Shallenburger to speak in Garden City during Beef Empire Days
State Treasurer Tim Shallenburger the Republican candidate for governor will attend the Beef Empire Days chuckwagon breakfast in Stevens Park and participate in the BED parade. He is one of several GOP contenders seeking to replace Gov. Bill Graves. other candidates include Wichita Mayor Bob Knight Senate President Dave Kerr and former Eudora Superintendent Dan Bloom. Democratic candidate Kathleen Sebelius is Insurance Commissioner. Cars along planned street sealing areas in Garden City will be towed at owners expense. residents will receive notices the day before sealing begins. Vehicles must be moved by 7 am during sealing. no parking zones cover areas south of the railroad tracks between Main Street and the west city limits north of Fulton Street and south of Buffalo Jones Avenue between Ninth Street and the west city limits and north of Buffalo Jones Avenue and south of Campbell Street between Taylor Plaza and Conrad Avenue. Sealing begins next week with Buffalo Jones Campbell area first. after sealing, oily residue and a sand layer will remain and motorists are urged to drive slowly.
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Tim Shallenburger
Garden City
Stevens Park
Shallenburger
Bill Graves
Wichita
Bob Knight
Senate
Dave Kerr
Eudora
Dan Bloom
Kathleen Sebelius
Main Street
West City
Fulton Street
Buffalo Jones Avenue
Ninth Street
Buffalo
Garden City Municipal Band to Perform Twice This Week
Garden City audiences will hear the Municipal Band twice this week with a Friday 8 p.m. concert at Stevens Park band shell featuring music of the sea and works by Vaughan Williams Barber Gershwin Willson and Grundman. The group under Bruce Spiller will also appear in Beef Empire Days Parade Saturday morning and continues Fridays through July 20 plus a July 4 stop at Zookalee.
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Garden City
Stevens Park
R. Vaughan Williams
Samuel Barber
George Gershwin
Molly Brown
Meredith Willson
Clare Grundman
Bruce Spiller
Garden City Community College
Zookalee
Cemetery Cleanups Set for Monday at Two Cemeteries
Valley View Cemetery and Sunset Memorial Gardens will be cleaned Monday by cemetery staff. Memorial Day decorations will be removed and mislocated plantings moved. Planting is restricted to the side of markers at Valley View and not allowed at Sunset Memorial Gardens. For questions, call (620) 276-1220.
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Valley View Cemetery
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Victor Ornelas Elementary celebrates 99 percent parent attendance
Victor Ornelas Elementary School reported 99 percent attendance at spring parent teacher conferences. Teachers held 546 conferences with only three uncompleted. Principal Jon Ansley sent letters urging the remaining parents to participate before school ended. Road 1-800-585-7623.
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Victor Ornelas Elementary
Jon Ansley
Amtrak warns shutdown without $200 million loan
Amtrak's new president warns the cash strapped railroad could halt all service next month without a $200 million loan in three weeks. Gunn seeks reorganization and consolidation of divisions to restore stability while Congress debates a multi billion funding package.
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Washington
Amtrak
David Gunn
Bill Schulz
Schulz
Oakland
Calif
Gunn
George Warrington
New York City
Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
Ulysses artist studies in New York finds fresh inspiration
Ulysses artist Ginny Young, age 48, spent a month at the Art Students League in New York City, studying figure drawing and exploring multiple media. She learned about the monthly, part time option for September through May, enrolled for 155 dollars per class, and returned home with new work and renewed resolve. Her paintings now appear in Kansas galleries and offices in New York, Washington, and Hawaii, including a Pepsi Co. piece.
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Ginny Young
Ulyssses
New York
Ulysses
New York City
Art Students League
Young
Kansas
Kansas Artists
Thad
Manhattan
The
Manhattan Mercury
Kansas State University
Inga
Nicole
K-State
Danielle
Yvonne Lewis
Kendall
Pepsi Co
Sen
Sam Brownback
Washington, D.C
Hawaii
Parish priest under KBI review amid alleged sexual misconduct
Prosecutors in Douglas and Nemaha counties review Kansas Bureau of Investigation files on Rev. Dennis Schmitz, a priest on indefinite leave after allegations of possible sexual impropriety involving a minor. Archdiocese officials reported the matter to social services and provided little detail.
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Kansas City, Kan
Douglas
Nemaha
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Kyle Smith
Dennis Schmitz
Kansas
Archdiocese of
Kansas City
James P. Keleher
Keleher
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Schmitz
Stephen Mirakian
St. Gregory’s
Marysville
St. Malachy’s
Beattie
Johnson County
Bishop Miege
St. Lawrence Catholic
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Stovall files suit over districts
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall filed a federal suit in Topeka at Junction City officials request to block elections based on a redrawn four district map. The action seeks injunctive relief and a possible delay of the August primary, arguing the plan unconstitutionally splits communities and military Fort Riley from Junction City.
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Topeka
Carla Stovall
Junction City
Fort Riley
Bill Graves
Graves
Stovall
Kansas
US District Court
Ron Thornburgh
Thornburgh
Senate
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Oleen
House
Lawrence
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Dodge City
U.S
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Rhays
Amtrak West
Intercity
Northeast Corridor
Philadelphia
House Transportation Subcommittee On Railroads
Senate Commerce Committee
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Telegram
Diane Lewis
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