Fiddlers Pickers Singers to Perform in Lakin Sunday
The Western Plains Chapter of Kansas Old Time Fiddlers Pickers and Singers hosts its monthly program at the Memorial Building in Lakin on Sunday. Signups start 1 30 p m with the program at 2 p m. Open to all area musicians and the public free of charge. For info call Elmer Grubbs or Curtis Young at given numbers.
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Western Plains
Kansas
Memorial Building
Lakin
Elmer Grubbs
Curtis Young
Health Department to Close Tuesday for Head Start Screenings
The Finney County Health Department will be closed to the public Tuesday for its annual head start screenings.
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Health Department
Finney County Health Department
Miss Chisholm Trail star shines in Miss Kansas pageant
Pratt AP reporting Jeanne Anne Schroeder 23, Miss Chisholm Trail, wins preliminary talent and on stage knowledge at the Miss Kansas pageant. She is a Friends University and University of Kentucky graduate student who performed Time to Say Goodbye. Fellow contestants include Kelsey Carver 23 Miss Sunflower, a Fort Hays State graduate student, and Natalie Ralston Miss Southwest, 20, a KU student. Twenty contestants compete through Saturday.
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PRATT
Chisholm Trail
Jeanne Anne Schroeder
Schroeder
Friends University
University of Kentucky
Kelsey Carver
Fort Hays State
Moore votes against repealing estate tax in House
Rep. Dennis Moore of Kansas opposed a bill to permanently repeal the estate tax, arguing it would create hidden tax increases via new capital gains taxes. He warned Kansans inheriting farms or businesses could face higher taxes, citing a $24 gain vs $5 under current law in a stock example. The three Kansas Republicans backed the measure. Road construction hotline 1-800-585-7623.
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Moore
Washington
Dennis Moore
D-Kan
Jerry Moran
Jim Ryan
Todd Tiahrt
Kerr Aims for Bright Kansas Economic Future
Senate President Dave Kerr of Hutchinson leads a Republican bid for Kansas governor with a focus on economic development and education. He introduced lieutenant governor nominee Mary Birch, former Overland Park Chamber of Commerce president, and emphasized tying education to economic growth amid a crowded GOP field and Democratic contender Kathleen Sebelius.
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Senate
Dave Kerr
Kansas
Kerr
Hutchinson
Garden City
Wheat Lands Convention Center
Mary Birch
Overland Park Chamber of Commerce
Birch
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Gary Sherrer
Hugoton
Steve Morris
Great Bend
Pratt County
Kansas State University
University of Kansas
Sheryl Dick
Carla Stovall
Patty
Bill Graves
Tim Shallenburger
Wichita
Bob Knight
Eudora
Dan Bloom
Kathleen Sebelius
Miller moth infestation hits western Kansas roadsides
Western Kansas residents face a miller moth infestation as army cutworms breed after a mild winter. Experts say the moths migrate west toward Colorado, with sightings in homes and garages. Traps help little. the best remedy may be waiting for the insects to depart.
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Hays
Kansas
Colorado
Terry Mannell
Ellis County Extension
Mannell
Nebraska
Wyoming
Moscow site chosen for first cotton gin in southwest Kansas
Northwest Cotton Growers Cooperative selects Moscow Kansas as home for a 3.5 million cotton gin to serve 43,000 plus acres in the region. The facility on Highway 56 will process up to 60,000 bales for shipment to Altus Oklahoma, supporting a growing cotton industry and farmer profit.
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Moscow
Kansas
Northwest Cotton Growers Cooperative Inc
Bob Davis
NCG Coop
Davis
Jerry Stuckey
Tom
David Lahey
Highway 56
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas Farm Bureau
Altus
Okla
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
NCG Co-op
Priest charged with indecent acts against a child in Kansas
Rev. Dennis Schmitz of Marysville faces a Nemaha County District Court charge for lewd fondling of a person under 15 between 1999 and 1994. He was taken into custody on a 50000 dollar bond and will appear in court Wednesday. The archdiocese announced his leave last May and cooperation with authorities was pledged.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dennis Schmitz
Nemaha County
Seneca
Schmitz
Marysville
Brad Lippert
Kansas
St. Gregory’s
St. Malachy’s
Beattie
Archdiocese of
Archdiocese
Stephen Mirakian
S&s
the Leaven
Archdiocesan
James P. Keleher
Keleher
Graves vows statue as Kansas faces school aid cuts
Gov. Bill Graves warned of possible midyear budget cuts as Kansas contends with falling revenues. He pledged to spare public school aid and likely higher education while funding the 20 foot Ad Astra statue atop the dome at a cost of about 750000. The plan follows a revenue shortfall leaving the current year about 190 million below expectations and signaling a repeat in 2003.
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Graves
Statehouse
Richard Bergen
Salina
Kansas Arts Commission
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