Liberal Pancake Day events kick off with contests and races
Pancake Day festivities begin Saturday at the Seward County Event Center 1040 Stadium Drive Liberal with pancake flipping and eating contests registration from 8 to 9 30 a m contest start at 10 a m 11 30 a m cooking and recipe contest open to ages 12 plus within 70 miles registration for the fun run 7 30 a m 5K at 8 a m and a 1 mile walk/run at 9 a m The International Pancake Day Parade is planned for Tuesday in Light Park with check in at 2 p m and participants due by 2 45 p m For more information call Ann Combs or visit pancakedaynet
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Seward County
Stadium Drive
Liberal
Liberal Convention and Tourism Bureau
Yellow Brick
Light Park
Kansas
11Th Streets
Ann Combs
Family Fitness Night At Wilson Elementary
Florence Wilson Elementary hosts Family Fitness Night from 6 to 7 30 PM with community organizations offering fitness ideas, free blood pressure checks and vision screenings for children, games, health snacks, and prizes. Students participate in a jump rope for heart fundraiser.
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Florence Wilson
Garden City Public Schools
Middle schools present free music programs
Abe Hubert and Kenneth Henderson middle schools will host free concerts Friday with bands performing at 6:30 p.m. at KHMS and orchestras at 7 p.m. at AHMS. Guest clinicians Debbie Baker of Colorado Springs and Liz Rulifson of Shawnee lead day-long clinics. Over 60 seventh graders and 60 eighth graders will perform selections including Agon, Ancient Voices, and Aztec Fire. The orchestra program features Arabian Dreams and Amadore, with Rulifson an Olathe North assistant director.
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Abe Hubert
Kenneth Henderson
Debbie Baker
Colorado Springs
Colo
Liz Rulifson
Shawnee
AHMS
KHMS
James Curnow
Amadore
Rulifson
Baker University
Baldwin City
Olathe North High School
Kansas delays 92 million school aid payments in cash crunch
Kansas delayed 92 million in public school aid due March 1 to cope with a cash shortage the third straight month. Officials withheld half of general state aid to 289 districts while awaiting a possible early next week payment. Moody’s and S P noted the strain while keeping high ratings. February tax receipts fell 11.5 million short of forecast, widening a 492 million budget gap. Municipal and Medicaid obligations benefited from the timing.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dale Dennis
Dennis
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
Sam Brownback
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
Moody’s Investors Service
Moody’s
Ted Hampton
Jones-Sontag
Brownback
Chair ish the Children fundraisers spotlight local art
Local artists and students created chairs for a charity auction to educate the public about Kansas Children's Service League programs. The Saturday event at the Clarion Inn includes a 7 p.m. social hour and 8 p.m. bidding, featuring more than 18 chairs, with proceeds supporting early head start, healthy families, shaken baby prevention, and the agency’s 24/7 parent helpline.
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Kansas Children Service League
KCSL
Finney County
Kansas Children’s Service League
Clarion Inn
E. Kansas Ave
Holcomb High School
Garden City High School
Garden City Community College
Lisa Knoll
Knoll
Kansas
Wichita
Commerce Bank
Fulton Terrace
Linenberger’s Jewelry
N. Main St
Little Britches
ArtsCenter
Main
Brookover Feedyards
New industrial park eyed as top 2024 economic priority
Finney County and Garden City officials held a joint meeting to push a 50 acre site near Jennie Barker Road and U.S. 50 as the area’s main growth project. The plan includes selling property to lure a business, repaying a $1 million KDOT loan, and a $0.5 million grant for a railroad spur to Bonanza BioEnergy.
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Bonanza
Holcomb
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Garden City
Able
Jennie Barker Road
Bonanza BioEnergy Company
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Ethanol Company
U.S. 50
Jennie Barker
FCEDC
Randy Partington
Leroy Gerber
25Th Judicial District
Gerber
PATH
Finney
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Wilson Elementary
Said Knoll
Garden City Police Department
James Hawkins
Partington
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