Roundup Briefs House Blend to Perform Tuesday
A musical variety program featuring the music group House Blend under Gale Siebert will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Garden Valley Retirement Village. The public is invited at no charge. For more information call 275-5036.
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Gale Siebert
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Garden City Public Schools Observe American Education Week
Garden City Public Schools will celebrate American Education Week from today through Friday with activities district wide. The Garden City Educators Association plans events including Foundation Day, Thank an Educator Day, Healthy Snack Day, Education Support Professionals Day, Crystal Apple Awards Banquet, Educator for a Day, Alma Mater Day, and Substitute Educators Day to honor educators and staff.
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Garden City Public Schools
Garden City Educators Association
GCEA
Garden City Public Schools Foundation
Crystal Apple
Garden City Area
Usd 457
Pompeo paid more on staff than Kansas peers in 2011
In his first term six months in Congress Rep. Mike Pompeo spent more on staff salaries than Kansas colleagues. His $414 000 payroll trailed only Lynn Jenkins by $5 000. Kevin Yoder had the smallest total at 310 000, while Tim Huelskamp spent 364 000. Pompeo’s aide cited workload and work product as reasons for the higher payroll.
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Topeka
Congress
Mike Pompeo
Kansas
U.S. House of Representatives
Topeka Capital-Journal
Pompeo
Lynn Jenkins
Kevin Yoder
Johnson County
Tim Huelskamp
Rachel Taylor
Earthquakes a low threat in Kansas according to state plan
Kansas ranks earthquakes 21st of 22 hazards in the state response plan with tornadoes and floods top hazards while fog ranks below. Oklahoma quakes were felt across southern Kansas with little damage, and officials urge residents to prepare with home disaster plans and preparedness kits.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Division of Emergency Management
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Lee Tafanelli
Tafanelli
Humboldt
Oklahoma City
Nebraska
Manhattan
Wamego
Sandy Praeger
New Madrid
Missouri
Angee Morgan
KDEM
Morgan
Volunteers brighten Stevens Park with holiday lights effort
Downtown volunteers and families gathered Saturday to string energy saving LED lights on tree trunks in Stevens Park. Donated by Commerce Bank and Fry Eye Associates, the volunteers planned additional canopy work before the Nov. 26 tree lighting.
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Jacob Griffin
Stevens Park
Alan Geier
Geier
George Hopkins
School Board of Education
Commerce Bank
Fry Eye Associates
Hunter Luebbers
Ryan Larsen
Hunter
Tony Luebbers
Emily
Regan and Co. Real Estate
Beverly Schmitz Glass
Downtown Vision
Kansas Children’s Service League
Glass
Kansas group turns crop stubble into energy research
The Kansas Alliance for BioRefining and BioEnergy, formed in 2009 with federal stimulus funding, seeks to cut costs in harvesting and transporting crop stubble and switchgrass for ethanol and bioproducts. It tests equipment to raise efficiency, aiming for $35 per ton total cost, about half current rates, while studying sustainable removal limits.
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Kansas Alliance For BioRefining
Kansas BioScience Authority
Kansas
KABB
Western Kansas Ethanol Company
Jeff Roskam
Stinger of Haven
Roskam
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House Blend
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Garden City
Brad Nading
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