Garden City Symphony Spring Concert Sunday
The Garden City Symphony presents a 3 p.m. Sunday concert conducted by Bruce Spiller at Garden City Community College Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Admission is 5 dollars, free for students and children. advance tickets available at ArtsCENTER and at the door. Program includes Mozart, Dukas, Verdi, Rachmaninoff, Wagner and Respighi.
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Garden City Symphony
Bruce Spiller
Southwest Kansas Music Academy
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Mozart
Dukas
Verdi
Rachmaninoff
Wagner
Respighi
Moran to Host Agriculture Forum at 3i Show
Congressman Jerry Moran will host an agriculture forum with an information booth at the Western Kansas Manufacturers Association 3i Show in Great Bend this week. The event runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Saturday at Great Bend Airport, with Moran present Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The forum is 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the GMC tent, broadcast by KBUF Radio, Garden City, and Moran staff will answer questions at booth 88 in Expo throughout the three days.
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Jerry Moran
Western Kansas Manufacturers Association
Great Bend
Moran
Agriculture Forum
GMC
Kbuf Radio
Garden City
Postal Service and NALC Sponsor Food Drive
The United States Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers sponsor a food drive this Saturday. Residents may place non perishable items near their mailbox for pickup by a postal carrier. Donated food goes to a local food bank or pantry.
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United States Postal Service
National Association of Letter Carriers
Woman seeks cairn terrier as Kansas official state dog
Annette McDonald leads a petition to designate the cairn terrier as Kansas official state dog. A Wichita resident with 25 years of Cairn terrier experience cites the breed's "true character" and family loyalty. Senator Mike Peterson has been enlisted though initial interest was uncertain.
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Wichita
Kansas
Dorothy
Toto
Annette McDonald
McDonald
Mike Peterson
Kansas Supreme Court justice faces ethics complaint over lunch talk
A Kansas Supreme Court justice is accused in a Judicial Qualifications Commission complaint of violating three canons by a March 1 lunch conversation with Senate President Steve Morris and Sen. Pete Brungardt about school funding. The case stems from the ongoing school finance lawsuit before the court.
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Topeka
Kansas
Nuss
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Kay McFarland
Edward G. Collister Jr
Ing Committee
Collister
Judiciary
Morris
R-Hugoton
Brungardt
Huelskamp
Governor's Office
Court
Decker to become running mate on Canfield ticket
In Topeka Kansas Kathe Decker a four term Kansas House member and education leader will join gubernatorial candidate Ken Canfield as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor Decker announced at a Statehouse news conference relinquishing her House seat and promising strong policy knowledge to the campaign.
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Topeka
Hns
Clay Center
Kathe Decker
Kansas
Ken Canfield
Overland Park
Decker
Canfield
Statehouse
House
Longtime Concordia rep resigns from Kansas House seat
Rep Joann Freeborn of the 107th District announces she will not seek an eighth term in the Kansas House. The Concordia farmer and former teacher has chaired the Environment Committee and cited her husband Warren’s support in deciding to retire.
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Topeka
Hns
Joann Lee Freeborn
Concordia
Kansas House of Representatives
Freeborn
House
Environment Committee
Warren
Holcomb Council weighs ATV street ban option
Holcomb residents urge action as adults and teens ride four and six wheelers in alleys and toward river sand dunes. City plans a possible ordinance to ban unlicensed vehicles on streets while allowing river area recreation. Police report new in dash video units and a patrol server to improve evidence gathering.
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Holcomb
Robert Sanders
Sanders
Jeff Sharp
Bill Heydman
Sharp
Kansas Legislature approves tougher child support bills
Kansas legislators approved a second bill increasing penalties on delinquent parents and allowing the state to suspend hunting and other licenses from those behind on child support. The measures, awaiting Gov. Sebelius’s signature, also raise nursing home personal expense funds and extend aid to low income grandparents caring for grandchildren.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Cindy D’ercole
Kansas Action For Children
Ernie Kutzley
Aarp Kansas
Gary Daniels
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Commission
Tim Huelskamp
R Fowler
Attorney General’s Office
Doug Mays
Susan Steven
Pioneer Balloon Co
National Center For Fathering
Kansas City
Jim Barnett
Ramporia
Robin Jennison
Rowler
Steve Lloyd
Clint Decker
Council
LO City Council
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