
Montezuma
Red Cross
Redcrossblood.org
Dighton man named to USDA committee
Dighton resident Ron Suppes has been named to the Agriculture Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds and Planting Seed. The ATAC supports private input on U.S. agricultural trade policy objectives. advisory work dates to 1974.
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Ron Suppes
Dighton
Congress
U.S
Department of Agriculture
ATAC
Al Miller Headlines Stevens Park Concert in Garden City
Al Miller, the featured performer, brings a coffeehouse guitar blend and period pieces to Stevens Park in downtown Garden City. The concert starts at 7 30 p.m. Sunday, continuing the Stevens Park Concert Series lineup.
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al Miller
Stevens Park
Miller
Garden City
Regional coalition backs rural mothers breastfeeding support
A regional Frontier Breastfeeding Coalition covers 13 counties in southwest Kansas led by Janet Colson and Danielle Ast to expand education and access for rural families. The first regional meeting drew 43 participants, with plans to tour towns, hold coalition meetings, and promote breastfeeding as a community effort across hospitals, WIC, and local groups.
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Janet Colson
Danielle Ast
Frontier Breastfeeding Coalition
Southwest Kansas
Colson
St. Catherine Hospital
Ast
WIC
Finney County
Maternal Child Department
St. Catherine
Finney County Health Department
Kearny County Hospital
Lakin
Grant
Scott
Sedgwick
Finney
Freedom Fest fireworks and contests in Garden City
Independence Day celebration features Freedom Fest at Bible Christian Church with a $1000 barbecue brisket contest and multiple prizes. Activities include mud volleyball, basketball, putt putt, gun range competitions, and a municipal band. Fireworks display planned ~9:45 p.m. at Finney County Exhibition Building with zoo hours extended.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
Garden City
Kansas
Bible Christian Church
E. Mary St
Scott Rosen
Rosen
Sand and Sage
Rock Pit Road
West Green
City of Garden City
Finney County Exhibition Building
Lake Ave
Satanta
U.S. Highway 56
County Road
Caddo Street
Scott City
Lakin
Scott
Syracuse
Sam’s Pond
Johnson City
Battin
Kansas Supreme Court to weigh school funding equity and adequacy
Kansas lawmakers and districts face two questions from the Shawnee County ruling on school funding. The court will decide equity for poorer districts and whether overall funding is adequate, with potential annual state costs ranging from 548 million to 771 million dollars. The ruling pauses on appeal and comes amid revenue shortfalls and ongoing partisan debate.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Gannon
Kansas
John Robb
Lawton Nuss
Sam Brownback
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
Brownback
Tallman
Steve Pegram
Santa Fe Trail
Pegram
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Usda Committee
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Saint Francis Community Services
O’brate Foundation
Finney, Grant
Finney, Grant, Greeley
Wichita
Scott, Lane
Hamilton
Kearny
Stanton, Haskell, Gray
Stevens Counties
A E. Mary Star
Stephanie Bogner
Greenwood
L Ave
Ulysses
Grant County Civic Center
W. Patterson
Brad Nading
State
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