Leama Porsenna County commission budget meeting set
Finney County commissioners plan the 2008 budget process at an 8:30 a.m. meeting in the Administrative Center. Deadlines for department and agency submissions include June 8 for county departments and June 4 for affiliated agencies, with a July 9 budget workshop with auditors. Officials to meet include Dick Beasley Angie Clark and John Ellermann.
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Finney County Commission
Pete Olson
Dick Beasley
Fairgrounds
Angie Clark
John Ellermann
Finney County Administrative
Ninth St
Mystery Dinner Theater at Garden City High School
Tickets go on sale for a Garden City High School Mystery Dinner Theater at 6 30 p m Friday in the new courtyard 1412 N Main St The show The Man Who Thought He Was Sherlock Holmes features a steak dinner and dessert prepared by the GCHS Family and Consumer Science students Reservations via Chris Lampe at 276 5170
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N. Main St
Sherlock Holmes
GCHS
Consumer Science
Chris Lampe
Middle schools to perform free public concert
The Abe Hubert and Kenneth Henderson middle school choirs present a free concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Abe Hubert gymnasium at 1205 A. Guest conductor Dale Heinrichs of Oklahoma leads the student musicians practicing all day.
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Abe Hubert
Kenneth Henderson
Dale Heinrichs
Oklahoma
Sobriety Rocks Scholarship Contest Promotes Abstinence
The Kansas Department of Transportation sponsors a song contest urging Kansas youth to resist drinking before 21. Three $1000 scholarships are awarded for best lyrics, best original music score, and best original song by ages 10 to 21. Winners may use funds at Kansas state-supported colleges. Entries due May 18. results May 31. Registration at www.inmytime.net or (785) 296-3756.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas
Sobriety Rocks
Inmytime.net
Woman Sentenced for Hiring Killer in Kansas Case
Krista Harris a 21 year old Lawrence woman was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for attempting to hire a killer to murder her former boyfriend. An undercover agent posing as a contract killer arrested her in December 2005 after Harris pleaded guilty in court to negotiating a murder for hire. The deal reportedly involved payment of crack cocaine valued at about $120.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Krista Harris
Harris
Official English bill draws fire at Hispanic Day
At the Kansas Statehouse Hispanic Day speakers and residents debated a GOP bill declaring English the official state language. Opponents argued it denigrates Spanish and other languages while supporters said it promotes opportunities by learning English. The measure, with a $500000 grant aid for English classes, faces Senate scrutiny.
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Topeka
Hns
Statehouse
Rotunda
Capitol
Rod Bonilla
Salina
State
Tor
League of United Latin American Citizens
House
Bonilla
Larry Powell
Ricalvesta
Leo Prieto
Kansas City Wizards
Prieto
Kansas
Ana Lazarin
Wichita State University
Garden City
Clinton urges global ties and aid during Kansas lecture
Former President Clinton spoke at Kansas State University on interdependence and lifting the world’s poor, arguing that U S prosperity depends on helping others. He urged health care reform and a shift to renewable energy, noting U S health costs waste billions annually and stressing wind and bio fuels to revive rural economies.
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Topeka
Hns
Clinton
Kansas
White House
Kansas State University
Bramlage Coliseum
London
America
Doctor Russell Maxfield Famed Garden City Physician Dies
Russell Maxfield, a 90 year old physician who practiced in Garden City from 1946 to the early 1980s, died February 18 in Grand Junction Colorado. He was known for house calls, back country service, founding Plaza Medical Center, delivering over 4000 babies, and mentoring young doctors while attracting colleagues to his clinic.
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Russell Maxfield
Grand Junction
Colo
Garden City
Larry Maxfield
Russell
Montezuma
Garden City High School
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas
Frank Eichorn
Eichorn
Plaza Medical Center
Larry
Tom Koksal
Koksal
US approves plan to grow modified rice in Kansas
The USDA grants preliminary approval for Ventria Bioscience to cultivate genetically altered rice on 3000 plus acres near Junction City Kansas to produce human proteins for medicines. Critics fear contamination risk though USDA cites minimal risk and dedicated facilities while Ventria touts a safe, traceable supply chain.
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USDA
Kansas
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Sacramento
Calif
Ventria Bioscience
Junction City
Kan
Ventria
Scott Deeter
Deeter
Stillerman
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