Garden City Chamber Breakfast at Plaza Hotel
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday inside the Plaza Hotel on 1911 E Kansas Ave. Friends University sponsors the event. Cost is 7.50 in advance or at the door, 8.00 by invoice. For reservations call 276-3264.
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Garden City Area
Chamber Leadership Book Club Meets This Thursday
The Chamber of Commerce book club discusses The 8th Habit by Stephen Covey. Deb Farmer leads the 6 to 8 p.m. session at the chamber office 1511 E Fulton Terrace. Free for chamber members.
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Garden City Area
Stevens Park Concert Series Sets Free Show Sunday
Sweetheart Swing of the 1940s performs at 7 30 p m Sunday in Stevens Park bandshell Kyla Mills Renee Beesley and Shara Bane form the band The Arts Program Garden City Recreation Commission and the city sponsor the free concert all ages welcome.
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Stevens Park
Kyla Mills
Renee Beesley
Shara Bane
Garden City Recreation Commission
City of
Garden City
House Blend to Perform at Stevens Park Concert Series
Garden City group House Blend will perform Bluegrass at 7:30 p.m. July 23 for the Stevens Park Concert Series. Members include Deann Crase Katie Hahn Jane Jacobs and Gale Siebert, with Garden City Recreation hosting.
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Garden City
Agencies to assist in animal ID program
The Kansas Farm Service Agency and Kansas Animal Health Department provide help for premise registration as the first step of the Kansas Animal Identification System, part of the National Animal Identification System. Producers supply name, address, contacts, phone numbers, and land description to register. contact local FSA or Bryan Rickard at 785 296 2326.
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Kansas Farm Service Agency
Kansas Animal Health Department
Kansas Animal Identification System
Kansas
FSA
Bryan Rickard
Kansas Department of Animal Health
Animalid
Aphis
Usda.gov
Nais
Prairie Legacy campaign gains $750000 Kresge boost
The Nature Conservancy Kansas chapter seeks $11 million by end of 2007 to unlock a $750000 grant from the Kresge Foundation for tallgrass prairie preservation. The effort focuses on 11000 acres in Chase County forming Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve with other sites like Cheyenne Bottoms and Smoky Valley Ranch.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kresge Foundation
Troy
Mich
Nature Conservancy
Conservancy
Chase County
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Congress
Koch Industries Inc
Allan Pollom
The
Sebastian Kresge
Kmart Corp
Pollom
Foundation
Good Housekeeping
Servancy
Cheyenne Bottoms
Barton County
Smoky Valley Ranch
Logan County
Tallgrass Prairie
National Park Service
Kansas Park Trust
Texas
Canada
National Park
Finney County to review West U.S. Highway 50 project
Finney County commissioners meet Monday at 8:30 a.m. in the County Administrative Building to hear an update on the West U.S. Highway 50 enhancement project led by Kansas Department of Transportation District Six engineer Larry Thompson. The plan, near Big Lowe Road, was delayed to 2009 with a total estimated cost of 54.8 million dollars funded by 3.8 million from the county and the rest by the state, with a quarter-cent sales tax due to sunset in 2008. Additional items include monthly reports from Kristi Schmitt and John Ellermann and a zoning review from Kaleb Kentner.
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Finney County
Larry Thompson
Kansas Department of Transportation
County
Big Lowe Road
Kristi Schmitt
Finney County Health Department
Kaleb Kentner
John Ellermann
Schmitt
Ellermann
Kentner
Garden City to start street sealing program Monday
Garden City Public Works will begin its annual street sealing Monday, with work expected to take about a week and a half. Residents in affected areas will be notified 1-2 days prior and must move trailers and vehicles by 7 a.m. on workdays or risk towing at the owner's expense.
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Garden City Public Works Department
Rhonda Griffin
Public Works
Spruce Street
Schulman Avenue
Jennie Barker Road
Wilson Addition
Fulton Street
Campus Drive
McCoy Drive
Third Street
Kansas Avenue
Mary Street
Pioneer Drive
Fleming Street
Public Works Department
GCCC board selects leadership for 2006-07
Garden City Community College trustees chose Terri Worf as chairwoman for the 2006-07 year after unanimous election. Outgoing chair Bill Clifford steps down but remains on the board. Sterling was named vice chair, Douglass board clerk, Welch KCCT representative, and Schwartz representative to Finney County EDC.
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Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Terri Worf
Ate
GCCC
Bill Clifford
Clifford
Worf
Steve Sterling
Merilyn Douglass
Lauren Welch
Kansas Association of Community College Trustees
Ron Schwartz
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Kansas State plans bioscience satellite campus in Kansas City area
Kansas State University seeks a bioscience focused satellite campus in Olathe. City officials seek consent to donate about 90 acres valued at $9 million for the campus as part of a biosciences research park. Graduate programs would focus on biosciences animal health and food safety and security with leadership comment on regional importance.
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Kansas State
Kansas City
Olathe
Kan
Kansas State University
Biosciences
Southwest Charter School Faces Loss of State Funds
Southwest Charter School in Kansas City lost state funding as Imagine Schools of Arlington Virginia pledges to cover tuition for another year by converting to a private school. Central Missouri State University warns of trust issues with any future sponsor after previously sponsoring the school and citing high turnover and weak math scores.
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Kansas City
Rick Sluder
School of Education
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg University
Southwest Charter
Missouri Charter Schools
St. Louis
Central Missouri
Southwest
Imagine Schools
Sluder
Central Missouri State
Southwest Charter School
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