Garden City Cemetery cleanup underway April 5
Garden City staff at Valley View Cemetery and Sunset Memorial Gardens urge the public to remove all decorations on graves before April 5 to allow grass growth. Items left behind will be removed. families can arrange pickup by contacting the cemetery office at 276-1220 and must collect within a week.
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Town Hall Meeting Set by Finney County Officials
Finney County commissioners announce a town hall gathering Monday at 7 p.m. in the county administrative center located at 311 N Ninth St. The forum opens with a workshop on laws and regulations for rural residents, and the public is urged to attend.
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Messiah concert by regional choirs in Garden City and Windthorst
A chorus of over 100 singers from Southwest Kansas will perform Handel s Messiah Saturday at Garden City High School and Sunday at Windthorst Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Admission is 5 at Garden City with free entry for children 12 and under. Windthorst offers free admission. Knights of Columbus fish fry precedes in Garden City to benefit St Mary School.
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Dance for seniors at Scott City high school Commons
Shake Your Groove Thing for ages 55 plus runs Friday from 7 30 to 10 30 p m in the Scott Community High School Commons at 712 S Main Scott City. The Moonshiners provide entertainment and admission is four dollars per person attendees may bring finger foods.
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Kansas House Narrowly Backs Late Term Abortion Bill
Kansas House approves first reading 85 to 30 of a bill to bar late term abortions for mental health or emotional reasons. The measure targets abortion after 21 weeks except to save a life or prevent substantial harm, with debate on a mental health loophole and ongoing talks on reporting requirements for late term procedures.
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Lone Cowboy Campfire Show heads to Scott County area
Country musicians Michael Martin Murphey and Fred Hargrove will perform the Lone Cowboy Campfire Show at 7 p.m. Thursday at Scott County Community High School. Murphey, a Texas cowboy musician with BMI and Capitol connections, headlines with Hargrove opening. The Scott County Arts Council aims to expand events and arts exposure as ticket sales gain momentum.
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Lone Cowboy Campfire Show heads to Scott City
The Lone Cowboy Campfire Show features Michael Martin Murphey and Fred Hargrove at Scott Community High School on Thursday at 7 p.m. General tickets are 15 pre sold and 20 for reserved. door sales 18. Contact Susan Turpin at 620 872 2265 for information. The Scott County Arts Council promotes arts locally and meets monthly.
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WSU hamster research tied to animal welfare breach
The USDA found Wichita State University violated animal welfare laws by surgically removing ovaries from hamsters for three years without proper approval. At least 107 hamsters were involved. 54 surgeries occurred and 31 died between late 2006 and early 2009. The protocol had expired in 2005 and was not reported in annual summaries for 2006 2007 and 2008.
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Winter wheat crop outlook improves in Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reports 64 percent of winter wheat in good to excellent condition, 30 percent fair, and 6 percent poor to very poor. Seventy seven percent has broken dormancy and only about 2 percent has been lost to winter kill. In Salina, Justice Marla Luckert joins a three judge panel on judicial diversity at Kansas Wesleyan University with Judge Henry Green and Riley County Magistrate Sheila Hochhauser.
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Sheila Hochhauser
FEMA to meet on storm damage in Kansas
Gov. Mark Parkinson and Kansas emergency management officials meet with federal officials at a joint Topeka field office shared by the Kansas Division of Emergency Management and FEMA. The January opened office follows a December storm that caused about 43 million dollars in damage in Marshall Republic and Washington counties. A second storm damaged 45 counties and briefings assess public assistance to gauge total impact.
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