Blue Notes Kick Off Garden City Concert Series Sunday
The Blue Notes perform at 7 30 p m Sunday to start the Stevens Park concert series sponsored by the Garden City Recreation Commission and the city of Garden City. All concerts are free. The group has played across Kansas and neighboring states since 1972 and features founder Kenneth Degenhardt and his wife Cheryl, a USD 457 teacher. A complete list of summer performers is at gcrec com.
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Photo Workshop At Finney County Fair Photo Contest
The spring workshop for the 2010 Finney County Fair Sand Sage Bison Refuge Photo Contest begins at 3 p.m. Saturday. Photographers should meet at the refuge headquarters parking area at 3 p.m. for travel to the pastures. For details call Pansy Fryman at 275-5870 or 272-3012.
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Dust Bowl Revisited class at GCCC Osher Institute
Garden City Community College partners with the University of Kansas Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to offer a Dust Bowl themed course for ages 50 and older. The three session class runs 2 to 4 pm June 1 2 and 3 in the Student and Community Services Center with instructor Elizabeth Black. Fees are 35 dollars. registration via Osher KU site or (877) 404-5823. Space is limited and pre registration is encouraged.
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Driver's Prep Class Offered by Garden City CC
Garden City Community College announces a one day Driver's prep course for first time Kansas license seekers. The class runs June 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a fee of 135 dollars. Registration is required one week in advance. For details contact B&I at 276-9647 or email B&I gceccks edu.
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CASA seeks $25,000 in Pepsi Refresh vote
Spirit of the Plains CASA competes in the $25,000 level of the Pepsi Refresh Project, among over 200 groups nationwide. Voting ends May 31 and volunteers detail the CASA role, funding use for foster children activities, and the organization’s service area across six Kansas counties.
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Grasslands return to cropland under CRP phaseout in Kansas
Kansas State agronomist Bill Heer notes a nationwide shift as CRP lands come out of long term programs. Last year 3.4 million acres left CRP, including 436,000 in Kansas, with many plots now planted to corn, soybeans and cotton. The Partridge area near K-61 serves as a research site funded by donations and the Kansas State University Foundation.
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Farm Service Agency
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Rich Llewelyn
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Llewelyn
Tribune
Greeley County
Pottawatomie County
Manhattan
University Foundation
Judy Schrader
Hutchinson
George
Ott Redd
Schrader
Kansas oil producers sue Goldman Sachs over unpaid SemGroup oil
Dozens of Kansas and Oklahoma producers sue Goldman Sachs J Aron and partners over billions in oil not paid for after SemGroup filed for bankruptcy in July 2008. Plaintiffs allege the defendants benefited from oil delivered as collateral while SemGroup lacked cash to settle, with BP and ConocoPhillips named among the defendants.
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Kansas adds nearly 16 thousand jobs in April
State labor officials report Kansas businesses added about 15,900 jobs from March to April, with construction leading the gain at 6,100. The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, eight of eleven major industries showing growth, and construction posting its first April year rise since 2008.
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KU to name life sciences center for ex chancellor Hemenway
University of Kansas will honor former Chancellor Robert Hemenway by naming the Life Sciences Innovation Center on the Medical Center campus in Kansas City Kansas. Hemenway is expected to speak at a ceremony Monday afternoon on the building’s front lawn.
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