School Fish Fry Friday at Knights of Columbus Hall
St Mary School hosts its sixth annual fish fry this Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 205 N Eighth St Knights of Columbus Hall. Alaskan pollack meal includes potato wedges cole slaw bread ice cream coffee and tea. Adults pay 6.50 and children 5 to 9 pay 4.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary School
Knights of Columbus
N. Eighth St
Hospice to hold grief program teleconference viewing
The St. Catherine Hospice Program offers two free viewing sessions of the Hospice Foundation of America's 14th Annual National Bereavement Teleconference on March 22 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. The event, titled Before and After Death, will be at St. Catherine Hospital Classroom A in Garden City and at Ulysses Pioneer Communications Media Room. The panel includes Frank Sesno and experts from Bradley & Son Funeral Homes, The College of New Rochelle, VITAS, UMDNJ, University of Memphis, and Montgomery Hospice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catherine
Hospice Foundation of America
St. Catherine Hospital
E. Spruce St
Garden City
Ulysses Pioneer Communications Media
Kansas
Ulysses
Frank Sesno
George Washington University
CNN
Scott W. Bradley
MSW
CFSP
Center For Life Transition
Bradley & Son Funeral Homes, LLC
Kenneth J. Doka
The
College of New Rochelle
Lorraine Hedtke
ACSW
LCSW
Vitas Innovative Hospice Care
Patricia Murphy
Umdnj University Hospital
Robert A. Neimeyer
University of Memphis
Robert Washington
Montgomery Hospice
Aquila Defends Sale After Final Bid Above Consultants’ Proposal
Aquila Inc executives reiterated that only one final bid exists for their assets and that the price exceeds their consultants’ figure. The deal splits: Black Hills pays about 940 million in cash for Aquila’s Colorado utility and gas systems in four states, while Great Plains Energy acquires all Aquila shares for about 1.7 billion in cash and stock, plus about 1 billion in debt assumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Aquila Inc
Richard Green
Aquila
Fall from forklift kills worker at university site
MANHATTAN AP reports a construction worker died after falling from a forklift at a Kansas State University site. A second worker also fell but was not seriously injured. Steven E. Carveaux of Winchester and Timothy W. Hanes of Meriden were in a forklift box at an apartment complex project when the incident occurred Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Troy Lane
Kansas State Police
Steven E. Carveaux
Winchester
Timothy W. Hanes
Meriden
Kansas House stalls bill to cut corporate taxes
In Topeka the House Taxation Committee stalled a plan to curb corporate income taxes after Democrats rewrote it to shift burdens among firms. The move aims to aid Kansas-based companies while closing loopholes for out-of-state multinationals, drawing criticism from business groups and GOP leaders awaiting a final package amid budget worries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
House
Kansas
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Taxation Committee
GOP
Senate
Marlee Carpenter
Kansas Chamber
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
House Taxation Committee
Nile Dillmore
Wichita
Dillmore
Carpenter
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Hill’s Pet Products
Melvin Neufeld
Ingalls
Salina Rep. Horst seeks 5 percent renewables by 2012 bill
Kansas lawmaker Salina Rep. Deena Horst introduces House Bill 2479 to require electric utilities to provide at least 5 percent of the state power grid from renewable sources by 2012, with a 1.25 percent annual increase beginning in 2009. The proposal contrasts with Gov. Sebelius plan and faces industry skepticism and no committee vote yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Hns
Salina
Deena Horst
Horst
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Colorado
Tom Thompson
The
Sierra Club
Thompson
House Energy and Utilities Committee
Kansas Livestock Association
KLA
John Donley
Energy Committee
Dog Show Alamogordo Area Weekend Fun Preview
Southwest Kansas residents can donate to good causes while enjoying a trio of events this weekend. The Kansas Kennel Club AKC Dog Show runs Friday through Sunday at Finney County Fairgrounds with agility, conformation, and obedience competitions featuring about 869 registered dogs. Also on the bill are a GCCC piano festival with free concerts and lessons, a free Saturday concert by Abe Hubert and Kenneth Henderson middle school orchestras, a health and wellness fair by Garden City Recreation Commission, and a chili supper fundraiser for USD 457 student Karina Camacho to support her People to People trip funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Kansas
Kansas Kennel Club
AKC
Ramona Haney
Haney
Finney County Fairgrounds
Horse Palace
Finney County Exhibition Building
Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
Abe Hubert
Kenneth Henderson
GCHS
Karina Camacho
Garden City Recreation
N. Sixth St
St. Dominic Catholic School
Ashley Calderon
Garden City High School
Calderon
Australia
Lottery funding disparity sparks Wichita critique
Wichita Mayor Carlos Mayans decries a statewide funding bias, citing a Wichita Eagle analysis showing Sedgwick County bought about 49 million in Kansas Lottery tickets in 2006 but received roughly 11 dollars per thousand spent, far below Johnson and other counties. officials stress outreach and multiple funding sources influence allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Carlos Mayans
Sedgwick County
Mayans
Wichita Eagle
Kansas
Department of Commerce
Johnson County
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
Sedgwick
Johnson
Phillips County
Hays
Nebraska
Wyandotte County
Commerce Department
Don Myers
R-Derby
Myers
Kathleen Sebelius
Allen Bell
Kansas City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hospice
Across the Board
Brad Nading
Carlos Mendias
Pro Cut Tree Service
Sunflower Street
Bell
Caleb Asher
Chambers of Commerce
Asher
EDIF
Economic Development Initiatives Fund