Benefit for Casey Vanatta Bowling Event at Garden Bowl
Friends of Holcomb Middle School organize a noon to 3 30 p m bowling benefit for Casey Vanatta a seventh grade student with sinus cancer. The event at Garden Bowl invites $5 per game donations with name drawings for prizes including a television mountain bike DVD player and a $50 savings bond. Contact Margaret Adcock at 277 2699 or 277 2525 for details.
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Friends of Holcomb Middle School
Casey Vanatta
Garden Bowl
N. Taylor Ave
Vanatta
Denver
Margaret Adcock
AHMS Choir Concert Set for Monday
Abe Hubert Middle School choir students present their final concert of the year at 7 p.m. Monday in the AHMS Gym at 1205 A St. The program spans popular, classical, patriotic and folk music and ends with the farewell number sung by all four choirs for the eighth graders. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Abe Hubert
AHMS
Summer story hour sign up at Finney County Library
Finney County Library invites sign ups starting Monday for six weekly summer story hours at 605 E Walnut. Sessions run June 15 for children 3 to 5 and 6 to 10 with multiple time options on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays. Outreach sessions at Holcomb Recreation Center and East Garden Village require no signup. Call 272-3680 for details.
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Finney County
Walnut
Holcomb Recreation Center
East Garden Village
Library
Fiddlers Pickers and Singers Perform in Scott City
The White Woman Basin Chapter of the Kansas Old Time Fiddlers Pickers and Singers will perform from 2 to 4 30 p m Sunday at the VIP Building 300 Church St Scott City All musicians are welcome and the public can attend free At 3 p m the group will celebrate Pearl Bosley 106th birthday with cake and ice cream provided
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White Woman Basin
The
Kansas Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers
Church St
Scott City
Pearl Bosley
Finney County Library to Open One Hour Late Wednesday
The Finney County Public Library at 605 E Walnut St will open one hour late on Wednesday at 10 a.m. due to an emergency awareness staff meeting.
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Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Atchison Man Hooks State Spoonbill Record
Clinton Boldridge of Atchison wrestled a 144 pound spoonbill from Dam No 7 behind the National Guard Armory. The catch exceeded the state record by 48 pounds and took about five minutes to land. He fished May 5 with his brother Bryan Boldridge and Michael Parsons.
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Atchison (Ap
Clinton Boldridge
Boldridge
Atchison
National Guard Armory
Bryan Boldridge
Michael Parsons
Nuisance policy debate spurs Finney County committee
A citizens committee in Finney County holds its third meeting to refine the nuisance policy aiming to improve enforcement and cleanup. They consider removing inspector entry, adding a seven member advisory board, and differentiating health vs non health violations to allow more time for repairs. The plan seeks a practical path before presenting to the commission on June 3.
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Finney County
Cliff Mayo
Commission
Mayo
Sedgwick County
Stan Dawes
County Administration
Ninth St
Blackman
Topeka Soldier Buried After Iraq War Deaths
Army Pvt. Jeremy Drexler 23 was buried with military honors in Topeka after being killed May 2 when his convoy vehicle hit a makeshift bomb in Iraq. He was the 10th Kansan in uniform to die in the war, with brothers Tim and Kenny as pallbearers, and Gov. Sebelius presenting a state flag in tribute.
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Topeka
Army
Jeremy Drexler
Drexler
Marine Lance Cpl
Tim Drexler
Kenny Drexler
Karl
Deborah Drexler
Army Spc
Kyle G. Thomas
Iraq
Thomas
Fort Hood
Texas
Tommy Scott
Protestant Community Church
Scott
Kathleen Sebelius
Jeremy
Statehouse
Clinton speech tickets sell out at Kansas Lied Center
LAWRENCE AP Tickets for Bill Clinton's May 21 speech at the University of Kansas sold out within about 20 minutes. The event opens a new series named for former senator Bob Dole. About 700 public tickets were available for the Lied Center, which seats 1900, two per person, with a $3 service charge for phone requests.
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Lawrence
Bill Clinton
Univesity of
Kansas
Clinton
Bob Dole
University
Lied
Family of bowlers compete together at Wichita tourney
Nadine Oppliger, 75, Kansas Women's Bowlers Association Hall of Fame member and former PWBA pro, watched daughter Jodi Bartman manage Oppliger's Wichita alley as Bartman and sister Debbie Walker joined the state hall. Oppliger's granddaughter Jenny Jenson shines as a youngster in their group at the WIBC Championship in Wichita. Oppliger will compet e again in June.
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Wichita
Nadine Oppliger
Kansas Women’s Bowlers Association Hall of Fame
Professional Women’s Bowling Association
Jodi Bartman
Oppliger
Bartman
Debbie Walker
Jenny Jenson
Jenson
Coolidge Wins Grant To Study Wastewater Ponds
Coolidge receives a 50000 dollar Community Development Block Grant to fund an engineering study of the aging wastewater treatment facility. The city will assess settling ponds and may relocate or rebuild them if needed. The nine member council hired Evans Bierly Hutchison and Associates of Great Bend for the study as town officials prepare for possible future funding and improvements.
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Coolidge
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Eugene Thornburgh
Ruth Schwerdfeger
Schwerdfeger
Evans, Bierly, Hutchison and Associates
Great Bend
Gerald Dickey
Dickey
Colorado
Osmosis Exchange
Coolidge School
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Ahms Choir
Dawes
Don Blackman
Brad Nading
Jose Rodriguez
Garden City
Main
Fulton
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