Farm Service Agency seeks local County Committee candidates
The U S Department of Agriculture invites applications for candidates to run for the local Farm Service Agency County Committee through August 1. Any eligible voter involved in the local FSA program may self nominate. Committees provide producers a voice on agricultural issues including price support loans and disaster programs. More at www.fsa.usda.gov.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency
FSA
Seniors may get vouchers at Garden City Farmers Market
Finney County residents aged 60 and over may qualify for the Kansas Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program offering $30 in vouchers to redeem for fresh fruit vegetables and herbs at the Garden City market held Saturdays 7 am to noon in the Westlake Ace Hardware parking lot 1210 Fleming Street. Vouchers expire September 30. Registration through the Senior Center or Salvation Army.
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Finney County
Garden City
Kansas
Kansas Department of Aging
Westlake Ace Hardware
Fleming Street
Barbara Jensen
USDA
Jensen
Salvation Army
Adult Swim Night Planned by Garden City Recreation
The Garden City Recreation Commission hosts Adult Swim Night at the Big Pool from 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday for patrons 21 and older. Admission is $1 to swim and $2 to use the slides, with pool rules in effect and the ticket box opening at 7:30 p.m.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
Girl Dies in Kansas City Kansas House Fire
An 8-year-old girl, Jewel Morse, died after firefighters pulled her from a burning Kansas City Kansas home around 10 p.m. Sunday. She was taken to a hospital where she died. the cause remains under investigation.
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Kansas City
Kan
Jewel Morse
Wheat harvest ahead of schedule in Kansas
AP report from Wichita states that hot dry weather last week allowed rapid progress in winter wheat harvesting. Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service notes 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork and 95 percent harvested statewide, with central regions over 87 percent and northwest at 77 percent remaining.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Retired Kansas teachers pause returns over pension rule
AP report notes a new law requires districts to pay 13.75 percent of rehired retirees' salaries into KPERS, keeping funds from their pay and deterring part time returns. Officials warn a growing shortage could follow as districts balk at extra costs, with advocates calling for relief.
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Wichita
Kansas Public Employees
Steve Morris
Morris
KPERS
Davidson
Jean Schodorf
Richita
Schodorf
Mark Desetti
Kansas National Education Association
Senate
Garden City Zoobalee celebrated with crowds and records
Garden City residents joined the 28th annual Zoobalee at Lee Richardson Zoo featuring 125 volunteers and 32 businesses. Mayor Gary Fuller and families enjoyed rides, balloons, and games as attendance neared 4,000 with aims to grow to about 6,000.
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Garden City Rotary Club
Zoobalee
Troy Unruh
Unruh
Lee Richardson Zoo
Garden City
Gary Fuller
Joanna Schmeeckle
Brady
Schmeeckle
Ellie Kennedy
Avery Burns
Cimarron
Zoo
Burns
Topeka mural recalls 1856 free state gathering clash
A storefront mural in downtown Topeka portrays Constitution Hall and Col Edwin Sumner as free-state partisans gathered for an extralegal meeting on July 4 1856. Troops dispersed the assembly with a cannon while highlighting Kansas role in a looming Civil War.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States
Virgil Dean
Kansas State Historical Society
Free State
Air Force
Randy Mullis
Fort Leavenworth
Afghanistan
Iraq
Constitution Hall
Cally Krallman
Washburn University
Edwin Sumner
Krallman
Don Lambert
Sonny Scroggins
Massachusetts
Charles Sumner
Senate
Peter Wallner
Concord
N.H
Franklin Pierce
Security at courthouses scrutinized in Kansas
Kansas pursues a nation leading program to inspect all 110 county courthouses for threats from shootings to disasters. A federal grant via the State Justice Institute funds the project as Kansas Homeland Security expands inspections courthouse by courthouse. Ron Keefover notes the plan offers a thorough security review across courts.
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Kansas City
Kansas
State Justice Institute
Ron Keefover
Kansas Judiciary
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