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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 2013
Page
3
Applications are open for the Battle of the Bands at the Hamilton County Fair in Syracuse. Prizes total 600 dollars for first to third place. Submissions include a video and an application due June 28 with at least one instrument.
A Smithsonian traveling show Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants, by Mark Moffett, is on view at the Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma through July 7 before a 15 city tour in 2015. It features 39 color photos, an ant nest cast, and oversized models. Visitors can view a 50 times enlarged leaf cutter worker ant, learning its colony roles. Call (620) 846-2527 for info. admission is free with donations accepted.
Garden City Community College announces third summer session enrollment now open with daytime and evening courses. Fall 2013 classes begin August 21. Enroll at the Student and Community Services Center 8 am to 4 pm Monday to Thursday and 8 am to noon Friday. For details call 276-9608 or 276-7611. The college holds Fall Early Enrollment Days, the last on July 15, with reservations required at 276-9608.
Finney County United Way announces the Pacesetter drive from July 9 to August 9 with internal campaigns before the main campaign starts August 12. The 2014 LIVE UNITED goal is 560000. Contact United Way at 275-1425 or feuwed gmail com or 1511 Fulton Terrace before July 1 to participate.
Kansas legislators returned to the Statehouse to ceremonially conclude the 2013 session, finishing in about 30 minutes without overriding Brownback vetoes. They maintained sales tax cuts, approved more personal income tax reductions, and estimated $777 million in five-year revenue gains. Senate President Susan Wagle praised efforts as Rep. Brian Weber left, replaced by Bud Estes. A Southeast Kansas lawmaker briefed on concealed carry changes set to take effect July 1, with Knox defending the measures and noting insurers’ varied responses for school districts carrying weapons.
Attorney Tim Davis outlines 2014 Affordable Care Act mandates and penalties for firms with 50 or more workers. He cites possible pay raises as an alternative to providing insurance and notes automatic enrollment rules for large employers while highlighting state exchange gaps and IRS collection plans. Local business officials praise the seminar for practical HR guidance.
Kansas Board of Regents incoming chairman Fred Logan said the board will press legislators to restore the $44 million in two-year cuts to public universities community colleges and technical colleges. The regents will hold a hearing next month and propose restoration to Gov. Sam Brownback in September. Tuition increases were approved to offset the reduced state funding.
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