Container Gardening session at Finney County Extension
The Basic Gardening series continues with a program on Container Gardening by Whitey Whitehill at the Finney County Extension Office Garden City. It covers raised beds and compact containers for seniors, the disabled, and apartment dwellers. Next topics include Fruitful Landscape, Water Conservation, All About Xeriscape on March 26, and Selecting and Planting Trees on April 2. call 272 3670 for details.
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Finney County Extension Office
Finney County Fairgrounds
South Ninth Street
Garden City
Whitey Whitehill
Fatherhood Summit Set for April in Wichita
The Kansas Fatherhood Coalition will host its seventh annual Fatherhood Summit April 2 and 3 at the Holiday Inn Select in Wichita. Nationally known speakers Jay Fagan Randell Turner and Ron Wills will discuss healthy father involvement and research on male engagement in children’s lives. Registration is via www.ksfatherhood.org or (866) 711-6711.
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Kansas Fatherhood Coalition
Wichita
Jay Fagan
School of Social Administration
Temple University
Randell Turner
Ron Wills
Green Porch Swing Production
Holiday Inn Select
Ksfatherhood. Org
Fiddlers Pickers Singers to Perform at Library Concert
Celtic guitarist Jerry Barlow offers a free 2:30 p.m. Sunday show at Finney County Public Library with tales behind classic tunes. His CD Keepsake and NPR PBS features tie his music to broader cultural history. Call 272-3680 for details. A Cimarron event by The Cimarron Fiddlers Pickers Singers runs 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Gray County Over 50 Inc. Open to the public. attendees should bring finger foods.
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Jerry Barlow
Finney County Public Library
Barlow
National Public Radio
Cimarron Fiddlers, Pickers & Singers
Gray County
Inc
S. Main St
Cimarron
Scrapbooking Program Planned At Cimarron Library
A scrapbooking program led by Stephanie Sonday, Creative Memories distributor, will be presented March 11 at Cimarron City Library at 120 N Main. The Knowledge Noon program is sponsored by Gray County Extension Office and the library. For details call (620) 855-3808.
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Cimarron City
N. Main
Cimarron
Stephanie Sonday
Creative Memories
Gray County Extension Office
Parkinson not planning big changes as Kansas governor in waiting
Lt Gov Mark Parkinson says no major staff or policy changes will occur when he becomes governor and he will not run for the job in 2010. He plans a seamless transition, keeping Sebelius staff, and downplaying a large transition team while focusing on budget and stimulus funding.
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Topeka
Mark Parkinson
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Parkinson
House
Senate
Mike O’neal
Hutchinson
Mark
Kansas
GOP
Derek Schmidt
Grant County Medical Equipment opens in Garden City after buyout
John Martin, owner of the Grant County Medical Equipment in Ulysses, has bought St. Catherine Hospital’s former durable medical equipment business at 601 N. Main St. in Garden City. The store will carry oxygen equipment, wheelchairs, and bedside commodes, with seven former St. Catherine employees rehired. The hospital plans to sell its home health division and transfer remaining patients to other agencies.
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Julia Valentine
Grant County Medical Equipment
Main St
St. Catherine
St. Catherine Hospital
Ulysses
N. Main St
John Martin
St. Catherine’s
Martin
Janie Wimmer
Wimmer
Garden City
Web candidate Boldra wary of fake pro-Boldra sites
New Republican hopeful Sue Boldra of Hays reacts to anonymous Web pages and a Facebook group misrepresenting her positions to draft her for Congress in Kansas. She denounces the deception while stressing her intent to run as a compromiser in the 1st District race amid cyber attacks on rivals.
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Topeka
Hns
Sue Boldra
Boldra
Hays
Jerry Moran
U.S. Senate
Brownback
Fort Hays State University
Moran
Congress
Kansas
Supreme Court
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Pratt
Tim Barker
Huelskamp
Wasinger
1St District
Washington, D.C
Barker
Kansas House advances late term abortion reporting bill
Kansas lawmakers move a bill requiring doctors to detail why a late term abortion is needed to the state health department. The sponsor says reports now lack specific risk explanations, while opponents call it a political move. The measure follows another abortion bill expanding pre abortion information viewing requirements.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lance Kinzer
Kinzer
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Olathe
Wichita
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Health Department
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Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Brad Nading
Medical Equipment Store
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