Relay for Life marks 16th annual event in Dodge City
The 16th annual Relay for Life in Ford and Gray counties runs from 5:30 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday at Wright Park Dodge City. Registration opens at Hoover Pavilion at 5:30 with opening ceremony at 7:15 and walks beginning. Activities include a free burger and hot dog feed, a survivors' reception at 8:15, luminaria at 10, and late night team walking. Luminaries can be purchased at the event or by calling Mendy McGregor at (620) 253-7106. Enter Wright Park on Fourth Street.
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Mendy McGregor
Wright Park
Fourth Street
Flag Day ceremony to retire unserviceable flags
American Legion Post No 9 will hold a noon ceremony Saturday at Valley View Cemetery Garden City to retire faded flags by burning them unfurled. Hundreds of flags including some from Ulysses Post No 79 will be destroyed in a dignified open pit fire as part the Legion’s long standing ritual since 1937. Commander Donald Nevin will receive the flags for inspection and disposal during the assembly, and the public is invited.
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American Legion Post No. 9
Valley View Cemetery
Garden City
Ulysses American Legion Post No. 79
American Legion
Donald Nevin
Piano by Request at Satanta High School Cafeteria
Satanta Arts Council hosts a Members Only Piano by Request event at 7 p.m. Friday in the Satanta High School cafeteria featuring Stephen Johnson with works by Gershwin Porter and Berlin plus audience requests. ice cream and cookies provided. 2010 11 memberships are 15 dollars single or higher value at the door or from Delaine Stalker.
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Satanta Arts Council
Stephen Johnson
George Gershwin
Cole Porter
Irvin Berlin
Satanta High School
Darlene Groth
Council
Johnson
Garden City
Southwind Country Club
Community Congregational Church
Kanz
Denver
University of Kansas
Thomas More Prep
Hays
Delaine Stalker
Road
Satanta
25th Judicial District Corrections Advisory Board Meeting
The Community Corrections advisory board for the 25th Judicial District will hold a teleconference at noon Friday in the Community Corrections Office at 601 N Main St Suite A. Items on the agenda include minutes from the prior meeting and documents related to updated policy and procedures.
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25Th Judicial District Community Corrections Advisory Board
Community Corrections Office
N. Main St
Suite A
Kobach files for Kansas secretary of state bid
Republican Kris Kobach, UMKC law professor from Piper, filed for the Aug 3 primary seeking the GOP nomination for Kansas secretary of state. He vows to expand law enforcement on election fraud and push citizenship proof for voter registration, challenging any new ID laws in court.
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Topeka
Kris Kobach
Kansas
Kobach
Piper
University of Missouri- Kansas City
Secretary of State
Arizona
American Civil Liberties Union
Lynn Jenkins
Congress
2Nd
Ensley Seeks Kansas Secretary of State Amid Voter Rights Focus
Ensley, a Topeka Republican and Shawnee County election commissioner for 18 years, held a campaign event at the Clarion Inn to tout voter fraud experience and propose a statewide photo ID. She cited a 1918 registration card from her grandmother to illustrate democratic vulnerability and named opponents Kris Kobach and J R Claeys, while noting endorsements from former secretaries of state. The primary is August 3 with the general election November 2.
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Shawnee County
Elizabeth Ensley
J.R. Claeys
Salina
Chris Biggs
Kansas City
Chris Steineger
Kobach
UMKC
Arizona
United States
Ensley
Requir
Elizabeth “Libby
Kansas
Belle Tillotson
America
Argonia
Clarion Inn
Kansas Ave
Topeka
Secretary of State
Republican Party
Kris Kobach
National Association of Government Contractors
Ron Thornburgh
Jack Brier
Thornburgh
Kan
Garden City USD 457 Board Hires Staff And Approves Tech bid
The USD 457 board hired multiple teachers for GCHS and elementary schools including Natalie Ashley and Catherine Beddow, approved resignations, and accepted bids for 33 iMacs from Apple. It finalized agreements with Twotrees Technologies for security review, city partnerships for school resource officers and crossing guards, a MAPS grant, and a water rights/well project costing about 100000 before irrigation of the new high school.
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Garden City
USD 457 Board of Education
Natalie Ashley
Kansas City
Kan
Garden City High School
Matthew Connell
Holland Patent
N.Y
Alta Brown
Brian Hill
GCHS
Dawn Unruh
Deerfield
Buffalo Jones
Erik Base
Hays
Bernadine Sitts
Matthew Bayer
Georgia Matthews
Garfield
Catherine Beddow
St. Paul
Lawrence
Erin Meng
Roswell
N.M
Rachel Seabold
Toledo
Ohio
Charles O. Stones
Alison Oppenheimer
Abe Hubert
Pedro Rios
Lisa Briand
Jennifer Mahoney
Nancy Eckels
Rico Perez
Stacey
Kenneth Henderson
SRO
Kansas State Department of Education
Denver
Campus Drive
Mary Street
Rick Atha
Regional gas price drop excludes diesel
Diesel and gasoline show divergent trends with diesel at 2.90 in the Midwest, 43 cents above a year ago, while gasoline sits at 2.66, 4 cents lower. Industry expert Brian Milne notes demand shifts, efficiency gains, and ethanol use reducing gasoline need, while diesel use rises in trucks, trains, and global sectors. Butch Bruenger reports busy operations and price-raising trucking firms as overall capacity remains constrained.
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Midwest
U.S
Brian Milne
Telwent Dtn
Milne
China
India
Middle East
Europe
Butch Bruenger
M. Bruenger Trucking
Wichita
Bruenger
Canada
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Hiawatha
Thomas Koch
Leavenworth
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Sam Brownback
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Shajia Ahmad Sahmad
Gctelegram
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