German Supper at Garden Valley Village Saturday
Garden Valley Retirement Village hosts its 14th German Supper on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at 1505 E Spruce St. Tickets are 12.50 adults, 5 to 11 year olds 5, under 5 free. proceeds fund Christmas gifts for GVRV residents and Russell Child Development Center. Silent auction and live music by Ken and Cheryl Degenhardt, Billy and Loretta Whitfield, Dale and Merlene Hester, and the Irsik brothers run 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. For information call 275-9651.
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GVRV
Russell Child Development Center
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Cheryl Degenhardt
Garden City
Billy
Loretta Whitfield
Syracuse
Dale
Merlene Hester
LaVerne
Okla
Irsik Brothers
Joe
Jon
Pesticide collection event in Dodge City
A free pesticide collection will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ford County Household Hazardous Waste in Dodge City. Farmers and ranchers in Kansas are invited to bring current and obsolete pesticides and herbicides, with empty containers also accepted for recycling. Businesses pay a per pound fee and must pay at service.
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Hugoton Downtown Fall Festival and Cook-off Set Saturday
Vendors will line Main Street Hugoton for the second annual Downtown Fall Festival and Crockpot Cook-off from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Booth spaces cost 25 per spot and cook-off entries 10 each at the Hugoton senior center. Contact Hugoton Chamber of Commerce at 620 544 4305 or visit 630 S Main St for details.
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Main Street
Hugoton
Hearing aid workshop offered in Finney and Dodge City
Representatives from the Kansas Commission for the Hard of Hearing hold a free workshop on hearing aids and assistive devices at the Senior Center of Finney County 907 North 10th Street from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday with a morning session 8 to 11 a.m. at Dodge City Senior Center 2408 Central Avenue. No reservations required. Call (785) 246-5077 for details.
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Dighton native joins Sweet Home Alabama cast
Dighton Kansas native Cassie Rupp, 25, now in Huntington Beach, California, competes as the sole Kansas contestant among 22 country bachelorettes on Country Music Television’s reality show Sweet Home Alabama. The eight episode season debuts Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. and Rupp hopes Kansas fans follow her.
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Kansan
Garden City Community College
University of Kansas
Dighton
Huntingon Beach
Calif
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Kansas
Rupp
Tribble Reese
Clemson University
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama
GCCC
The
Silhouette
Huntington Beach
California
Lance
Jean Rupp
Garden City
Maraline Clark
Jayhawk
Repealer officer tours Kansas to end outdated laws
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback created the Office of the Repealer to identify and remove outdated or burdensome laws. Dennis Taylor heads the office and travels across the state, seeking public input and gathering 300 suggestions so far. He plans to visit 24 cities by October.
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Salina
Kansas
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Department of Administration
Kansas Wesleyan University
Taylor
KWU
Repealer.ks
State drought update clears Scott Lake. only four state lakes open
Scott Lake is not on the approved list for emergency drought water withdrawals in Kansas. Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, and Lane counties are declared drought counties, with Barber, Clark, Kingman, and McPherson lakes remaining open for withdrawals. Contact the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism at (785) 296-2281 for withdrawal details. The governor issued an executive order extending a temporary suspension of certain motor carrier rules to aid hay transport to livestock, allowing night travel with proper markings and escorts until Nov 3. For more information call (785) 368-7138.
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Scott County
Finney
Ford
Grant
Gray
Haskell
Hodgeman
Kearny
Lane
Kansas
Barber
Clark
Kingman
McPherson
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Wildlife Department
Governor’s Office
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
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Kansas Department of Revenue
Kansas Corporation Commission
Manhattan dips under ownership in 2010 Census data
Census figures show Manhattan as the sole U S metro where renters outnumber owners with a 49.5 percent ownership rate in 2010. Kansas state overall owned 67.8 percent housing. College Station Bryan Texas and Los Angeles Long Beach Santa Ana California also report low ownership. New York Northern New Jersey Long Island Pennsylvania posts 51 percent ownership.
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Peint
College Station
Bryan
Texas
Texas A&m University
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Calif
New York
New Jersey-Long Island
N.Y
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