Live on Stage membership drive and season lineup
Southwest Kansas Live on Stage board launches its 2010 2011 membership drive with adult 50, student 30, family 125 memberships. Six upcoming shows include Buddy Jewell Dallas Brass White Ghost Shivers Destino the Gibson Brothers Jim Witter and more with two free member passes and current season remaining shows April 12 and May 10 at Garden City High School. For information call 275 1667 or visit the official site.
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Southwest
Jim Witter
Billy Joel
Elton John
Clifford Hope
Garden City High School
Daniel Rodriguez
New York City
Cox.net
GCRC TEENS COOK AT SANDWICH BUILDERS CLASS
Garden City Recreation Commission hosts Sandwich Builders a cooking program for teens 14 to 18 at 4 30 p m March 18 310 N Sixth St fee 5 bring two cans tuna a mixing bowl breads provided pre registration required contact Joan Sherman 276-1200 The Kearny County Library runs spring story hour March 22 through April 30 at 101 E Prairie Lakin 2 3 p m Mondays Wednesdays 10 11 a m Fridays ages 8 to 5 call (620) 355 6674 for details Kansas courts to close three extra days in April and one in May due to budget cuts Supreme Court says furloughs on Fridays for all staff except judges to issue warrants and abuse orders still available on furlough days.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
N. Sixth St
Joan Sherman
Kearny County
E. Prairie
Lakin
Topeka
Kansas
Supreme Court
Parkinson signs state smoking ban in Kansas
Governor Mark Parkinson signed Kansas first statewide smoking ban taking effect July 1, prohibiting smoking in restaurants bars offices and public spaces while exempting state casinos. The move followed bipartisan support and health official estimates of 4000 annual smoking related deaths in Kansas.
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Topeka
Mark Parkinson
Kansas
Parkinson
House
Senate
KU details budget cuts touch KU operations and faculty
KU officials report 33.8 million in state budget cuts since July 2008, narrowing to 285 job eliminations, with 85 faculty posts vacated. The university avoided layoffs by not filling vacancies, sheltering two new centers, and using about 7.1 million in tuition funds to offset reductions as leaders protect strengths and plan future growth.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Theresa Gordzica
Greg Simpson
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Gordzica
Simpson
Center For Global and International Studies
Center
Finney County eyes guest tax hike and budget talks
Finney County commissioners plan a public meeting to consider a charter resolution raising the transient guest tax from 4 to 6 percent starting July 1. The move follows a prior vote at the last meeting, urged by hoteliers and tourism officials, to fund the Convention and Tourism Bureau. The agenda includes updates from the Historical Society Extension and Conservation District, plus an emergency operations plan from Cathy Hernandez. The session begins at 8:30 a.m. at the County Administrative Building, 311 N Ninth St.
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Finney County
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Finney County Historical Society
Finney County Extension
Finney County Conservation District
Cathy Hernandez
Ninth St
Gctelegram
Democrats file complaint against House speaker in Kansas
Six House Democrats led by Paul Davis filed a complaint with the House against Speaker Mike O Neal accusing him of conflicts of interest for representing clients including the Kansas Bankers Association the Kansas Realtors Association and a Wichita firm Speedy Cash in a lawsuit against the state. The complaint aims to trigger a three by three party committee review with possible censure or expulsion though Democrats would drop it if O Neal steps aside.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Mike O’neal
Hutchinson
Kansas Bankers Association
Kansas_ Realtors Association
Wichita
Speedy Cash
O’neal
House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Chamber
Arlen Siegfreid
Davis
GOP
Shawnee County
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GCRC
Ili
Garden City
David Wysong
Mission Hills
Wysong
Salina
Public Health Agency
University of Kansas School of Nursing
Kansas City
Secretary of State
Ron Thornburgh
Thornburgh
Kansans
Kathleen Sebelius
Dennis McKinney
Lynn Jenkins
Washington
Joe Patton
Patton
Nebraska
Kansas Corporation Commission
Brad Nading
JC Street
Commission
Dems
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