CinAstra speaks on balanced eating at Garden City event
John Cisna, Iowa teacher who lost 60 pounds eating McDonalds, will share his six month experiment and message that choices matter. He speaks at Garden City Community College auditorium March 25 26 with two sessions, then Libertarian Party meeting in Ulysses. Local attendees can learn about fiscal responsibility and personal liberty.
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John Cisna
Iowa
McDonald’s
Garden City
Des Moines
Cisna
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Garden City Community College
Libertarian Party of Kansas
LPKS
Corporate East Hotel
Ulysses
Libertarian Party
Kansas
Ric Koehn
Cimarron
Sharon DuBois
Topeka
USDA commodities distribution event notices
USDA commodities will be distributed Wednesday at the Senior Center of Finney County 907 N 10th St from 10 to 1130 a.m. and at the Salvation Army 216 N Ninth St from 1 to 3 p.m. Items include orange juice grape juice peaches cream corn carrots tomato soup and whole grain macaroni. Bring your own box. Proof of Finney County residence and income for each household member required. Income guidelines apply. For more information call Della Pierce at 272-3620.
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USDA
Finney County
10Th St
Salvation Army
Ninth St
Della Pierce
Fingerprint rule eyed for Kansas school workers
A House Education Committee hearing on Senate Bill 70 debated mandatory fingerprints every five years for staff who interact with students. The bill, approved by the Senate, would require about 50 dollars per person paid by employees, with Innovative Schools districts bearing the cost for some. Opponents argued against shifting costs to teachers and districts.
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Topeka
House Committee
Senate
House Education Committee
Greg Smith
Overland Park
Smith
Carolyn Bridges
Wichita
Bridges
Randy Watson
Kansas Education
McPherson Public Schools
Watson
Mark Desetti
Kansas National Education Association
Desetti
Ron Highland
R-Wamego
Garden City weekend offers coffee session trains and a concert
Garden City hosts a legislative coffee at St. Catherine Hospital Saturday at 10 AM with state representatives. Also this weekend the Boot Hill Model Railroad Club runs a show at Finney County Extension Building with model trains, vendors, and Miles of Smiles proceeds, plus a Living Last Supper musical drama at Garden City High School and a Friday poetry event.
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KJ Burns
Boot Hill
Finney County Fairgrounds
Garden City
Garden City Area
Mighty Fine
Pauline Joyce
al Miller
Alan Bailey
Crazy House
Baker Boot
Leonard Hitz
Finney County Extension
County Fairgrounds
Lee Richardson Zoo
Facebook
Boot Hill Model Railroad Club
Garden City High School
Daybreak
Gregory Howlett
Bucklin
Kingsdown
Minneola
Dodge City
Critics rally as Kansas weighs 45 million tax on ethanol and renewables
A House committee debated HB 2401 proposing a 4.33 percent excise on gross value of each gallon of ethanol and on electricity from wind solar hydro geothermal and biomass facilities. Industry leaders warned the tax could shut ethanol plants raise corn prices hurt cattle feed and depress rural Kansas jobs while lawmakers noted potential state revenue of 27 to 45 million annually with exemptions for small scale and government generators.
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Topeka
House
Kansas
Rorik Peterson
EDP Renewables North America
EDP
Meridian Way Farm
Cloud County
Westar Energy
Empire District Electric Co
Sam Sacco
Nesika Energy
Scandia
Sacco
Dave Vander Griend
ICM
Colwich
Marvin Kleeb
Overland Park
House Taxation Committee
Kleeb
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