Kansas artists show at Finney County museum exhibit
The Finney County Historical Museum hosts an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday for the second Kansas Triennial art exhibit featuring 49 works by Kansas artists across media. Organized by Mulvane Art Museum and Washburn University, the juried show travels the state for two years with Southwest Arts and Humanities Council as co sponsor. Admission is free with donations welcome. hours are 1 to 5 p.m. daily.
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Finney County Historical Museum
S. Fourth St
Kansas
Mulvane Art Museum
Washburn University
Topeka
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council
Big Band Night Comes to Satanta by The New Sounds
Bryce Luty and The New Sounds from Hutchinson bring big band jazz to Satanta on March 31 at the ambulance building on Otoe Street near the Satanta fire station off Highway 56. The concert starts at 8 p.m. with $5 admission. tickets available from Satanta Arts Council members or at the door. Refreshments provided. Call (620) 649-2337 for details.
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Bryce Luty
New Sounds
Hutchinson
Satanta
Otoe Street
U.S. Highway 56
Luty
Satanta Arts Council Board
Drivers Wanted for 3i Show Transportation
Transportation positions for the 3i Show set for April 26 to 28 at Finney County Fairgrounds. Call Millie Norman at Home National Bank 271-0123 during the day or 275-2333 in the evening to arrange shuttle driving from pickup sites around Garden City. Also reports I-135 detour in Newton due to gas line rupture with routes closed about 9:15 a.m. and gas dissipation pending reopening.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Garden City
Millie Norman
Home National Bank
Senate approves storage safety measure after Hutchinson blast
The Kansas Senate cleared a bill to tighten underground natural gas storage rules after a salt cavern near Hutchinson leaked and exploded, killing two and damaging downtown. Separately, the Senate rejected a bill expanding nuisance laws to curb gangs, opposing a broad definition of street gangs and felonies.
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Topeka
Senate
House
Hutchinson
Meeks Named to State 4H Youth Council
Janessa Meeks 15 of Finney County has been elected Public Relations Chair for the new State 4H Youth Council. She holds multiple 4-H roles and led canning projects that earned Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion awards. Meeks aims to involve more members and pursue social work to help those less fortunate.
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Meeks
Janessa Meeks
4-H
Chevy Chase
Rock Springs
State Youth Council
Finney County
Food
Finney County Fair
Sion
Program unites adults and kids at Jennie Wilson library
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County sponsors a corporate mentoring program with Jennie Wilson Elementary. Blake Waters of Security Savings Bank volunteers, reading with four fourth graders for 15 minutes weekly, while teachers endorse male role models and reading improvement. Mentors visit once weekly for 30 minutes, fitting lunch hours or days off with employer approval.
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Jennie Wilson
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Finney County
Blake Waters
Security Savings Bank
Tammy Herlan
BBBS
Manuel Acevedo
Waters
House approves water bill in Kansas legislature
The Kansas House easily approved a bill directing KDHE to reclassify streams for pollution control, moving deadlines from July 15 to October 15. The measure, already Senate approved, would designate streams as classified or unclassified, with unregulated status for streams not supporting aquatic life.
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Marilyn Green
Salina
Green
Hutchinson
Wynona Winn
Topeka
House
Senate
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
ECHE
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Jeff Peterson
Peterson
Manhattan
Vaughn Flora
Arkansas
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Missouri
Neosho
Republican
Saline
Smokey Hill
Verdigris
Solomon and
Walnut Rivers
Flora
House Environmental Committee
Joann Freeborn
Concordia
House Committee
KDHE
Agency
EPA
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Garden City Public Schools
Presbyterian Church
Texas St
Newton
Kansas Highway Patrol
Duane Schrag
Schrag
Kan
Bill
House of Representatives
Julie Ford
Ralph Tanner
Baldwin City
Tanner
Dwayne Umbarger
Thayer
Umbarger
Goodman
Graham K. Johnson
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