Three Ribbon Cuttings Scheduled For Next Week
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce will celebrate three ribbon cuttings with Regency Auto Group at 1719 E Fulton 10 30 a m Tuesday Las Margaritas at 301B N Main St 2 p m Wednesday and The Big Pool additions at 504 E Maple with opening 5 p m Tuesday, May 27.
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Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Regency Auto Group
Garden City Recreation Commission
Las Margaritas
E. Fulton
E. Maple
N. Main St
Finney County Library Trustees Set Budget Meeting
The Finney County Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a public meeting Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Finnup Room of the Finney County Public Library to discuss its proposed 2007 budget before submitting it to the Finney County Commission in the coming weeks. The library is located at 605 E. Walnut St.
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Finney County Public Library Board of Trustees
Finney County Commission
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Finnup
Lunchtime by Wanda Stallings in 35th Great Exhibition
Wanda Stallings of the Sandhills Art Association has work accepted for the Kansas Watercolor Society’s 35th Great Exhibition. Her painting Lunchtime will be shown June 4 to September 17 at Wichita Art Museum, with additional displays at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs through May 31. Stallings also has Opera, a watercolor horse portrait, selected for the Juried Art Exhibition of Kansas Missouri Women Artists, on view June 2 to July 7 at Carter Art Center Gallery in Kansas City Missouri.
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Wanda Stallings
Sandhills Art Association
Kansas Watercolor Society
Stallings
Wichita Art Museum
Museum Blvd
National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
Researchers reexamine 1879 murder mystery in Kansas
At Oak Hill Cemetery exhumed bones and teeth from an unmarked grave are tested to decide if the remains belong to John Hillmon or Frederick Walters. The case questions Hillmon faking death and killing Walters for a $25,000 life policy or Sallie Hillmon’s claim that her husband died by other means.
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Lawrence
University of Colorado
Dennis van Gerwen
Oak Hill
John Hillmon
Frederick A. Walters
Hillmon
Walters
Sallie Hillmon
Wichita attorney disbarred over drug case and violations
TOPEKA AP A Wichita defense attorney Michael K. Lehr was disbarred by the Kansas Supreme Court for ethical violations including admitted drug use that caused a 2005 murder trial mistrial. Lehr surrendered his license April 20 after an investigation by the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys alleging late filings and delayed litigation for three clients.
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Topeka
Wichita
Kansas Supreme Court
Michael K. Lehr
Lehr
Kansas Board For Discipline of Attorneys
Kansas approves 541 million school funding plan amid court scrutiny
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a three year 541 million education funding package aimed at satisfying a Kansas Supreme Court mandate for more aid. The plan debates whether the legislature adequately funded schools per the court warning, with potential to trigger further court-ordered spending. Legislators faced political hurdles as they sought 63 votes in the House and 21 in the Senate, while critics say the funding spreads benefits to win broad support. The measure raises state funding by 466 million plus 75 million in teacher pension hikes, and the court’s review will decide constitutionality.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
High Court
Sebelius
House
Senate
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Bruce Baker
University of Kansas
Ron Keefover
Alan Rupe
Legislature
Filmmaker aims to film a tornado from inside the storm
Filmmaker Sean Casey and a Los Angeles crew plan to drive a heavily armored TIV truck into a tornado with meteorologist Josh Wurman to capture data on wind, temperature, and pressure. The project seeks safer, earlier warnings and storm resilience while Salina serves as a staging point for the Plains chase.
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Sean Casey
Salina
Casey
Josh Wurman
Ronan Nagle
Los Angeles
Wurman
Plains States
Center For Severe Weather Research
Boulder
Colo
Governor vetoes abortion reporting bill over privacy concerns
Governor Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a bill requiring physicians to report more abortion details including late term outcomes and fetal abnormalities arguing it invades privacy. She cited data shows Abortion decline during her term and pledged to back adoption tax credits and broader counseling funding to reduce abortions.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansans
Sebelius
Kansas
Phill Kline
Teacher salary talks resume at Saturday hearing
A fact-finding public hearing between Ulysses 214 Board of Education and the Grant County Teachers Association is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Kepley Middle School Auditorium. Teachers seek a 7.6 percent overall pay increase covering Social Security Medicare and supplemental positions, with about 73000 at issue beyond other settled items.
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Ulysses 214 Board of Education
Grant County Teachers Association
Kepley Middle School
Ulysses
Bill Hall
Teacher Association
Hall
Teachers Association
Garden City plans fluoridation start by August
City Utilities Director Joel Mahnken says fluoridation project drawings and specs should be ready by end of May for review and permit approval from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Construction is expected to begin in August and take three to four months.
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Garden City
City Utilities
Joel Mahnken
City Commission
Mahnken
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Conestoga Energy Partners LLC
U.S. Highway 50
Wind River Grain LLC
Commission
Conestoga
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Library Board
Avnice
Stati
State Supreme Court
Venture
Garden City Commission
Eighth St
Melinda Hitz
Kent Sinclair
Garden City Technology Cooperative
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