Two bars cited after compliance checks in Garden City
Garden City police and six other agencies conducted Friday compliance checks on local drinking establishments. El Ajua at 1524 N Taylor Plaza and El Dorado Club at 105 N 12th St were cited by the Alcoholic Beverage Control agency for allegedly serving intoxicated patrons, with El Ajua also cited for after hours service. Administrative citations carry civil penalties up to 1000 per violation. Eight establishments were found in compliance: Jax Sports Grille, Grain Bin Supper Club, McGee's, Double Ds, Santa Fe Club, Remington's, Time Out, and Marienski's. In October two of 11 were in violation.
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Garden City Police Department
el Ajua
N. Taylor Plaza
el Dorado Club
N. 12Th St
Alcoholic Beverage Control Agency
Garden City
Mike Utz
Utz
Jax Sports Grille
E. Mary St
Grain bin Supper Club
E. Fulton St
McGee's
E. Kansas Ave
Double Ds
W. Fulton St
Santa Fe Club
W. Santa Fe St
Remington’s
Buffalo Jones Ave
Time Out
N. Taylor Ave
Marienski’s
Commancho Drive
Chili supper fundraiser for Ashley Calderon at St Dominic gym
A chili supper is planned Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at St. Dominic Catholic School gym to raise funds for Garden City High School ninth-grader Ashley Calderon. For $5, attendees get chili, a drink, and a cinnamon roll. Calderon has been selected as a People to People ambassador to Australia and seeks funds to cover a $5,399 tuition and $430 travel costs.
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St. Dominic Catholic School
Ashley Calderon
Garden City High School
Calderon
Australia
School orchestras to perform free Saturday concert
The Abe Hubert and Kenneth Henderson middle school orchestras will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday in the school gym at 1205 A St. The event supports USD 457 graduation Buff Project student Karina Camacho who is teaching the music that morning and will conduct the performance.
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Abe Hubert
Kenneth Henderson
GCHS
Karina Camacho
Western Kansas 3i Show returns to Garden City
Garden City hosts the Western Kansas Manufacturers Association 53rd annual 3i Show from May 10 to 12 at Finney County Fairgrounds. Hours run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with displays of irrigation, implements, industrial equipment, an ATV safety area, ride-and-drive, and strip-till demos. Open to new and prior exhibitors. WKMA contact (620) 227-8082 or www.3ishow.com.
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Garden City
Western Kansas Manufacturers Association
Finney County Fairgrounds
WKMA
3Ishow.com
University tests to cut travel costs at KU labs
Lawrence based University of Kansas researchers in the Transportation Research Institute explore heat to fuel transfer to render aircraft less detectable, safer, and cheaper. Other projects include fatigue reducing truck cabs, longer lasting bridges with new concrete mixes, reinforced pavements, security studies, and hybrid bus trials with DaimlerChrysler plans for Kansas City.
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Bob Honen
National Transportation Research Center
Ron Barrett- Gonzalez
Moran
Dave Darwin
Stuart Bell
University of Kansas
Institute
DaimlerChrysler
Kansas City
Bell
Jazz Saxophonist Hirsch Teaches Sass at Garden City Jazz Festival
Jazz musician and arranger Rick Hirsch urged Ulysses Kepley Middle School students to improvise and add soul to Play That Funky Music at the Garden City Jazz Festival clinic. He led workshops with middle and high school bands from Garden City Holcomb Sublette and Ulysses and performed with the Southwest Kansas All-Star Big Band.
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Rick Hirsch
Wild Cherry
Ulysses’ Kepley
Garden City Community College
Garden City
Hirsch
State College
Holcomb
Sublette
Ulysses
Southwest Kansas
Alan Baylock
Kevin Mahogany
Frank Mantooth
Pennsylvania State University
Lacy Rundell
Kepley
Randy Ware
Kepley Middle School
Southwest Kansas All-Star
Sunshine law bill scaled back to supply information not training
A Senate panel will debate a scaled back sunshine laws measure in Kansas that drops mandatory training for public officials. The substitute requires officers to obtain information on open records upon oath and for information officers after appointment, a compromise between the Kansas Press Association and local government groups.
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Topeka
Hns
Senate
Kansas Press Association
Kimberly Winn
League of Kansas Municipalities
Winn
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Pete Brungardat
Salina
Brungarat
Brungardt
Saline
Doug Anstaett
Senate backs 135 million over six years for university maintenance
A Kansas Senate Higher Education Task Force advances a plan to provide 135 million from the general fund over six years to address a more than 600 million repair backlog at state universities. The measure avoids a tuition increase, while House leaders discuss out-of-state tuition hikes to fund maintenance.
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Topeka
Hns
Senate Higher Education Task Force
Jean Schodorf
Wichita
State Board of Regents
Schodorf
House
Ray Merrick
R-Stilwell
Merrick
Senate
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Sen
Janis Lee
D. Kensington
Regents
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Sara Wilson
Wilson
Pennsylvania State University Blue Band
Eddie Henderson
Jackie Allen
University of Kentucky Wind
Continental Trombone Quartet
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