Half Fast Singers pay tribute at Garden Valley service
The Half Fast Singers will present a Christian memorial service for Garden Valley Retirement Village residents who died since January 1, 2012. The 2 p.m. Sunday event at The Chapel, 1505 E. Spruce St, features Dr. Mark Neuman as director and guitarist with Richard Taylor, David Miller, and Wendel Wurst as vocalists. Public invited. call 275-5036 for details.
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Half Fast Singers
Garden Valley
E. Spruce St
Mark Neuman
Richard Taylor
David Miller
Wendel Wurst
Health workshop for women scheduled at YMCA
In coordination with Women of Purpose the Garden City Family YMCA will host a Kansas Optimizing Health Program for women. KOHP is a two hour weekly six week workshop helping manage chronic diseases. Free program runs 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays starting next week. For information call Jackie Regan at 275-1199. Knowledge at Noon focuses on birds with Barbara Campbell presenting For The Birds. The talk runs 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. at Finney County Public Library 605 E Walnut St.
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Women of Purpose
Garden City
Kansas
KOHP
Jackie Regan
United States
Canada
Barbara Campbell
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Blue Notes to play at Scott City senior center dance
The Blue Notes will perform a free program at the Scott City senior center on March 8. The public is invited to attend the 7 30 p m event hosted as a community dance night featuring live music by the variety band.
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Blue Notes
Senior Center
Scott City
Terry Barber
Billie Whittaker
Southwest Kansas
Barber
Prima
Higher ed urged to help startup firms
Gov. Sam Brownback floated a plan to reward universities and technical colleges for aiding startup companies. In a Wednesday economic advisory meeting he described it as an idea with no final structure. Potential payments of 2000 to 5000 dollars per startup were mentioned to spur an entrepreneurial climate.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Wichita Eagle
Graham Taft
Growth Economists Inc
Kansas
Senate backs Kobach election fraud prosecution power
The Kansas Senate approved a bill granting Secretary of State Kris Kobach authority to prosecute election fraud while demanding the abolition of his political action committee. The measure passed 31 to 9 and goes to the House. Kobach has sought prosecution power since taking office in January 2011.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Kris Kobach
Senate
House
Kansas House balks at rewiring wind energy rules
Kansas lawmakers debated pausing the 20 percent renewable energy mandate by 2020 with the House sending a bill back to committee. The Senate considered delaying the target to 2024 and adding a consumer-cost study by the Kansas Corporation Commission. Supporters say standards spur wind farms. critics warn of higher costs and market disruption. Westar Energy remains noncommittal as wind energy grows in the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
State Senate
Mark Parkinson
Vern Swanson
Clay Center
Forrest Knox
Altoona
Senators
Kansas Corporation Commission
Knox
Westar Energy Inc
Sam Brownback
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
American Legislative Exchange Council
Wildlife struggle as snow blankets arid Kansas regions
In Ellinwood and across Kansas, heavy snow and prior drought leave wildlife starved for food and cover. Bird feeders show increased meadowlarks, sparrows, pheasants, quail, and red winged blackbirds, signaling harsh conditions for prairie species with depleted populations and reduced reproduction over two years. The moisture from snow may aid habitat recovery, but immediate survival is grim for many birds.
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Topeka
Robert Penner
Ellinwood
Penner
Nature Conservancy of Kansas Av
Kansas
Wichita Eagle
Jim Pitman
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Pitman
Nature Conservancy
Ron Klataske
Audubon of Kansas
Snowfall seen as blessing for Kansas wheat crop
Kansas farmers face dry conditions eased by recent heavy snows, with 24 inch totals in parts and lighter fall elsewhere. Agronomist Jim Shroyer notes moisture improves wheat prospects amid subsoil moisture shortages. Wildlife habitat loss from CRP cuts raises long term wildlife concerns, while regional yields vary and expert caution remains about predictions amid temperature swings.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Northwest
Jim Shroyer
Extension Agronomist
Kansas State University
Cover Your
Oberlin
Agronomist
Kansas Ag
Shroyer
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