Too Many Strings to Perform at Garden Valley Tonight
A musical variety program Too Many Strings led by Debra Bolton will be at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St at 7 tonight. The public may attend free of charge and information is available by calling 275 5036.
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KDOT Seeks Driver Input on US 50 Expansion Project
Kansas Department of Transportation invites drivers in Ford and Gray counties to take an online survey through July 21 to discuss improvements for US 50 from Cimarron to Dodge City. The initiative funds a 16 mile four lane expressway as part of the T-WORKS program, with contact options provided for more information.
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Emergency planning committee to meet
The Finney County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet Thursday to discuss potential new members for the group. An agenda item includes a state presentation on LEPC groups and their community roles. The session starts at 1 30 p m in Conference Room B at the Law Enforcement Center, 304 N Ninth St.
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Law Enforcement Center
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Red Cross issues emergency blood appeal in Kansas
The American Red Cross requests blood donations of all types after a national drop of 10 percent in June. Supplies are half of last year’s level. O positive O negative B negative and A negative are especially needed. Garden City Blood Drive today 2 to 7 pm and Wednesday at First United Methodist Church 1106 N Main St. Kansas Park Association partners with Red Cross for donor gifts including pulled pork sandwiches T shirts and a slow cooker drawing.
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Home on the Range cabin to be feted on July 4
The 140 year old Home on the Range cabin near Beaver Creek in Smith County Kansas will celebrate July Fourth with music food and a turnout of Kansans. The event also showcases restoration work funded by donations including six thousand from the Kansas Heritage Trust Fund and over twenty thousand from Wichita area supporters.
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Century plant in Kansas near death after long bloom
Ed and Joyce Ward of Chase report their 3 story Agave americana known as the century plant is finishing its bloom and likely dying within days after 36 years in their care. The plant drew thousands, with stabilization efforts and even a home offshoot growing as a last hope.
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Osborne gift creates Kathleen Osborn Chair at KU Med
KU Medical Center will fund a physiology professorship with a $1 million endowment from Jim Osborn of Honolulu. The Kathleen M. Osborn Chair in Molecular and Integrative Physiology honors his daughter, Kathleen Osborn, who worked in physiology at KU Med in 1968 69 and died in a 1970 car crash. Paul Cheney is the chair's first recipient.
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University of Missouri
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Marion M. Osborn
Kansas School of Medicine
Dodge City to welcome disabled riders on coast-to-coast ride
Dodge City prepares to greet 16 physically challenged veterans cycling across the country in the Sea 2 Shining Sea ride. Beginning in San Francisco on Memorial Day, the group aims for Virginia Beach by July 28, with events planned Tuesday to Thursday including a welcome line, dinners, and access to Wild West attractions. 1st Sgt. Glen Goulet, battling cancer and Valley Fever, says participants aim to show people with physical challenges they can overcome.
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First to sue in state remap case seeks legal costs
Robyn Renee Essex, a Republican from Olathe, asks the state to cover more than 45000 in legal bills, part of a total potential cost exceeding 700000. The federal judges who redrew Kansas districts welcomed 26 co plaintiffs in the suit. Twenty of the 27 plaintiffs seek fee coverage totaling about 707000.
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Olathe
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