Pre Medicare Boomer Seminar at Finney County Fairgrounds
Information meeting hosted by Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the Finney County Fairgrounds grandstand meeting room to address Medicare coverage care giving questions prescription drug issues and health care reform updates call 272 3670 or 225 8230 for details
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Free concert by The Half Fast Singers at Garden Valley
A no charge music event Tuesday at 7 p.m. features The Half Fast Singers directed by Dr. Mark Neuman. Accompanied by vocalists David Miller Wen Wurst and Rich Taylor, the group performs at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St. Public attendance is encouraged.
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Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Mark Neuman
David Miller
Wen Wurst
Rich Taylor
GCCC Hosts Back to Back Student and Jazz Concerts
Garden City Community College presents two free weekday concerts in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium with performers from eight Kansas communities. A recital leads at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, followed by a 7:30 p.m. Thursday concert by the College Concert Band, while tonight’s 7:30 p.m. jazz concert charges $6 at the door under the direction of Mark Taylor.
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Kansas
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Garden City
Fine Arts Auditorium
Garden City Telegram
Mark Taylor
Southwest Kansas
Garden City High School Astronomy Club Public Observation Schedule
The Garden City High School Astronomy Club plans sessions at Sagebrush Road recreation area one mile west of US 83 intersection. Public may bring optics. Weather or overcast skies cancel. makeups set, with March 22 as backup if viewing stays poor. Venus Mars Orion Nebula Andromeda viewed. March schedule includes Wednesday setup at 6 30 p.m. and session at 7 p.m.. cooperative effort with Garden City Recreation Commission.
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Garden City High School
Astronomy Club
Sagebrush Road
US. Highway 83
GCHS
Venus
Mars
Great Nebula
Orion
Andromeda
Gchs Astronomy Club
Garden City Recreation Commission
Senators miss days to deal with careers in Kansas Senate
A Topeka Capital Journal review finds Kansas state senators missed an average six days of 94 in 1 1/2 legislative sessions. Fourteen others exceeded this, with Colyer and Masterson among the lowest attenders. Some cited health, family needs, campaigns, and private business as reasons for absences.
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Senators
Topeka
Statehouse
Topeka Capital Journal
Senate
Capitol
Laura Kelly
Capital-Journal
John Vratil
R-Leawood
Vratil
Hooky
Jeff Colyer
Overland Park
Ty Masterson
Andover
Chris Steineger
Kansas City
Colyer
Johnson County
Steineger
Pete Brungardt
Salina
Dennis Pyle
Hiawatha
Jim Barnett
Emporia
Susan Wagle
Wichita
Roger Reitz
Manhattan
Reitz
Hesston Tornado Spurs Public Awareness Shift in 1990
The March 13 1990 Hesston tornado marked a turning point in Tornado Alley lore as a video age outbreak. Large F5 events near Wichita and Hesston drew national attention, prompting new urgency in severe weather readiness and sheltering. Lucas Fisher, 6, died when a tree struck a chimney during the Hesston storm.
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Kansas
Jon Davies
Texas
Illinois
Wichita
Hesston
Goessel
Margo Buscher
National Weather Service
Mike Smith
WeatherData Inc
Haysville
McConnell Air Force Base
Andover
Smith
Wichita Falls
Great Plains
Pretty Prairie
Reno County
Haven
Yoder
Davies
Medicine Lodge
Arkansas River
Fisher
Burrton
Lucas Fisher
Kansas budget crisis revives old political feud
Topeka AP report notes budget strains spark a revived Kansas debate over protecting working families and prosperity. Gov Parkinson blasts two-decade tax cuts as benefiting the wealthy while lawmakers seek deficit fixes through spending cuts or tax hikes, with Republicans weighing sales and tobacco tax increases as balanced options.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mark Parkinson
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Cickens
Parkinson
Mike O’neal
Hutchinson
Senate
Steve Morris
Hugoton
John Wratil
Leawood
Dispute over proposed DUI amendment in Kansas
In Wichita AP report critics fear a DUI amendment would drop the requirement for ignition interlock reports, potentially letting offenders avoid devices. Legislators weigh changes as the DUI Commission studies Kansas drunk driving laws and enforcement.
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Kansas
Wichita
Mothers Against
Laura Dean Mooney
Wichita Eagle
Mary Pilcher Cook
Cook
House Judiciary Committee
Lance Kinzer
Marcy Ralston
State Driver Control Bureau
Division of Motor Vehicles
Ralston
House
Jim Ward
Dwichita
Judiciary Committee
Ward
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Western Broadcast Center
Finney County Fairgrounds
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