Pinewood Derby for Cub Scouts Saturday at St Mary Church
Cub Scouts ages 7 to 10 from across the area race wooden cars built with families at the Buffalo Range District Pinewood Derby. Check-in and weigh-in begin 8:45 a.m. at St Mary Catholic Church, 509 St John St, with opening ceremony at 9:15 a.m. Adults have a separate division. Public invited to watch. For questions contact Craig Wheeler at 272-0770 or the local Boy Scouts office at 275-5162.
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Buffalo Range
St. Mary Catholic Church
St. John St
Craig Wheeler
Boy Scouts of America
Agatha Christie Dinner Theater Auditions at GCCC
Garden City Community College invites eight actors eight roles for The Mousetrap a Christie mystery. Public auditions run 7 to 9 p.m. March 26 27 in Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building Theatre. Rehearsals begin March 31 with May 1 2 3 4 performances and a May 1 fundraiser preview.
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Agatha Christie
Garden City Community College
Steve Thorson
Thorson
Christie
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Steve
State official to visit Friday in Garden City
Kansas Secretary of Transportation Deb Miller will visit Friday to discuss highways with local officials. She flies into Garden City Regional Airport at 8 a.m. and starts a driving tour of the four-lane project east of Garden City, with media hits on KIAL at 8:45 a.m. and a Mary Street overpass stop at 9:30 a.m. A road tour along U.S. 50 from Garden City to Holcomb follows, with a lunch at Wheat Lands Conference Center at 11:30 a.m. and a 1:30 p.m. stop at The Telegram.
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Kansas
Holcomb
Miller
Garden City
Finney County
Wheat Lands Conference Center
E. Fulton St
Fungus Among Us Mold Talk at Finney County Extension
Linda Walter Finney County Extension agent will present a basic training on home mold. The session titled Fungus Among Us Understanding Mold in the Home begins at noon Friday at the Finney County Extension Office 501 S Ninth St. Walter covers mold facts prevention and cleanup considerations. Attendees may bring a sack lunch coffee and tea will be provided.
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Linda Walter
Finney County
Finney County Extension Office
S. Ninth St
Walter
Fire damages Pennsylvania home basement in accident fire
Fire Chief Allen Shelton reported a basement fire at 209 Pennsylvania Monday that damaged the home. Firefighters arrived around 3 p.m. and contained the blaze in about 30 minutes with an estimated $40,000 loss. The cause remains unknown but may be linked to a candle, TV, or VCR.
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Pennsylvania
Allen Shelton
Shelton
FCEDC OKs advertising ticket rates Fly Local campaign
The Finney County Economic Development Corp 5 0 vote to spend up to 4000 on ads promoting Kansas City International Airport flights from Garden City Regional Airport under a 90 day offer to two week or weekend travelers. Air Midwest tickets drop to 198 before taxes and fees. total including fees about 225. The deal aims to lift local ridership amid a drop from 171 to 120 travelers in January 2002 2003.
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Kansas City International
Garden City
Finney County Economic Development Corp
John Scheppner
Steve O’brate
George Hopkins
von Hunn
Dennis Smith
Frank Reifschneider
Rich Harp
Air Midwest
KCI
FCEDC
Carol Meyer
Mesa Airlines
Usair
Harp
Gus Esquivel
City of Garden City
Gus
Esquivel
Gether
Finney County
Hunn
Great Lakes Aviation
Denver
Points West
Garden City Area
Hopkins
Home Depot
Sweet corn plant to open soon in Ulysses
West Industries led by Greg Soelter and investors plans to buy the former Monsanto sorghum seed facility and launch a sweet corn packing operation in Ulysses Kansas. Harvesting could start in July with about six full time and 30 seasonal workers, expanding to cabbage cantaloupes strawberries or carrots if demand supports it.
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Ulysses
Greg Soelter
Spelter
Grant County
West Industries
Monsanto Co
Grant County Implement
Produce
Specifi
Goldman Hayden
Soelter
Oper
Monsanto
Rod Kreie
Kreie
Kansas
Immigrant tuition bill eyed by Kansas Senate Thursday
Salina high school student group Hispanics in Progress backs House Bill 2145 which would let immigrant students pay in-state tuition after three years of Kansas schooling. Immigrant advocate Salvian Torres, awaiting status, says the measure would open higher education paths. Gov Sebelius supports it if enacted. Senate Education Committee's fate uncertain as a Thursday vote looms.
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Topeka
Salvian Maria Torres
Torres
Catholic Charities
Salina
Brown Mackie College
U.S
Kansas
House
Senate
Pete Brungarat
R-Salina
Brungardt
Kathleen Sebelius
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Brad Nading
Matt Anderson
Garden City High School
Anderson
GCHS
Scott Aldis
Wilson Scottaw
Ation
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