Senior group to meet Friday dinner at senior center
The Finney County Senior Citizen Association invites Finney County residents aged 55 and older and guests to a Friday dinner at the Senior Center, 907 N. 10th St. A 6 p.m. covered dish meal will start, followed by a business meeting with nominations for president and treasurer from the floor. Ambassador Singers provide entertainment. call Dorman Diller or Norma Nichols for details.
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Finney County Senior Citizen Association
10Th St
Ail Finney County
Ambassador Singers
Call Dorman Diller
Norma Nichols
Weekend Marketfest kicks off with race and legs contest
Garden City hosts Marketfest from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday featuring street vendors in-store games and prizes. The Thunder on the Tundra Nasduck 500 Race starts at 1:30 p.m. with rubber ducks raced down a water slide track for Downtown dollars prizes. A legs contest at 1:40 p.m. and multiple city officials and business owners compete.
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Garden City
Vision
N. Main St
Screening clinic for Garden City three to five year olds
Garden City USD 457 will hold a free screening clinic for children ages 3 to 5 on October 20 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Trained professionals will assess hearing, vision, large and small muscle development, communication and thinking skills in about 90 minutes. Appointments begin Monday via the Early Childhood Department at 276-5149. if missed, call 271-8847.
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Garden City
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
Garden City High to Host Fall Blood Drive
Garden City High School will hold its fall blood drive Oct. 18 from 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m in the high school gym. The senior class sponsors the event with Jane Schneider the physical education teacher. Sign-up sheets are in the main office and the public may walk in without an appointment.
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Garden City High School
Jane Schneider
House Debate Set for Smoky Hills Live Broadcast
A live television debate between John Doll and Jerry Moran will air at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 on Smoky Hills Public Television from its Bunker Hill studio. Chapman Rockaway will moderate with media reps Patrick Lowry and Todd Pittenger assisting.
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John Doll
Garden City
Jerry Moran
Rhays
Smoky Hills Public Television
Bunker Hill
Chapman Rockaway
Fort Hays State University
Patrick Lowry
The
Hays Daily News
Todd Pittenger
Salina
KSAL/KYEZ radio
Board approves personnel changes at Abe Hubert Middle School
The USD 457 Board of Education approved Isaac Taylor's resignation from eighth grade reading at Abe Hubert Middle School and hired William Holtzclaw for the vacancy. The panel also endorsed multiple supplemental contracts for staff working extra hours or serving as coaches and sponsors.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Isaac Taylor
Abe Hubert
William Holtzclaw
Woman abducted from parking lot near casino freed
Kansas City police say a 34 year old woman was abducted from a casino parking lot by a man described as a Harrah's regular. He allegedly took her to his home where the assault occurred before he was arrested later Wednesday.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
Cardiologists open part time clinic in Lakin
Khalid Chaudhry and Muhammad Khan will start seeing heart patients October 18 in an outreach clinic at Kearny County Hospital. They will travel to the county the first and third Wednesdays of the month, expanding services based on community needs.
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Southwest Kansas
Lakin
Kearny County
Khalid Chaudhry
Muhammad Khan
Kearny County Hospital
Chaudhry
Khan
Southwest
Monica Turrentine
Turrentine
John Loebl
Don Gosch
Garden City
Dodge City
Gosch
Southwest Kansas Cardiology
Kansas health dept funds handwashing education across counties
The KDHE and Kansas Health Foundation awarded sixty five thousand dollars to sixteen county health departments including Lane and Stevens counties to educate the public on proper handwashing. Lane County received five thousand dollars and Stevens County three thousand four hundred for education, outreach at flu shot clinics, and supplies such as a UV lamp to demonstrate germs.
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Food Service
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Health Foundation
Lane
Stevens Counties
Health Foundation
KDHE
Lane County
Stevens County
Rowden
Lane County Health Department
Leah Shapland
Elephants Begin 1500 Mile Swap to Jacksonville Zoo
Lee Richardson Zoo sends longtime female elephants Mokala and M’sichana to Jacksonville Zoo in Florida for breeding with a bull elephant, part of an AZA endorsed species survival plan. In return, Missy and Kimba will join Lee Richardson later this year.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Mokala
M’sichana
Jacksonville Zoo
Jacksonville
Fla
Zoo
Moki
Chana
Kathy Sexson
Garden City
American Zoo and Aquarium Association
Zoological Organization
Sexson
Lee Richardson
Missy
Kimba
AZA
US Department of Agriculture
Dave Ozburn
Russell County liquor vote sought for November ballot
A Wilson Lake bait shop owner circulated a petition to place the Sunday liquor sale issue on Russell County’s November 7 ballot. He notes competition from nearby Wilson, Ellsworth County, which already allows Sunday sales, and argues the change would boost his lakefront business. The topic is part of a statewide push to decide liquor rules by vote.
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Bunker Hill
Wilson Lake
Russell County
Larry Calvary
Dc’s
Minooka Park
Wilson
Ellsworth
Calvary
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