Great American Foods Contest Pie Roundup at Finney County Fair
Youth and adults are invited to enter fruit pies in the Great American Foods Contest at Finney County Fair. Prizes of 100, 75 and 50 dollars will be awarded to first, second and third place in both youth and adult divisions. Entries are baked in disposable foil pans and shown in a clear bag or cake box with recipe attached. Judging Friday, bake sale at 10 a.m. following.
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Finney County
Family and Community Education Council
Grandstand
Finney County Fairgrounds
Soybean Bakefest at Finney County Fair Opens
The Kansas Soybean Commission Bakefest returns in the Open Class Foods division at Finney County Fair. Entries must include soy product and a written recipe. Winners in three categories receive 35 dollar prizes.
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Kansas Soybean Commission
Finney County
Finney County Fairgrounds
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Public Service Cookie Jar Contest Honors School Superintendents
The expanded cookie jar competition now honors Garden City and Holcomb school district superintendents. Entries must be gallon jars with up to five cookie varieties, all visible, wrapped separately, and judged with a plate of each kind. Accepting entries 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Finney County Fair Office details online.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Finney County ‘ Funds
Finney County Extension
S. Ninth St
Finneycountyfair. Org
Finney County Extension Office
Barnett Forms Health Care Coalition In Kansas District 1
Kansas state senator and congressional candidate Jim Barnett hosted a health care coalition in Wichita and later Emporia to discuss alternatives to Obama plans. About 20 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and educators explored cost controls, shared medical records, and protections for pre existing conditions.
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Jim Barnett
Obama
Barnett
Emporia
Kansas
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Wichita
Kuwichita
Not Guilty Plea Entered in Tiller Shooting Case
Wichita anti abortion activist Scott Roeder pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and aggravated assault for the May 31 shooting of late term abortion provider George Tiller. A witness testified Roeder pointed a gun at Tiller’s head before firing. Roeder wore a shackled suit as a judge set a 20 million dollar bond and September 21 trial date.
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Wichita
George Tiller
Kansas
Scott Roeder
Tiller
Roeder
Kansas City
Moman
Sedgwick County
Associated Press
Proposed daily site stirs debate near Cheney Lake
About 50 residents near 10805 E Boundary Road oppose a planned 3 Star Dairy milking up to 74 cattle on a 30 acre parcel. A public hearing is set for August 13 as concerns include odor manure water quality and property values near Cheney Lake watershed.
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Jay Hays
Cheney Reservoir
Adam Spexarth
Hays
Spexarth
Boundary Road
Peti
Kansas Department of Health Environment
Reno County
Cheney
Wichita
Steve Hilger
Hilger
Cheney Lake
Reno
Howard Miller
Board approves personnel bids and contracts
At USD 457 board meeting, the panel hired teachers and staff including Katherine Spore Kristina Youngman Terri Gonzales G Robert Fabin Rachael Hoeme and David Roberts. It accepted resignations from Ellis Romero Burr Carabantes Charles Porterfield and others, the retirement of Bill Garcia, and approved several vendor bids for custodial roof plumbing and HVAC work plus a two year emergency repair contracts. The district also moved funds to the student activities accounts and entered an agreement with Garden City Community College for qualified sophomores.
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Board of Education
Katherine Spore
Overland Park
Jennie Wilson
Kristina Youngman
Garden City
Bison
New Outlook Academy
Terri Gonzales
Kenneth Henderson
G. Robert Fabin
Rachael Hoeme
Scott City
Edith Scheuerman
Bill Garcia
An Hubert
Kristie Goff
Janene Radke
Gertrude Walker
Xpedx
Olathe
GCHS
Abe Hubert
D.W. Douglass Roofing, Inc
Tatro Plumbing Co. Inc
Tatro Plumbing
Wallace Electric LLC
Garden City Community College
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University of Kansas School of Medicine
Michael Reed
Hillsboro
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Buffalo Dunes
Southwest Kansas
Gctelegram.com
Hoepner
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