MAM hosts open house for uninsured and voting event
The Finney County Emergency Management committee meets at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to review the public water system plan and hazardous materials analysis. A 75th Academy Awards voting contest runs at Sequoyah Theater and Finney County Public Library through March 22, with 20 movie passes awarded March 24.
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Finney County Emergency Management Local Planning Committee
Law Enforcement Center
Ninth St
Sequoyaha
Finney County Public Library
Library
Dickinson Theaters
United Methodist Mexican- American Ministries
MAM
The
Kansas Hospital Association
Kansas Medical Society
Kansas Pharmacists Association
Kansas Association For the
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Shawnee County
Success 4 Life
Sunflower Foundation
Legislators doubt expansion of gambling this session
Topeka lawmakers question Gov Kathleen Sebelius push for more gambling as a budget fix. Senate leaders say debate may be unlikely, warning additional gambling would cut revenue from the Kansas Lottery and other entertainment. Road condition hotline 1 800 585 7623.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Kansas
Senate
Dave Kerr
Holcomb school board approves nepotism policy for administrators
Holcomb USD 363 board unanimously adopts a nepotism standard prohibiting relatives of board members from serving as administrators during a member's term, excluding teachers. The policy, revised by attorney Wayne Tate, applies to principals and superintendents and followed prior guidance from the Kansas Association of School Boards. The board also approved a superintendent job description, a pay plan for direct deposits, and discussed gym acoustics improvements and finalist status of Daryl Pruter for a different district.
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Holcomb
Holcomb Usd
Kansas Association of School Boards
Wayne Tate
Annette Jones
Daryl Pruter
Great Bend
Usd
Pruter
Bruce Glass
Wiley
Glass
First National Bank of Holcomb
Landfill host fee shelved for now
Finney County Commissioners tabled a proposal to charge a 1 per ton host fee at the county landfill and possibly include Lee Construction in the charge. The measure aimed to bolster the landfill fund, cover KDHE tests, and fund cleanup, with early estimates showing a 450,000 dollar fund and 47,500 dollars in annual costs.
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Finney County
Finney
Pete Olson
Waste Connections
Roman Halbur
Olson
Lee Construction
Jerry Davis
Lee
Crazy House
Garden City
Holcomb
Cheryl Kottke
Daffodil Days brightens Lakin Deerfield for Cancer Society
Kearny County volunteers for the American Cancer Society delivered 200 bundles of 10 daffodils from Washington state to Lakin and Deerfield in a Daffodil Days fundraiser. The campaign raised 2000 for cancer research and highlighted long running local support and a future golf tournament that nets about 5000. Connie Ginest, president, notes volunteers take orders in February and deliver in March, with donations in memory of loved ones.
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Lakin
Deerfield
Kearny County
American Cancer Society
Connie Ginest
Washington State
Ginest
Don Ginest
Senators push federal switch to run free school lunch
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts personally secured support from all 100 Senate members for keeping the International Food for Education program under the Agriculture Department. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced the USDA will permanently run the program, aiding nearly 7 million children in 38 countries.
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Washington
Kansas
Pat Roberts
Roberts
Senate
Agriculture
Ann Veneman
International Food For Education
Congress
Agriculture Department
Administration
Bush Administration
U.S. Agency For International Development
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congressional
Veneman
Senate Intelligence Committee
World Food Program
USDA
General Accounting Office
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Children’s Book Award
William Allen White
Finney County Library
E. Walnut St
Children’s Department
Homestead.com
Lee Richardson Zoo
Friends of the Lee Richardson Zoo
Sarak
Scott Aldis-Wilson Scottaw
Gctelegram
Rob Yeadon
Finney County Commission
Daffodil Days
Cancer Society
Usda Te Run
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