Walk Kansas challenges Kansas distance across state
Kansas State University Research and Extension invites six member teams to collectively cover 423 miles in eight weeks from March 15 to May 9. Participants pay five dollars plus five dollars for a participant T-shirt, with registration at Finney County Extension Office Garden City.
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Kansas
Kansas State University Research and Extension
Walk Kansas
Finney County Extension Office
S. Ninth St
Finney County
Garden City
Marilyn Maye to Headline Garden City Jazz Festival
Jazz singer Marilyn Maye will perform Friday at 7 30 p m in the 2003 Garden City Jazz Festival Concert at Garden City Community College Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. Reserved seating for 10 dollars via the Fine Arts Office. contact 276 9540 during business hours. Hal Melia Ian Sikora and Bob Bowman join the band with Frank Mantooth. Mantooth is a Garden City pianist composer arranger with five albums and 11 Grammy nominations.
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Marilyn Maye
Frank Mantooth
Garden City Community College
Maye
Garden City
Pauline Joyce
Hal Melia
Kansas City
Ian Sikora
New York
Bob Bowman
Mantooth
St Marys fish fry fundraiser Friday at Knights hall
St Mary Catholic School hosts a five to eight thirty dinner fundraiser at Knights of Columbus Hall 205 N Eighth St with potato wedges cole slaw and coffee or tea Admission 550 for adults and 350 for children Proceeds support sixth grade instructional materials fund College and USD 457 close Monday through March 14 for spring break Classes resume March 17 Holcomb USD 363 spring break March 17 to 21 classes resume March 24
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St. Mary Catholic School
Knights of Columbus
Eighth St
Garden City Community College
USD 457
Holcomb Usd 363
Free development screenings offered in Garden City area
Garden City USD 457 and the Russell Child Development Center offer free developmental screenings March 21 for infants to 5-year-olds at Trinity Lutheran Church 1010 Fleming St. Screenings assess hearing vision motor skills thinking and speech. RCDC tests children up to 3 years old. USD 457 screens 3 to 5. Screening lasts about 90 minutes. appointments via Russell Center at 275-0291.
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Garden City
USD 457
Russell Child Development Center
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
RCDC
Southwest Kansas
ACT Registration Deadline For April Test
High school students must postmark ACT registration by Friday for the April 12 test. Late registration with a fee is due by March 21. The test costs $25 and materials are in school counseling offices. The score is used by many colleges for admissions. Road condition hotline 1-800-585-7623.
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Colleges and Universities
Officials rehearse response to agricultural emergency threat
About 30 agricultural leaders met at the Finney County Law Enforcement Center to review command, communication and response steps for a possible agricultural emergency. The scenario involved 30 cattle with vesicular lesions, a lab test pending, and a plan to close the feed yard, quarantine a one to six mile radius, and halt traffic to the area.
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Law Enforcement Center
Ninth St
Finney County
Kansas
George Teagarden
Garden City
Teagarden
Wintry mix snarls eastern Kansas roads and events
A winter storm drenched eastern Kansas with freezing rain and snow, closing schools and delaying events from Manhattan to Liberal. One fatal crash occurred on Kansas 99 near Pottawatomie County as drivers faced black ice and slick overpasses.
Storm drops little snow in Southwest Kansas
A blustery storm moved through southwest Kansas on Tuesday bringing 20 to 30 mph north winds and only trace precipitation from scattered snow showers. Garden City and surrounding towns saw temperatures around 34 degrees, with plans and events affected as several sub state games were postponed or rescheduled. An accident near Holcomb involved an ice patch on West Buffalo Jones Avenue. three Garden City residents were involved but none injured. Highs in the 30s, warming to the lower 50s by Thursday, with normal late winter variability noted by forecaster Mike Umscheid.
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Steve Kays
National Weather Service
Topeka
Kansas
Kays
Manhattan
Kurt Moldrup
Riley County
Salina
Fort Riley
Kansas State University
Garden City
Dodge City
Dighton
Scott City
Healy
Holcomb
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Jorge Robles- Valadez
Buffalo Jones Avenue
Bascue
Robles- Valadez
St. Catherine Hospital
Intersections Upgraded in Finney County Kansas
Two Finney County railroad crossings at Chmelka Road and Sherlock Road received flashing lights and guard arms with a third at VFW Road planned. KDOT funded the Chmelka and Sherlock projects totaling 418000, while the VFW Road work will use state Railroad Safety Fund money with county labor and material funding.
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Finney County
Garden City
Kim Stich
Kansas Department of Transportation
Chmelka Road
Sherlock Road
Railroad Avenue
KDOT
Vfw Road
John Ellerman
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Max Morgan
Finney County Commission
Holcomb
Heather Becker
Morgan
Stich
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Chmelka
Sherlock Roads
More soldiers get orders to deploy from Fort Riley
Fort Riley officials said Tuesday that 2,100 additional active duty soldiers have received deployment orders to support Central Command operations as the U.S. readies for possible action against Iraq. Pentagon orders earlier over the weekend sent more than 60,000 personnel to the Persian Gulf, bringing total regional forces to about 300,000 under Gen. Tommy R. Franks. This deployment adds to 2,400 soldiers ordered in February, with over 1,000 of those already leaving the post.
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Topeka
Fort Riley
United States
Iraq
Central Command
Pentagon
Persian Gulf
Tampa
Tommy R. Franks
Vanover
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Gtietgen
Gctelegram
Larry Jones
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas Livestock
Keith Henderson
Finney County Emergency Management
Henderson
Brad Nading
Wintry
Juanita June Wyant
Westmoreland
Kansas 99
Pottawatomie County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Turnpike
Kan
Liberal
Olney
Shawnee County
Sherlock
Scottaw
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