Jennie Barker Road Closure for Storm Drain Install
A contraction begins today on Jennie Barker Road between Grace Bible Church and 2460 N. Jennie Barker Road with road closure for storm drainage pipe installation. Grace Bible Church remains accessible from Mary Street and local traffic to 2460 N and areas south via Schulman Avenue. Smoky Hill LLC of Salina started the job in the morning and plans completion by early evening, weather permitting. delay if bad weather. City Engineer Steve Cottrell can be contacted at 276 1180 for more information.
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Jennie Barker
Grace Bible Church
Mary Street
Schulman Avenue
Smoky Hill LLC
Salina
Steve Cottrell
Mardi Gras at Finney County Senior Center Postponed
The Mardi Gras celebration at the Finney County Senior Center on 907 N. 10th St. was postponed due to weather and rescheduled for Thursday. Activities begin with bingo at 3:30 p.m. followed by pancake games at 4:30 p.m. and a pancake supper at 5:30 p.m. Menu includes pancakes and King’s Cake with admission of $5 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. The event is open to the public.
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Finney County
10Th St
Garden City Rec Commission Seeks Summer Playground Leaders
Garden City Recreation Commission hires for summer positions to plan organize and supervise a children program for ages five to eleven. Top leaders must be 21 with skills in storytelling crafts and games while assistants may apply at 16 and help plan activities. Applications at 310 N Sixth St contact Amber Rogers 276 1200.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
N. Sixth St
Amber Rogers
We Kan Conference Opens Registration for Rural Kansas
The Kansas Sampler Foundation invites community-doers to register for the bi annual We Kan Conference to be held March 23 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Webster Conference Center near Salina The PowerUp and PowerOn Rural Kansas theme targets adults aged 21 to 89 and focuses on community development and rural tourism ideas The $60 registration covers sessions and materials For more information visit kansassampler org or call (620) 585 2374
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Kansas Sampler Foundation
Webster
Salina
PowerUp and
PowerOn Rural
Kansas
Wwwkansassampler Org
Local Non-Profit Leader to Be Honored Luncheon
High Plains Grant Makers invite the public to a 11 45 a.m. March 31 luncheon at Golf Club at Southwind to honor a local non profit leader nominated by peers for community impact in character relationships and leadership. A $2 500 professional development award will be presented. Tickets are $20 per person. Call Western Kansas Community Foundation at 620 271 9484 for more information.
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High Plains
Southwind
The
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Kansas DUI reform faces $10 million cost hurdle
After a two year study the Kansas DUI Commission urged a statewide DUI case repository better treatment programs and penalties for refusals and repeat offenders. Sen Tim Owens backs at least some reforms while Sen John Wratil counters the price tag amid a multi million dollar budget gap.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tim Owens
Kansas Dui Commission
Owens
Senate Judiciary Committee
Topeka Capital Journal
John Wratil
Leawood
Senate
Jazz Ambassadors headline Three Days of Jazz in Garden City
SSG Josh Fox delivered an alto sax solo as the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors performed at Clifford Hope Auditorium. The concert, second day of Three Days of Jazz in Garden City, culminates with Tribute to the Tooth at 7 p.m. moved to Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building at Garden City Community College due to weather.
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Josh Fox
U.S. Army
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Garden City
The
Pauline Joyce
Jazz Ambassadors
Garden City Board approves 220 new high school cameras plan
USD 457 unanimously approves an addendum to the technology plan for the new Garden City High School campus opening fall 2012. The package includes 220 security cameras, classroom and office tech, LAN, wireless network, projectors, and more, with bids due March 18 and work absorbed in the $92.5 million project under budget.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Garden City Public Schools
Roxie Schafer
Layne Schiffelbein
Schafer
Schiffelbein
Tance
Kansas schools to receive delayed aid this week
Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis says Kansas 289 school districts should get about 92 million dollars in aid by Friday. The funds represent half of the aid due March 1, delayed due to a state cash crunch to meet payroll and bills. This marks the third consecutive month of delayed district aid amid yearly cash flow issues from tax payments.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dale Dennis
Associated Press
State delays tornado drill in severe weather week
AP reports Kansas officials postponed Tuesday's statewide tornado drill by 48 hours due to a winter storm. Gov. Sam Brownback declared Severe Weather Awareness Week to urge Kansans to prepare, with drill moved to 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Last year Kansas communities faced 88 tornadoes and damaging weather.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
State Department of Emergency Management
Brownback
Holcomb school board votes to replace bleacher motors
Holcomb USD 363 approves replacing two bleacher motors at the middle and high schools. Heartland Seating of Shawnee to perform the work for 7774 dollars after receiving a single bid. Also approved 300 dollars for out of state travel for Jennifer Meng to a bullying workshop in Denver. Scott Stegman hired as assistant coach for high school boys golf. Closed session on negotiations and personnel.
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Rick Atha
Atha
Rosa Claro Gonzalez
Garfield Early Childhood
C&c Group
Wichita
Georgia Matthews
Gertrude Walker
USD
Holcomb
Heartland Seating
Shawnee
Jennifer Meng
Denver
Scott Stegman
Budget talks resume over Kansas special education funding
Topeka AP reports three senators and three House members met briefly as negotiations restarted on a bill to cut the state budget. The Senate proposed a new plan to resolve differences on funding for public schools special education programs, aiming to meet a federal demand for about 26 million more dollars without undercutting Gov. Brownback’s broader spending cuts.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Senate
House
Grams
Kansas
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Ind
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