KDOT Launches Statewide Underage Drinking Tipline
The Kansas Department of Transportation opened a 24 hour toll free tipline for anonymous reports of underage drinking parties and attempts to buy alcohol, and for concerns about retailers selling to underage people. Call (866) MustB21 (866-687-8221).
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Pleasant Prairie Church to Host Easter Son-Rise Service
The Pleasant Prairie Church of God will hold a 7 a.m. Easter Son-Rise Service at Three Pines City Park, Satanta, at Shoshone and Chippewa streets. Attendees are asked to bring lawn chairs and dress casually.
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Pleasant Prairie Church of God
Three Pines
Shoshone and
Chippewa Streets
Satanta
ACT registration deadlines and dates for June test
The next nationwide ACT test date is June 10. Online or postmarked registrations for the May 5 deadline. Late registration ends May 19 with an $18 late fee. Base registration is $29, $43 with the optional writing test. Guidance counselors or actstudent.org provide registration information.
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Early Enrollment Dates Set at GCCC
Garden City Community College announces Fall Early Enrollment Days to assist recent graduates and others registering for classes. Dates are April 22 26 May 8 June 5 and July 12 with reservations via 276-9608 or (800) 658-1696. Each day begins 8 a.m. check in at Beth Tedrow Student Center followed by assessments presentations lunch enrollment guidance and advisory help. ends by mid afternoon.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Beth Tedrow
Historical bike tour planned for April 23 event
A community bike tour and service day is scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. on April 23 hosted by the College Americorps Team. Participants ride from Lee Richardson Zoo playground through Finnup House Pleasant Valley School Finney County Historical Museum and Windsor Hotel with guides in period dress and a pre tour safety class by the Garden City Bicycle Club.
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Garden City Community College Americorps
Lee Richardson Zoo
Garden City
Garden City educators, board set April meetings in board room
The Garden City Educators' Association and USD 457 Board of Education will hold three negotiating sessions from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 27 to 29. Meetings occur in the Educational Support Center board room at 1205 Fleming St.
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Garden City Educators’ Association
USD 457
Board of Education
Fleming St
Recruiting and retention drive Garden City growth
The talk by William Keeton of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City emphasized attracting and retaining workers to keep Kansas economically competitive. He noted Kansas population declines since 2000, the need for a skilled and unskilled labor balance, education across all levels, and Garden City’s successful integration of immigrant labor.
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Kansas
William Keeton
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
Wichita
Federal Reserve
United States’ Central Bank
Federal Reserve System
Kansas City Bank
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wyoming
New Mexico
Missouri
Economic Forum
Alan Garner
Bank
Keeton
U.S
Regulators urge Aquila to sell Kansas utilities
Kansas regulators press Aquila Inc to divest its remaining Kansas natural gas operations citing weak finances despite nearly 900 million dollars of asset sales last year. The Kansas Corporation Commission staff urges a sale or a corporate split to isolate the Kansas unit and its debt to protect ratepayers from rising costs or service cuts. Aquila calls the report flawed and will file a formal response.
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Kansas
Aquila Inc
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Aquila
Commission
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James Proctor
Legislators Seek Final Push on Campaign Finance Reforms
In Topeka lawmakers reopen talks on adding campaign finance transparency to an elections bill. Panelists debate timing report filings within 48 hours for last minute funding and requiring disclaimers for political messages while weighing independent groups disclosures. Leaders warn adding provisions may slow passage yet see potential for a reform package this session.
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Hns
House
Senate
Ed O'Malley
R-Roeland Park
O'Malley
Jene Vickrey
R-Louisburg
Vickrey
Ethics Commission
Doug Mays
Wichita
Tom Sawyer
Sawyer
Mumps outbreak prompts Kansas health safety push
KDHE officials discuss an unusual mumps outbreak with 48 cases across several counties led by Douglas. Most patients are aged 20 to 30. vaccines, common sense, and close monitoring are emphasized as Kansas compares notes with neighboring states amid CDC figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
KCHE
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Howard Rodenberg
State Division of Health
Rodenberg
University of Kansas
Ing
Gail Hansen
Hansen
CDC
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