New exhibit opens at Stauth Museum in Montezuma
A new exhibit titled When Disaster Strikes opens at the Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma. It covers fifty years of Mennonite Disaster Service history with photos stories and video on how the nonprofit relieves disasters. Open Tue Sat 9 am to noon and 1 to 4 30 pm Sun 1 30 to 4 30 pm. Admission free donations accepted.
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Mennonite
Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Disaster Relief Organization
MDS
Sunday liquor sales law could stay unsettled this session
Kansas leaders say no solid guidance on Sunday alcohol sales forthcoming as the Legislature reconvenes. Gov. Sebelius doubts a liquor law revision this May while localities press ahead with Sunday sales, creating a patchwork near Missouri. Legal actions and court rulings loom as counties and cities study or enact ordinances.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Senate
Lana Oleen
House
Missouri
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Sebelius
Phill Kline
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Kan
Edwardsville
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Court of Appeals
Kline
Lenexa
Overland Park
Johnson County
Crawford County
Salina
Lawrence
Oleen
R-Manhattan
Memorial Day weekend events across Kearny and Finney counties
Memorial Day weekend brings author William Allen White to Lakin at 6 p.m. at the Kearny County Library and a Relay for Life benefit dance at the Scott County Fairgrounds with a $5 in advance $8 at door admission. Open house for Paso Fino horses funds Miles of Smiles. A Memorial Day run/walk at Victory Baptist Church in Lakin offers a 10 dollar entry with cash prizes. Garden City hosts Memorial Day service at Valley View Cemetery with a 21 gun salute and taps.
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Garden City City
Holcomb City
Finney County
Garden City
Finney County Public Brary
Garden City Community College
Saffell Library
Finney County Learning Center
Holcomb
Bank of America Citizens
American Legion
Harry H. Renick
Valley View Cemetery
Emporia
William Allen White
Lakin
Kearny County
Fred A. Krebs
Richard Brookman
Kansas
Krebs
History
Kansas Humanities Council
Johnson County Community College
American Library Association
America
Scott County Fairgrounds
William Carpenter
Country Fever
Relay For Life
Scott County
American Cancer Society
Lane-Scott
Colombia
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Steve Burgess
Marion Smith
Victory Baptist Church
Scheepner’s Water
SWFTA
Stuart Boone
Beagle Norman Returns Home After 15 Hour Drive
Norman the beagle, missing from Tim and Jennifer Cross of Solomon Kansas since March 28, reappeared in Auburn Alabama near an Auburn University computer repair shop and was flown back to El Dorado Kansas. The reunion drew neighbors and family as a banner read Welcome Home Norman and the dog kissed his owner on the shoulders after his long journey aided by John and Connie Staton.
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EL Dorado
Norman
Kansas
Alabama
Tim
Jennifer Cross
Solomon
Tim Cross
Shadow
Auburn
Ala
Auburn University
John
Connie Staton
Don Womacks
Lauren
Shaelynn
John Staton
Maggie
Universities push salary hikes as top budget item
Kansans should worry as top KU and state university faculty depart for better pay. Provost Shulenburger notes losses hurt Kansas economy. KU and K State report 3 to 4 percent annual faculty turnover and salaries below peers. Lawmakers promise partial raises but face a tight budget year amid declines in private funding. Fort Hays State lags behind peers, while regents plan a June budget request prioritizing salaries and operating costs.
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Topeka
David Shulenburger
University of Kansas
Kansans
Kurt Thurmaier
Iowa State
Debbie Powell
University of Minnesota
Alice Ann Darrow
Florida State University
Shulenburger
Lawrence
Research
Universi
Kansas
Shhulenburger
Jon Wefald
Kansas State University
Board of Regents
Wefald
Mohammad Hosni
Walter Dodds
Robert Hemenway
Hammond
Fort Hays
Steve Morris
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Stauth Museum
Senior Center
N. 10Th St
Call Dorman D. Miller
Legion
Southwest Kansas Research and Extension Center
E. Mary St
Merle Witt
Southwest Research and Extension Center
Curtis Thompson
Southwest Area
Brad Nading
Georgia Matthews
Houston
Ed Hammond
Fort Hays State University
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!