Garden City Police Plan Monday License Check Lane
Garden City police will run a driver license and liability insurance checkpoint in a high traffic area Monday from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. The aim is to reduce unlicensed and uninsured motorists with stops only for those lacking valid credentials. Arrests and fines possible for missing licenses or insurance, including court costs.
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Sewing painting and photo classes offered at GCCC
Garden City Community College opens a one session sewing pillow class on March 30 from 6 to 8 pm for 35 dollars with all materials provided. Action Photography session runs March 22 from 6 to 8 pm for 55 dollars. Painting courses March 24 and 31 from 6 to 9 pm cost 99 dollars. bring paper towels. Registration ends a week before each class. enroll by phone, online, or email.
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Business and Community Education Department
NRA Women on Target Pistol Course at Garden City April 9
Garden City Community College hosts NRA Women on Target Basic Pistol Course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 9, focusing on safety, handling, and shooting fundamentals for women though open to men. The 70 dollar fee requires pre registration. contact 276-9503 or linda.morgan gcccks.edu for details.
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National Rifle Association
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Kansas lawmakers hear claims that policies aid illegal immigrants
Former Kansas social services worker Lana Reed testified before a House committee that state policies allow fraud and favor illegal immigrants over citizens in public benefits. She cited fraud in documents and income calculations while urging a bill linking to Arizona style enforcement and E-Verify.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lana Reed
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Overland Park
House Judiciary Committee
SRS
Bill Miskell
Associated Press
Reed
Arizona
Kinzer
Kris Kobach
Kobach
Jan Pauls
Hutchinson
Mardi Gras Pancake Games At Finney County Senior Center
The Senior Center of Finney County hosted a Mardi Gras celebration with bingo and pancake centered games. Participants competed in pancake volleyball stacking tossing and racing as they enjoyed pancakes sausages biscuits and gravy applesauce and King’s Cake amid a postponed Tuesday event due to severe winter weather.
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Mary Lou Irsik
Finney County
Jeanette Acosta
Kansas budget talks collapse in Topeka negotiations
Legislative negotiators broke off talks on a 2011 Kansas budget cut bill amid discord over trimming spending. The proposed plan would save about 20 million this year, far short of the 35 million sought by Governor Brownback and House leaders. Brownback peers hinted at imposing measures Friday to balance a shortfall nearing 60 million this year and 493 million in 2012, with education funding and pension timing among key sticking points.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
House
Brownback
Marc Rhoades
Newton
Carolyn McGinn
Sedgwick Republican
Senate
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
McGinn
Rhoades
Kasha Kelley
Arkansas City
John Wratil
Leawood
Kansas lawmakers keep ban on homosexual sex in statute
In Topeka a House Judiciary Committee debate over repealing Kansas’s sodomy ban stalled. Rep. Jan Pauls and Rep. Lance Kinzer moved to delete the repeal, arguing the law isn’t enforced. Critics call the measure unconstitutional and urge leadership changes while noting the 2008Supreme Court ruling but lawmakers must still remove the law from statutes.
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Topeka
Kansas
House Judiciary Committee
Jan Pauls
D-Hutchinson
Lance Kinzer
R-Olathe
Pauls
Senate
Topeka Capital Journal
U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas Witt
Kansas Equity Coalition
Witt
House
Kinzer
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