Benefit dinner to aid local Honor Flight effort in Garden City
A committee of area residents organizes a benefit dinner and auction to fund travel for World War II veterans from Garden City and western Kansas to Washington D C. The event includes live music at the VFW Post on Saturday evening with tickets 25 dollars, advance sales at local businesses, and donations so far including homemade furniture beef bundles and solar salt delivery coupons. The group targets 80 000 to 100 000 dollars to fly the veterans from Garden City on a 172
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VFW Post
W. Mary St
Main
N. Main St
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E. Mary St
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Campus Drive
Jim Arwine
American Legion
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Flight Support A benefit dinner for WWII veterans flight honor
A benefit dinner with live music and an auction is set for Saturday at the VFW Post 1101 W Mary St. Doors open 5 pm. Tickets 25. Advance sales at The Corner on Main Garden City State Bank and other locals. Donations contact Tim Stone Jim Arwine or Mark Rine. Checks to Central Prairie Honor Flight with Garden City Flight memo. Moonshiners Southern Sky and Million Dollar Band perform 5 pm to midnight. The program aims to fund a planned October flight for local veterans.
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W. Mary St
Main
N. Main
Garden City
Mark Rine
Tribune
Scott City
Central Prairie Honor Flight
National Organization
Honorflight.org
Webbs Catering Service
Moonshiners
Southern Sky
Million Dollar Band
Washington, D.C
Kansas
EPA officials state Kansas must revise air permit process
Federal officials told Kansas lawmakers that the state must revise its permitting program to cover manmade greenhouse gas emissions from power plants large factories and oil refineries or face EPA action. Regional administrator Karl Brooks defended the rules as commonsense while lawmakers criticized the pace and economic impact.
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Afghans protest as Florida pastor weighs Quran burning plan
Thousands of Afghans demonstrate over a Florida church plan to burn the Quran as Rev. Terry Jones says he will not proceed if he can meet Saturday with an imam behind a New York mosque project near ground zero. In Badakhshan and Farah provinces protests injure several, including police and attackers, with a flag set alight at a mosque.
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Big egg farms seen as danger when problems arise
Analysts say large scale poultry operations risk widespread impact if issues occur. Dairy and egg producers argue big farms can be safer, while groups like the Humane Society urge caution amid the recall of 550 million eggs linked to two Iowa sites and illnesses across hundreds.
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Sunrise Farms
Petaluma
Calif
Riebli
Humane Society of the
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