Fair to Host Coffee Cake Contest at Finney County Fair
The Great American Foods Contest at the Finney County Fair will feature coffee cake entries. The Family and Community Education Council awards a $35 gift certificate to winners in youth and adult divisions. Entries check in Aug 3 from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Exhibition Building. Judging Aug 4, bake sale at 10 a.m. Fair books available at the Extension Office, 501 S Ninth St. Call 272-3670 for info.
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Finney County Fair
Family and Community Education Council
Finney County Fairgrounds
Finney County
S. Ninth St
Finney County Fair hosts two photo contests this year
The Great American Photo Contest invites Finney County images since 2005 with the theme Festivals and Celebrations. Youth and adult divisions will be judged separately. winners receive a $25 gift certificate. The Small Critters of the Refuge contest, by Friends of the Sandsage Bison Range, covers insects reptiles amphibians and birds since last year’s fair. winners get gift certificates. Prints must be 8 by 10 inches on 11 by 12.5 inch white studio mount board. Office 501 S Ninth St offers boards for $1.20. For info call 272-3670.
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Finney County
Friends of the
Sandsage Bison Range
Finney County Extension
S. Ninth St
Winning cookie jars rotated among Finney County officials
The annual Finney County Fair cookie jar honor shifts from Garden City and Holcomb mayors to rotating Finney County officials. Garden City police chief gets top jar for the individual class and Holcomb police chief tops the group entry.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Finney County
Finney County ‘Extension Office
Southwest Kansas education program expands healthy living reach
The Kansas Kids C.A.N. grant supporting the Healthy Kids Challenge expands to up to 25 southwest Kansas children’s programs. With $300,000 from the Sunflower Foundation, the effort promotes nutrition and physical activity through Organ Wise Guys toys, books, and training, aiming to counter rising overweight rates in Garden City schools and rural areas.
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Hardy Heart
Madame Muscle
Luigi Liver
Carol M. Bone
Kansas
Kansas Kids C.A.N
Connect
Garden City
Healthy Kids’ Challenge
Healthy Kids Challenge
Sunflower Foundation
Sunflower
Pioneer Health Network
Organ Wise Guys
Vickie James
Organ Wise Guys Inc
Hamilton County Library
Marilyn Keating
Hamilton County
Keating
Centers For Disease Control
Tammy Simons
James
Vickie
Healthykidschallenge
Heat wave grips Kansas as records fall and lives end
Triple digit heat continues across Kansas triggering heat advisories through Thursday. Record power usage by Westar surges to 4,893 megawatts while a Coffeyville man dies after collapsing in his yard. Health officials urge fluids and rest in shade as roofing crews adjust hours to avoid heat.
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Kansas
Goodland
Liberal
Wichita
Topeka
Parsons
Kansas City
Olathe
Russel
Salina
Hutchinson
Westar Energy Inc
Coffeyville
Tulsa
Okla
Kevin Rowland
Oklahoma
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas National Guard airmen deploy to border
Fifty air men from the Kansas National Guard are ordered to the U S Mexico border to aid security and limit illegal immigration. The 184th Civil Engineering Squadron from McConnell Air Force Base will build fences and perform engineering work for about two to three weeks under Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
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Topeka
Kansas National Guard
U.s.-Mexico
Kathleen Sebelius
Arizona
184Th Civil Engineering Squadron
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Bush
Mexico
Sebelius
Washington
Kansas
National Guard
Garden City names Schmitz Glass as Downtown Vision director
In 2004 Garden City Downtown Vision hired Schmitz Glass as executive director to revitalize the core district from Fulton to Walnut and extend to Kansas Avenue. She succeeds Marni Marso, brings marketing depth, and will lead daily operations with a $40,000 annual salary.
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Garden City Downtown Vision
Garden City
Kansas
Marni Marso
Marso
Matt Allen
Allen
Downtown Vision
Chamber and Economic Development
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Southwest
Schmitz Glass
Bruce Glass
Downtown Vision Board
Michelle Mayo
Downtown Vision Board of Directors
Drug tax seizures net about $10,000 from festival arrests
Douglas County authorities report about 13 people from around the country had drug money seized during the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival under Kansas drug tax law. The largest cash recovery was 2555 dollars from Patrick Stanley of Delbarton West Virginia. The drug tax is separate from criminal charges and police keep about three quarters of collected funds.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Patrick J. Stanley
Delbarton
W.va
Stanley
Charles Branson
Michael Malone
Kansas
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