Garden City offers multilingual driver license prep course
Garden City Community College Business and Industry Institute hosts a driver license test preparation course for Kansas residents. Sessions cover traffic laws and defensive driving in Somali Spanish English and previously Burmese. Classes run 8:30 to 12:30 on April 10 17 in Somali May 1 8 in Spanish June 5 12 in English with a $135 fee and registration due one week prior. For details call 276-9647 or email B&I gceccks edu.
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Kansas
Garden City Community College
Business and Industry Institute
B&i
Battle of the Bulge meeting planned at American Legion
The second Battle of the Bulge meeting will be at the American Legion building 114 McCall Road Manhattan starting 1 p.m. March 27. Attendees can watch a video of January’s meeting and discuss actions during the Battle of the Bulge. Members and associates may join and order a copy of the video. Call (785) 776-4556. Staples is offering free tax return copies at 2508 E. Kansas Ave and Garden City Staples Copy and Print Centers starting March 27 through April 15.
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American Legion
McCall Road
Manhattan
Dick Jepsen
National Organization
Staples
Kansas Ave
Garden City
Staples.com
Great U S 50 Yard Sale heads May 21 to 23
The 11th annual Great U S 50 Yard Sale runs May 21 through 23 as The Nation s Yard Sale. This 3000 mile event connects Maryland to California for local resale and recycling. Free participation with local restrictions. Volunteers may email Taylor at totaylor seidata com to help post sale signs.
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U.S
Maryland
California
Taylor
Totaylor
Seidata
House panel tests misconduct claims against GOP leader
In Topeka a House committee wrestles with whether Speaker Mike O'Neal broke rules by suing the state for business groups to overturn a budget decision. Democratic Minority Leader Paul Davis accuses O'Neal of representing special interests, while O'Neal denies wrongdoing and criticizes the process. The panel may vote on censure or expulsion, with a vote threshold of two thirds. O'Neal is set to testify again next Tuesday.
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Topeka
Mike O’neal
House
Clark Shultz
R-Lindsborg
O’neal
Paul Davis
Davis
CVS Caremark Corp
Woonsocket, R.I
Shawnee County
Kansas Bankers Association
Kansas Realtors Association
Wichita
Speedy
Loris birth marks first spring infant for Lee Richardson Zoo
Pima the pygmy slow loris and her infant were discovered Sunday on exhibit in the Wild Asia area of Lee Richardson Zoo. The 2 to 3 inch newborn clings to its mother as keepers note this is the first baby for both parents. The nocturnal primates, native to southeast Asia and listed as threatened, will be on view during zoo hours.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Zoo
Southeast Asia
Henry Doorly Zoo
Omaha
Neb
Ben
Asia
Kansas homeowners face insurance rate hikes after costly hail storms
Kansas regulators report average rate requests around 15 percent as two years of record storm losses, led by hail, push insurer costs higher. Experts warn continued hikes may shrink coverage and expose homeowners to greater risk if disaster strikes, with many policies switching to actual cash value.
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Kansas Insurance Department
Bob Tomlinson
Jeremy Hill
Wichita State University
Center For Economic Development and Business Research
Tomlinson
Kansans
Insurance Department
Chapman
Manhattan
Greensburg
Midwest
WSU
Hill
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