Project Graduation meetings planned at Garden City High
A series of parent planning meetings for Garden City High School's Project Graduation will begin at 7 p.m. Monday in the GCHS cafeteria. For more information contact Cindy Olson at 272-2137 or 275-2740.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
N. Main St
Cindy Olson
Garden City HS Concerts Set Through Next Week
Garden City High School schedules a series of concerts in Clifford Hope Auditorium 1412 N. Main St. Jazz II Band performs gospel rock swing blues and ballad at 7 30 p m Monday, Jazz Band plays Frank Mantooth Chick Corea Sammy Nestico and others, Tuesday features Brown and White Band and Buffalo Band, Wednesday choir ensembles rehearse for upcoming contests, all events free and open to the public. Congressman Jerry Moran plans 10th annual Big First Listening Tour visiting Scott City Monday and Dighton at 11 30 a m, traveling 5 000 miles across 69 counties to hear Kansans concerns.
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Garden City High School
Clifford Hope Auditorium
GCHS
N. Main St
Jazz II
Frank Mantooth
Chick Corea
Sammy Nestico
Buffalo Band
Brown and White Band
Clifford Hope
James Swearingen
W. Francis McBeth
Charles Carter
Eric Osterling
Caesar Giovannini
Eric Whitacre
William Shuman
Henry Fillmore
Jerry Moran
Hays
Kansas
First
Moran
Scott City
Dighton
Steps To A Healthier You program set at Finney County
A noon Wednesday free guidance program on food and fitness will be led by Linda Walter at the Finney County Extension Office. Lunch included a casserole and cobbler for a $3 fee. Reservations due by Monday at 272-3670.
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Finney County
S. Ninth St
Linda Walter
Family and Consumer Sciences
Class of 76 reunion planning meeting scheduled
Garden City High School class of 1976 reunion planning committee will meet at 2 p.m. on March 26 at Plaza Inn in the gazebo by the swimming pool. Contact Sandy Mott at 620-344-0113 or Tami Johnson at 276-8846 for details.
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Garden City
Plaza Inn
Sandy Mott
Tami Johnson
Kansas House Debates Tougher Terrorism and Immigration Laws
Kansas lawmakers advance a terrorism bill expanding state crimes for weapons of mass destruction and allow prosecutors to collect evidence without a court order. Debate heats over employer penalties for hiring illegal immigrants with a contentious floor vote and partisan rhetoric.
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Kansas
House
Senate
Jan Pauls
D-Hutchinson
Jim Ward
Wichita
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Holland
Lance Kinzer
Statehouse Dome
Law fix moves obscenity statute toward local prosecutions
A Kansas House committee advanced a bill narrowing obscenity law to only illegal obscene materials. Proponents say it lets counties prosecute adult stores consistent with community standards, while some members worry about judicial guidance and potential political risk. The measure passed by voice vote.
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Topeka
Hns
House
Federal and State Affair Committee
Senate
Abilene Antipornography
Phil Cosby
Cosby
Supreme Court
Lion’s den
Abilene
Lance Kinzer
R-Clathe
Arlen Siegfreid
R-Olathe
Tom Burroughs
Kansas City
Nile Dillmore
Dwichita
Report on school spending study eyed in finance debate
Topeka analysts from Standard and Poor's released a 40 page report outlining best practices used by districts with over 200 students. It highlights districts that exceeded expectations in student achievement and notes examples like Arkansas City and Olathe while urging careful use of funds amid a funding dispute driven by a 2005 Kansas Supreme Court ruling.
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Topeka
Standard & Poor's
House
Kathe Decker
Senate
Jean Schodorf
Scott County
Geary County
Arkansas City
Olathe
Decker
R-Clay Center
Schodorf
Richita
Sebelius
Michael Stewart
Holcomb considers new in car video cameras for patrol cars
Holcomb police chief Jeff Sharp asked the City Council to approve two digital in car video cameras to replace aging VHS units. The cameras would fit behind rearview mirrors and run on Homeland Security funds, offering up to 16 hours per card at a $3,995 per unit cost. The council tabled the request for March 22 and discussed street improvements funded by a $420,090 CDBG grant with $308,000 awarded and $112,090 city match for Douglas, South Lynch and South Henderson streets.
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Holcomb
Jeff Sharp
Sharp
Dennis Lauer
William Heydman
Nixon and Associates
Parker
Colo
Douglas
South Lynch
South Henderson
Paul Nixon
Great Plains Development Inc
Dodge City
Kansas
Patty Richardson
Great Plains Development
AG probes hospital billing in Kansas not-for-profits
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline outlined a consumer protection inquiry into nonprofit hospital billing and collection practices affecting uninsured and underinsured patients. The review targets 121 hospitals after consumer complaints about erroneous claims, late filings, and aggressive collection tactics.
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Topeka
Phill Kline
Kline
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