Holcomb Elementary to host Relay for Life
Holcomb Elementary School hosts the Relay for Life at 200 N Main St Holcomb with a 5 p.m barbecue by Black Hills Energy and ceremonies at 7 p.m 10 p.m 2 a.m and 6 a.m. Silent auction ends at midnight with a 2011 Finney County goal to raise over 117000 for American Cancer Society services and patients.
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Relay For Life
Holcomb Elementary School
N. Main St
Holcomb
Black Hills Energy
Finney County
American Cancer Services
Second Friday Film screens Guggenheim documentary on education
Finney County Public Library hosts the Second Friday Films series at 605 E Walnut St. The current selection is a new Davis Guggenheim documentary arguing the American education system is failing. Films are shown at 7 pm with no admission and refreshments.
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Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Davis Guggenheim
Film Committee of
Garden City Arts
the Library
Library group to meet Saturday morning
The Friends of the Finney County Public Library hold its quarterly meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Finnup Room at 605 E Walnut St. Items include the Library Book Nook landscaping the Beef Empire Days book sale and other topics. Refreshments will be served.
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Friends of the Finney County Public Library
Finnup
Walnut St
Free dog shot clinic offered Saturday in Garden City
Finney County Humane Society hosts a free shot clinic for Finney County residents at the Garden City Animal Shelter on Fleming Street. Parvo and distemper vaccines available from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday. dogs must be leashed. puppies welcome. This is the second of three clinics, with the final on June 4.
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Finney County Humane Society
Garden City Animal Shelter
Fleming St
Finney County
Diabetes topic set for Doctors on Call on Smoky Hills TV
The sixth season Doctors on Call on Smoky Hills Public Television will focus on diabetes. Dr Timothy Crater of Hutchinson Clinic and Tara Roa of Medical Specialists in Hays will answer viewer questions in a live call in program. The program airs at 7 p.m. Tuesday with a recorded segment at 3 30 p.m. May 22 when calls are not accepted. A video segment on gestational diabetes features Andrea Paul PA and Keri Goetz Shroyer RD LD from Hutchinson Clinic.
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Doctors On Call
Smoky Hills
Timothy Crater
Hutchinson Clinic
Tara Roa
Hays
Andrea Paul
Keri Goetz-Shroyer
Overland Park Mounted Posse Ready to Aid Searches
Seven riders and their horses are primed to assist Kansas City area law enforcement in missing person searches. Led by Officer Eric Thompson, the trained volunteers supply their own mounts for off road work where foot traffic is slow.
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Overland Park
Kansas City
Overland Park Mounted Posse
Eric Thompson
Kansas lawmakers reject Kobach election bill changes
In a 23 to 15 Senate vote, Kansas lawmakers blocked moving up the proof of citizenship start and resisted giving the Secretary of State new prosecutorial power for election cases. The dispute centers on voter ID and citizenship proof requirements tied to 2013 starts, Kobach’s push for broader powers, and concerns over voter turnout and law enforcement scope.
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Topeka
Kansas
Secretary of
Kris Kobach
Senate
Kobach
Sam Brownback
Anthony Hensley
Steve Abrams
Arkansas City
Jean Schodorf
Wichita
GOP
Arizona
Secretary of State
Sen
Kelly Kultala
Kansas City
Department of Labor
Abrams
KC mayor vows to counter Kansas incentives pull
Kansas City Mayor Sly James said Missouri must compete against Kansas in business incentives. He labeled cross border moves as mutual destruction and backed a local retention push led by the EDC. Gov Brownback defended openness to business, while AMC and JPMorgan moves spur Missouri talks on tax retention.
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Kansas City
Sly James
Kansas
Missouri
James
Kansas City Economic Development Corp
Kansas City Star
Minneapolis
Dallas
Overland Park
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Jay Nixon
Wyandotte County
The
Economic Development Corporation
Jpmorgan Retirement Plan Services
KeyBank Real Estate Capital
AMC
EDC
Troy Schulte
Kansas bill seeks to shift bonds role for biodefense lab
Kansas lawmakers consider stripping the Bioscience Authority of bond issuing power for the 651 million National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan. The measure would place bond authority with the Department of Administration to safeguard funding while facing scrutiny and an ongoing Johnson County investigation. Meanwhile a Gardner mother, Kristin Lowrey, 28, faces a misdemeanor charge after leaving her 9 month old in a car while attempting to enter a bar topless in near 90 degree heat.
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Topeka
Kansas Bioscience Authority
Manhattan
Senate
House
Johnson County
Authority
Department of Administration
Bioscience Authority
Gardner
Kristin Lowrey
Austins Bar and Grill
Lowrey
The
Kansas City Star
Steve Howe
Holcomb Council appoints chiefs and bank paper
Holcomb City Council approved Chad Ejisenbise as fire chief Tony Forsen as police chief and other posts including city attorney engineer and clerk The First National Bank of Holcomb and The Garden City Telegram were designated official bank and newspaper The meeting also approved Crystal Spellman as police clerk and a small salary raise for Forsen The council will reconvene May 25 at 7 p m at 200 N Lynch St
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Holcomb
Newman
Chad Ejisenbise
Tony Forsen
Bill Heydman
Pete Earles
Bruce Heinitz
Gene H. Gaede
Robin Pena
First National Bank of Holcomb
Garden City Telegram
Crystal Spellman
Spellman
Forsen
Clint Thompson
N. Lynch St
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Library Group
Ayaag
Garden City
Pam Powers
Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
GCCC
Potter's Guild
Iray
Bioscience Agency
Holcomb City
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