Prairie Acre set for Living Room Concert at 7:30 pm
High Plains Radio presents The Prairie Acre, Lawrence bluegrass and old time band, with Tricia Spencer, Noah Musser, Virginia Musser, and Greg Yother. Doors open 7 pm, concert starts 7:30 pm with all door donations going to musicians. Refreshments by Herbs Cookies. Garden City Recreation Commission hosts swim night 9 to 11 pm Wednesday and Aug 7 at Big Pool, ages welcome, $1 per person, $2 slide pass, season passes not valid.
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Herb
Tricia Spencer
Noah Musser
Virginia Musser
Greg Yother
Garden City Recreation Commission
Highway patrol to inspect Kansas school buses
Kansas Highway Patrol troopers will inspect nearly 9,000 school vehicles statewide before school starts. Each district will receive checks on mechanical conditions and safety equipment to ensure compliance, with green stickers issued only to those that pass. Noncompliant buses cannot transport students until defects are fixed and rechecked.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
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Health classes offered at Garden City CC in Allied Health
Garden City Community College invites Southwest Kansas residents to enroll in Allied Health Program classes for recertification or career advancement. Courses include a medical terminology class running Mondays 7 to 10 p.m. August 15 to December 13 with distance options in Deerfield Lakin and Scott City.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Deerfield
Lakin
Scott City
Tribune
Garden Alley
Cynthia.johnson
Republicans eye four Kansas House seats in 2008 bid
Oklahoma congressman Tom Cole chairing NRCC said Republicans aim to flip all four Kansas districts in 2008, targeting Nancy Boyda in the 2nd and Dennis Moore in the 8th while Moran in the 1st and Tiahrt in the 4th face re election. Democratic leaders defend incumbents amid GOP optimism.
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Topeka
GOP
U.S
House of Representatives
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tom Cole
National Republican Congressional Committee
Nancy Boyda
Dennis Moore
Jerry Moran
Todd Tiahrt
Cole
Democratic Congress
Congress
Boyda
Moore
Mike Gaughan
Gaughan
Thomas Seay
Bogda
Iraq
Seay
Bush
Jim Ryun
Ryun
Lynn Jenkins
Nick Jordan
Holcomb Eyes Slight Tax Rate Cut for 2007-08
USD 363 Holcomb boards weigh a small tax decrease despite a 14.7 percent drop in assessed valuation. The 2007-08 mill levy would be 39.105 for the district and 4.029 for the recreation commission, totaling 43.134 mills. Last year the total was 43.641. A house valued at 100000 would pay about 496.04 toward the district and recreation. The hearing is set for 8 p.m. August 13 at the Administrative Center.
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Board of Education
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USD 363
Bob O’connor
Finney County
Kansas
Wiley St
Hutchinson Teachers to Deliver Lectures as Podcasts
Hutchinson students will access class lectures as podcasts on iPods starting next school year. Teachers will record sessions with digital cameras for later viewing, with 20 iPods available for loan. Focus is on aiding at risk students, especially high schoolers, aligning with No Child Left Behind standards. Investment totals over 25,000 dollars for equipment and six computers.
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Hutchinson
Jeff Nichols
Fort Riley soldier dies in Baghdad firefight
Spc. Daniel Lecker, 19, from Grants Pass Oregon, was killed by small arms fire in southern Baghdad. His parents Richard and Cathy LeCrone recalled his decision to enlist in 2005 to fund college and serve his country. A chaplain delivered the news at their home.
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Ore
Spc
Daniel Lecker
Richard LeCrone
LeCrone
Lecker
Cathy LeCrone
Baghdad
Decomposed body found in vehicle linked to missing Syracuse woman
Investigators from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Fountain Police Department probe a decomposed body found Sunday at a Fountain truck stop inside a vehicle registered to missing Syracuse resident Sherri Malleck. Identification pending via fingerprints and dental records.
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Fountain, Colo
Syracuse
Mike Keating
Sherri M. Mallock
Fountain
Ralph Maher
Keating
Mallock
Maher
el Paso County
Colo
Malleck
Sherri Malleck
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
Barton Solvents pays nearly 1500 evacuation reimbursements
Barton Solvents has issued 1,491 reimbursement checks to residents evacuated after July 17 explosions at its Valley Center plant. The company plans future payouts to local businesses while continuing investigations into the incident that sent 660,000 pounds of chemicals burning and forced evacuations for a town of about 6,000 near Wichita.
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David Casten
Casten
City Hall
Barton Solvents Tank
Wichita
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