Rare B-24 Bomber on display at Garden City Airport
The Commemorative Air Force will display a 1941 B-24 Liberator named Diamond Lil at Garden City Regional Airport from Monday afternoon through noon May 27. Tours will be offered and select 30 minute flights for those over 18 at 400 dollars, weather permitting.
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American Airpower Heritage Museum
The
Commemorative Air Force
Garden City
England
United States
Liberal
Wheat variety tour set for Tuesday
The Southwest Research Extension Center hosts a wheat variety tour Tuesday at 6 30 p m at 4500 E Mary St The lineup includes Curtis Thompson Jim Stack Joe Martin David Fry and Phil Slederbeck with updates on disease new wheat varieties white wheat markets future and entomology Refreshments follow sponsored by the Kansas Crop Improvement Association
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Southwest Research Extension Center
E. Mary St
Curtis Thompson
Jim Stack
Joe Martin
David Fry
Kansas Wheat Commission
Phil Slederbeck
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Kansas Legislature Wrap-Up to Be Moderated by Moran
US Representative Jerry Moran will host a Smoky Hills Public Television program focusing on the 2005 Kansas Legislature. Kansan politicians including Senators Janis Lee Ralph Ostmeyer and Representatives Dennis McKinney and Eber Phelps will participate. The show airs 7 p.m. Tuesday and 6 p.m. May 29 on channel 7 Garden City.
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Jerry Moran
Rhays
Kansas
Smoky Hills
Kansas House and Senate
Janis Lee
C Kensington
Ralph Ostmeyer
R-Grinnell
Dennis McKinney
D-Greensburg
Eber Phelps
D-Hays
Smoky Hills Public Television
Garden City
Western artist Charles Marion Russell talk in Lakin
The Kearny County Senior Center hosts Monday a presentation by Wichita State University history professor Phillip D. Thomas. Thomas will portray Western artist Charles Marion Russell. The talk starts at 11:30 a.m. followed by a covered dish lunch. For details call the Kearny County Library at 620-355-6674.
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Kearny County Senior Center
Lakin
Wichita State University
Phillip D. Thomas
Thomas
Charles Marion Russell
Kearny County
FFA to Sell Krispy Kreme Donuts in Garden City
The Garden City High School FFA will sell Krispy Kreme doughnuts on Saturday to raise funds for its October trip to the national convention in Louisville, Kentucky. Donuts are six dollars per dozen, sold from 7 a.m. until sold out at multiple campus and local locations including GCHS near the gym doors, True Value Hardware, First United Methodist, Westlake AC Mentors, and Walgreens.
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Garden City
FFA
Louisville
GCHS
N. Main St
True Value Hardware
N. Taylor Plaza
First United Methodist Perch
N. Main
Westlake AC
Fiannie St
Walgreens
E. Kansas
Lightner
Garden Club
Stevens Park
Germany
Mexico
Vietnam
New Orleans
el Salvador
Guatemala
Hugoton
Lakin
Wichita County
South Gray
Scott City
Sublette
Greeley County
Dighton
Satanta
Ulysses
Click It or Ticket campaign kicks off in Garden City
Garden City Police Department joins the Click It or Ticket mobilization from Monday through June 5 to boost seat belt use and cut fatalities. Capt. Mike Utz notes enforcement targets belt and child restraint violations with emphasis on young adults and Memorial Day traffic. Kansas Highway Patrol supports the effort with extra troopers, citing past counts of 444 belt and 116 child restraint citations during last Memorial holiday period. Fines include 20 for child passenger safety and 10 plus 45 costs for unbelted drivers.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Kansas
GCPD
United States
Kansas Highway Patrol
KHP
John Eichhorn
Utz
KHP gives summer safety tips for Memorial Day travel
The Kansas Highway Patrol urges safe driving for Memorial Day weekend with planning, rest, vehicle checks, and adherence to weather and construction alerts via 511 or ksdot.org. Tips include buckling up, supervising children, adjusting speed, avoiding alcohol, using defensible driving, and staying with a broken vehicle until help arrives.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
KHP
511
Ksdot
Garden City Relay For Life Opens Nightlong Event
Garden City hosts a Friday evening to Saturday morning Relay For Life at Garden City High School Memorial Stadium with 500 participants and 35 teams. The event features a luminaria ceremony, survivor reception, and a fund drive for cancer research, plus a separate 1 mile and 5 kilometer run raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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Memorial Stadium
Finney County Relay For Life
Garden City
Relay For Life
Garden City High School
Roni Knight
American Cancer Society
Knight
Garden City Recreation Commission
Kadee
Nancy Woods
Woods
First Southern Baptist Church
Third Street
Labrador Boulevard
Joey Lightner
Kansas State University
Catherine Sulling
Heather Sulling
Guard Benefits bill in Kansas set for passage
Kansas House Speaker Doug Mays said he can deliver the votes for a bill to increase state compensation to families of National Guard members killed in Iraq. He expects at least 63 votes as lawmakers prepare for a brief adjournment session. Senate President Morris had signaled a bill to pay 250000 to all families, with prior expectations of enough votes.
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Topeka
Kansas National Guard
Iraq
House
Doug Mays
Mays
Senate
Steve Morris
Kansas Guard
Morris
R-Topeka
Kansas Legislature Debates Guard Death Benefit Plan
Governor Sebelius backs a proposed Guard death benefit funding for the coming budget year and vows to push a law next year to make 250000 a permanent benefit. Earlier lawmakers approved 125000 for families of two soldiers killed in Iraq. a third guardsman died since. Senate backed 250000 benefit repeatedly, but House did not act.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Kansas Guard
Iraq
Senate
House
Wind Turbines Planned to Power Kansas Hog Farms
Kansas Smith Farms will install two 120 kilowatt wind turbines near Plains in Meade County to power hog farm ventilators pumps and space heaters. The units about 90 feet tall with 60 foot blades aim to cut natural gas use and may pay for themselves in eight years.
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Hutchinson
Kansas- Smith Farms
Kansas
Mark Clemmer
Kansas-Smith
Clemmer
Plains
Meade County
Dale Jones
Enertech
Jones
Garland
N.C
Seward County
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CAF
Midland
Texas
Lakin Senior Center
Kansashighway Patrol Org
Kansas Turnpike
Relay For Life of
Finney County
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