Mile of Money for United Way event today
In Finney County the Mile of Money fundraiser runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with donations moving a measured mile from Eighth Street to 1402 E Kansas Ave. Proceeds support United Way. Lakin High School presents The Music Man at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday night, tickets $5, tonight nearly sold out.
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United Way
Finney County
Western Broadcast Center
Eighth Street
Broadcast Center
Kansas Ave
Lakin High School
Presentation set for Saturday at museum
The Stauth Memorial Museum of Montezuma will host a Saturday presentation on building the state's largest wind farm. Deb Wehkamp of Gray County Wind Energy Office will present a PowerPoint at 2:30 p.m. and take questions, aligning with two exhibits running through Dec. 14.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Deb Wehkamp
Gray County
Empire State Building
New York City
YMCA schedules family week events in Garden City
The Garden City Family YMCA lists activities for National Family Week from Sunday to November 29. Families write family ritual ideas on white-paper walls, an essay contest on what family means, and poems and quotes will be displayed. A Parents Night Out on November 28 runs 6:30 to 9 p.m. for ages 5–12, costing $4 for members and $6 for nonmembers. winning essays may be submitted to The Garden City Telegram.
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YMCA
More Kansas Army Reserves Mobilized
AP reports four Army Reserve units in Kansas received mobilization orders for duty in Iraq and the war on terrorism with two more on alert. Master Sgt. Jack Lee of the 89th Regional Readiness Command in Wichita notes the mobilizations include about 50 soldiers from the 821st Transportation Battalion in Topeka, 160 soldiers from the 443rd Transportation Company in Great Bend, 60 soldiers from the 243rd Quartermaster Battalion in Parsons, and 20 soldiers from the 368th Finance Battalion in Wichita. Road condition hotline listed.
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Topeka
Kansas
Iraq
Jack Lee
89Th Regional Readiness Command
Wichita
821St Transportation Battalion
443Rd Transportation Company
Great Bend
243Rd Quartermaster Battalion
Parsons
Hypnotist show canceled after Kansas law resurfaced
Garden City Fiesta Courtyard co owner Gilbert Cruz canceled a planned Saturday hypnotist event after police identified a Kansas statute from 1969 banning hypnotic exhibitions for entertainment. The law, rarely invoked, carries a fine up to 50 dollars. refunds and radio ticket coupons were offered. The move follows prior college show cancellations prompted by the same statute.
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Gilbert Cruz
Garden City
Cruz
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Kansas
Mike Utz
Finney
John Wheeler
Wheeler
Utz
Garden City Community College
Mike Heim
Morgan
Immigrant tuition bill sparks hope for Kansas students
In Dodge City Mexican-born senior Juan Jimenez seeks a four year college career hindered by out of state tuition rules for undocumented students. El Centro Christian Center coordinator Melinda Lewis promotes in state tuition for those with high school diplomas and three years in Kansas, but Senate passage remains uncertain amid anti immigration sentiment and debate on driver license access.
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HNS
Juan Jimenez
United States
US Citizenship and Immigration Services Office
Kansas
Jimenez
el Centro
Lewis
House of Representatives
Senate
Topeka
Memorial honors six who died in Kansas Turnpike flood
Officials unveiled the Jacob Creek Flood memorial in Matfield Green to honor six flood victims from Glenaire Missouri and Fort Worth Texas. The design features a stone plaque for Al Larsen, a weeping willow, six burning bushes, and seven trees symbolizing those Larsen helped save, adjacent to the Matfield Green service area where the August flood overwhelmed the four lane turnpike.
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Kansas Turnpike
Texas
Jacob Creek
Turnpike
Larsen
Public hearing on Cheyenne Plains Pipeline project in Scott City
A sparsely attended public meeting at the Scott County Fairgrounds discussed the Cheyenne Plains Pipeline Project a 340 million dollar gas line spanning Colorado and Kansas. FERC official Alisa Lykens led the session with landowners voicing concerns about land restoration dust and noise.
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Cheyenne Plains
Alisa Lykens
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C
Carpenter
Scott County Fairgrounds
Scott
Lane
Finney
Bruce Wilkens
Scott County
Wilkens
Lynn Christensen
el Paso Corp
Cheyenne Plains Pipeline Co
Colorado
Kansas
Lane County
Finney County
Hodgemen
Cheyenne
Wyo
Greensburg
Midwest
Lykens
Gary Janssen
Christensen
Janssen
Denver
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