Repair Work Continues at Center Street Kansas Avenue Intersection
Garden City Street Department crews replace a second damaged concrete piece at the Center Street Kansas Avenue intersection. Work began Monday and is now expected to finish Thursday after noon, with north bound through and southbound left turn traffic blocked. Eastbound Kansas Avenue reduced to one lane while two lanes open westbound. Motorists urged to detour and drive cautiously.
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Center Street
Kansas Avenue
Garden City Street Department
Cub Scouts to hold Space Day Camp in Garden City
Santa Fe Trail Council hosts Space Day Camp at Finnup Park Garden City from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Open to all Cub Scouts aged 6 to 11. Scouts will learn about space and take part in activities both days. For more information call 275 5162.
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Santa Fe Trail Council
Finnup Park
Garden City
Montezuma museum to host new traveling exhibits
The Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma announces rotating exhibits. From Aug 26 to Oct 14 the traveling show New Quilts From an Old Favorite features 20 to 25 Kansas quilts and seeks donations. From Oct 21 to Nov 26 Christmas Traditions of Southwest Kansas 2012 showcases up to 15 mini expositions. Dec 2 to Jan 27, 2013 They Also Ran highlights 2012 presidential memorabilia. Call (620) 846-2527 or see stauthmemorialmuseum.org.
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Stauth Memorialuseum
Montezuma
Kansas
Southwest Kansas
Stauth Museum
Stauthmemorialmuseum.org
Transmission line phase advances from Spearville to Nebraska
ITC Great Plains reports the first phase of a high voltage transmission line from Spearville toward Nebraska is energized and the second phase near Post Rock substation is over half completed. The 90 mile route from Spearville to the Post Rock area boosts capacity between Hays and Dodge City. Construction spans Ford Hodgeman Edwards Pawnee Rush and Ellis counties with Phase II from Post Rock to the Nebraska border on track for year end completion. total cost now estimated at 175 million dollars, with latest figures about 25 million over prior regulator estimates. ITC Great Plains is a Kansas Oklahoma transmission subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corp.
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Michigan Electric
Spearville
Nebraska
Hays
Post Rock
Joe Kirik Sr
ITC Holdings Corp
Dodge
Kansas
Kirik
Midwest Energy
Ford, Hodgeman
Edwards
Pawnee
Rush
Ellis
Rooks
Osborne
Osborne County
ITC
Nebraska Public Power District
State Line
Axtell
Neb
ITC Great Plains LLC
Topeka
ITC Great
Kids College lets Garden City kids taste Brazil Mexico India and South Africa
About 31 children from kindergarten to sixth grade join Garden City Community College's Kids College to explore Brazilian and Mexican cultures. They cook dishes like insoles chicken croquettes and china mampangas, share facts such as Brazil's population and rank, and craft a culture quilt tying lessons together.
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Brazil
Mexico
India
South Africa
Garden City
Aaron Stagner
Jersey Farnsworth
Aaliyah Garcia
Leah Herrell
Jersey
Ibby Swords
Leah
Kids’ College
Business and Community Education Department
Garden City Community College
Seth Loeppke
Dylan Renquist
South America
Dylan
Kristina Youngman
Youngman
Chance Farnsworth
Alejandro Reyes
Wallace
Ward
GCCC
NextGen-Finney County
Finney County
Kansans for Life snubs several incumbents in Kansas races
In Topeka the anti abortion group Kansans for Life faced a complex screening as incumbents from both parties vied in shared districts. Carlson edged LeDoux for the 61st District after a chaotic process that included voting records and candidate questionnaires.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Kansans For Life
Topeka Capital Journal
House of Senate
Trent LeDoux
Holton
Richard Carlson
St. Marys
Kansas
Carlson
LeDoux
Daniel Brenner
David Gittrich
Gittrich
Rep
Rocky Fund
Mary Kay Culp
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Rylie Thyne
Cookina Chimi
Kids College
Culp
Larry Powell
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Americans For Prosperity
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
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