Nineteenth Annual Country Music Contest At Senior Center
The 19th Annual Country Music Contest begins at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Senior Center in Garden City. Sponsored by the Garden City Country Western Fiddlers Pickers and Singers, entrants vie for crowd votes with a supper at 6:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish. Winners announced July 27 at the Senior Center. call Dorman D. Diller at (620) 276-6962 for details.
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Senior Center
N. 10Th St
Garden City Country Western Fiddlers
Dorman D. Diller
Christian Band Tops Sunday Concert in the Park
Community Christian Praise Band from Scott City performs at Stevens Park Band Shell Sunday at 7 30 p m as part of the Summer Concert in the Park series. The free show features Chip Knight Dale Harvey Kathy Koeln Reba Knight and Tyler Harkness. The group has played since 2000 and the Stevens Park series is sponsored by Garden City Recreation Commission arts program and the city of Garden City.
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Community Christian Praise Band
Scott City
Stevens Park
Chip Knight
Dale Harvey
Kathy Koeln
Reba Knight
Tyler Harkness
Garden City Recreation Commission
City of
Garden City
Finney County Museum Plans Fourth of July Open House
Finney County Museum opens July 4 with air conditioned activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Highlights include a patriotic display, veteran book for sale, and a talk by Raymond Mai about the LST 325 ship in the Pacific. New exhibit In the Good Old Summer Time features baseball and swimming artifacts. A Dresden Plate Quilt will be shown with raffle tickets. Local students display history projects.
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Finney County
Leola Howard Blanchard
Raymond Mai
Kids College enrollment open at Garden City CC
More than 125 children are in Kids College at Garden City Community College and enrollment remains open through Friday for summer sessions. First session runs June 10 to Thursday with an open house 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the campus cafeteria. Second session is July 8 to 25 with enrollment 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Collins Technical Building. Call 276-9647 or 275-3282 for information. Road condition hotline 1-800-585-7623.
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Kids’ College
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Collins Technical
Harvest Sags as Kansas Wheat Crop Shrinks Amid Drought
Across Kansas harvest advances slowly as drought cripples yields and quality. About 3,600 farmers have filed crop insurance claims totaling 30.6 million dollars, with 64,000 growers insured state wide. Kansas faces a predicted 264 million bushels, far below earlier estimates, while test weights fall yet protein remains high and milling quality holds.
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Wichita
Kansas
Rebecca Davis
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Topeka
Risk Management Agency
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
KASS
David Frey
Kansas Wheat Commission
Frey
Colby
Liberal
Perryton Equity Exchange
Rich Balman
Balman
Dodge City
Holcomb council to tackle 2003 budget issues
Holcomb City Council plans a Wednesday night session at the Holcomb Fire Station to review preliminary 2003 budgets from city departments. Fire and police expenses rise, overall city budget up about 1.2 million with 1.1 million for sewer bond.
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Holcomb Council
Holcomb
Prairie Plague 2002 Bioterror Exercise This Week
State and local officials join federal partners for Prairie Plague 2002 a bioterrorism drill Wednesday and Thursday in Kansas. About 700 participants statewide will work with agencies including FEMA CDC FDA KDHE and law enforcement to test response plans and training gaps.
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Finney County
Jerry Davis
Keith Henderson
Joy Moser
Kansas Adjutant General’s Department
Kansas Emergency Management
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas Highway Patrol
Gov
Bill Graves
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Centers For Disease Control
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Topeka
Moser
FEMA
Kansas Health Foundation
KDHE
Beef checkoff ruling could affect Kansas $8 million
A South Dakota federal ruling halts beef checkoff collections nationwide, affecting about $86 million annually and nearly $8 million in Kansas. Judge Kornmann ruled the program violates cattle producers First Amendment rights by funding ads they oppose. The decision drew mixed reactions from Kansas groups, with calls for a stay and possible USDA intervention while key producers argue it protects vocal opposition and freedom of speech.
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St. Francis
Mike Callicrate
Callicrate
Kansas Livestock Association
Todd Domer
Cattleman’s Beef Promotion and Research Board
US Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
Livestock Marketing Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Ann Veneman
Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board
United States
Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board
Kansas
National Board
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Kornmann
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
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Weeham Lai
Preston Pierce
Dighton
Pierce
Garden City Siding and Windows Company
Holcomb City
Holcomb Fire Station
Lynch St
Finney County Relay For Life
Holcomb High School
Brad Nading
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