Musical Variety Program Set Tuesday At Garden Valley
A musical variety program featuring Ol Time Country will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City. The public may attend at no charge. for more information call 275-5036. In a separate event, Garden City Family YMCA hosts its 12th Annual Fourth of July Follies on June 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. with games prizes swimming inflatables free drinks hot dogs and a firecracker bundle giveaway. Krystal Richardson 275-1199.
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Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Garden City
Fiesta Scholarship Pageant entrants sought
Entrants are invited for the 2013 Fiesta Scholarship Pageant in Garden City. The queen coronation on Sept 18 at 7 p.m. at Garden City Community College awards a 1500 dollar scholarship to the winner, with 750 and 500 dollar runners up. Open to single Kansas women 17 to 21 who have lived in Kansas six months before Aug 26. For details call Christopher Cruz or Angelica Castillo Chappel.
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Garden City
Kansas
Christopher Cruz
Angelica Castillo Chappel
Senior center pinochle and bridge results at Finney County
Mary Ann Binns won high in four tables of senior center pinochle at the Finney County Senior Center. Jeanette Taylor was second and Betty Schreibvogel third. Garden City Duplicate Bridge Club held a June 17 session with three tables. top score earned 1,480 points in one deal with a spade bid game. Diane Woolwine and Shirley Klotz led at 65 percent, followed by Helen Lee and Virginia Enslow. Regular bridge games are listed for 7 p.m. Monday, 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at 907 N. 10th St. Partners can call Jon Kempton. Muriel Boden high in Friday senior center bridge with Ducky Tricks second and Betty Nally third.
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Mary Ann Binns
Finney County
10Th St
Jeanette Taylor
Betty Schreibvogel
Garden City
N. 10Th St
Jon Kempton
Muriel Boden
Betty Nally
Higher ed debate shows differing priorities
Kansas higher education officials say universities drive growth but will face funding cuts as a Republican legislature prioritizes income tax cuts. The State Board of Regents reports an about 8 percent cut per year for the next two years, with tuition hikes already enacted.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Regents
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Senate
Terry Bruce
Hutchinson
Kansans
Regents
Fred Logan
Leawood
Republican Party
Kenny Wilk
Lansing
Kansas House
Fort Hays State University
Ed Hammond
Ham radio arms Earth and space in weekend field day
Gusty winds forced area ham radio enthusiasts to cancel part of a yearly Field Day event sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. Dale Urban of the Sandhills Amateur Radio Club notes the 24 hour exercise tests emergency readiness and long range contacts using Morse code, voice and digital modes with clubs from Garden City to Dighton.
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United States
Canada
Dale Urban
Sandhills Amateur Radio Club
Kansas
American Radio Relay League
National Association For Amateur Radio
U.S
Urban
Garden City
Tribune
Scott City
Dighton
International Space Station
Wheat harvest advances across Kansas with mixed yields
The Kansas Wheat Commission reports harvest activity reaching Hays Beloit and northern Crawford County as frost drought stress tests crops. Early yields range 40 to 70 bushels per acre with test weights near 60 pounds per bushel and moisture around 11 to 12 percent.
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Kansas
Hays
Beloit
Kansas Harvest Report
Kansas Wheat Commission
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas Grain & Feed Association
Rich Randall
Scott City
Randall
Bazine
Brandy Feltman
Co-op
Kim Barnes
Pawnee
Larned
Garfield
Dartmouth
Macksville
Alan Tillberg
Farmway Co-op
Tillberg
Jim Michael
KAWG
McCune
Crawford County
Michael
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