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Catholic Social Service to hold 10th-annual Charity Wine Tasting Event
Visit LocalWineEvents.com and you'll find thousands of elegant wine tasting events from New York to Los Angeles, and from Atlanta to Seattle. Narrow your search to Kansas, however, and you'll find fewer than 10. One of those is the 10th-annual Catholic Social Service Charity Wine Tasting Event in Great Bend , the only one of its kind in this part of the state for wine connoisseurs to those just learning about the art of wine.
Barbara Stecklein at Deines Cultural Center
In 1985, after completing a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from the University of Texas in San Antonio, Texas, Barbara Stecklein began her art career concentrating on still life compositions using watercolor and graphite. Eventually she added charcoal and pastel.
Central Plains USD 112 elects board
ELLSWORTH - The newly-formed Central Plains USD 112 school district elected seven members for its school board Tuesday.
Life in a Jar Foundation grants
Social studies instructors Debbie Hagans of Western Plains High School in Ransom and Val Kepple of Ness City High School, along with retired social studies instructor and newly-published author Joanne Emerick of Hoxie, are the recipients of grants from the Life in a Jar Foundation sponsored by the Lowell Milken Center, Fort Scott.
Vrabel arrested after he reportedly took bottles of alcohol from deli
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Mike Vrabel was arrested for theft Monday at a Florence, Ind., casino.
Henbit can be mowed until next fall
By Rodney Wallace Pawnee County K-State Research & Extension LARNED - It will not be long before the plants with the little purple flowers start to make themselves known in home lawns and the plants are called henbit. If you are not really sure this is what you have, check the stems. If they are square rather than round, you have henbit. Though henbit actually comes up in the fall, most of us do not ...
Henbit can be mowed until next fall
By Rodney Wallace Pawnee County K-State Research & Extension LARNED - It will not be long before the plants with the little purple flowers start to make themselves known in home lawns and the plants are called henbit. If you are not really sure this is what you have, check the stems. If they are square rather than round, you have henbit. Though henbit actually comes up in the fall, most of us do not ...
Estate law, tax changes highlighted
LARNED - Most people plan their week´s projects, vacations and dinner, but very few spend adequate time asking themselves "What´s Next?"
Coffee Hour Thursday
Next coffee hour Thursday LARNED - The weekly coffee hour is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Larned High School Gym to promote the upcoming school play "The Masked Musketeer." The hosts will be Troy Langdon, Larned High principal, and high school staff. Larned High School's Over Actors' Anonymous will present "The Masked Musketeer," April 9 and 10 at the Larned Community Center. For information, contact Larned High School at 620-285-2151.
Larned entries qualify for state
LARNED - Nineteen Larned High School entries earned a I rating and qualified for state competition in Saturday's Class 3-1A music regional for solo and small emsembles at Larned High School. Class 1A, 2A and 3A schools competed at the regional.
Stafford USD 349 school board elected
STAFFORD - Four candidates emerged from a nine-person ballot for the Stafford USD 349 board board election Tuesday. Earning spots on the board were Jay M. Minnis (280 votes); Keith McNickle (192); Lucas Newell (148) and Rodney Roush (148).
Pawnee County Results
CITY RESULTS PAWNEE COUNTY LARNED Mayor - Robert C. Pivonka 361; Lee F. Hockett 214; City Council, Ward One - Charles H. Spina 79; Terry Harris 56; Ward Two - David A. Zecha 180; Ward Three - Dennis E. Wilson 136; Ward Four - Kim Barnes 44; Anthony Moore 37. BURDETT Mayor, Leon Jennings 58; City Council (Two Spots) - Bryan Delp 53; Ronald R. Olson 24; Traci Nuckolls 20; David Clapham 20. GARFIELD Mayor ...
NATIONAL LEAGUE CAPSULES
CINCINNATI (AP) - Chris Heisey drove in three runs and the Cincinnati Reds took a patient approach at the plate in improving to 4-0 for the first time since their 1990 World Series championship season, beating the Houston Astros 8-2 on Tuesday night.
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Kansas CRP meetings for landowners prior to signup hosted by PF
Pheasants Forever is hosting fifty-one informational meetings across Kansas for landowners and agricultural producers in advance of the USDA Farm Service Agency's Conservation Reserve Program general sign-up that runs May 20 through June 14. Led by Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Wildlife Biologists, landowners can learn how to increase their farm or ranch income while creating wildlife habitat in the process.
Senior Menu
The following well-balanced and nutritious Friendship Meals will be served for lunch at the Great Bend Senior Center, 2005 Kansas Ave. Meals are served with milk; donations for coffee and tea are accepted.
USD 428, Holy Family, Central Kansas Christian Academy and HeadStart Schools
The following meals will be served May 13 through May 17. The secondary schools also have available daily: Main dish second choices, chef's salad, combo lunches and choice of vegetables and dessert. The breakfast menu is offered only to students in USD 428. Menus are subject to change without notice. Milk served with all meals. All meals as offered meet USDA nutritional guidelines.
Even Animal Lovers Prefer No Rabbits in the Garden
This week, I found a column from K-State's Mary Lou Peter about the rabbits that are out and about. They may be cute hopping around in a field, but when they get into your garden, their cuteness wears a little thin.
Learn from History
History is one of our greatest teachers.
Panther Bands Spring Concert recognize seniors, parents, accomplishments
Panther Band members will present their Spring Concert at 7 p.m. on May 13 in the GBHS Gym. The band seniors and their parents will be recognized, as well as all of the band student's achievements during the year.
Do We Still Need the Department of Education?
When executives of corporations are caught aiding and abetting criminal behavior of their employees, the executives are prosecuted and the businesses are destroyed.
Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science prepares to honor 3rd graduating class
The 27 members of the 2013 class of the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science will walk across the stage at Commencement beginning at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, in the Fort Hays Ballroom on the second floor of the Memorial Union.
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Lots to Celebrate in May
Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there! The month of May has arrived and that means a frenzy of activity for families who are celebrating Mother's day today and graduations now or in the weeks ahead. I am truly blessed to have my mother-in-law, daughter, and granddaughters close by. It is a joy to spend time together at a moment's notice. Hopefully your weekend plans include some good family time with plenty of hugs.
Prides of Kansas Lions To Wichita Convention
The annual Kansas Lions State Convention in Wichita, May 30 - June 1, 2013, will take on an international significance as the Kansas Lions host Lions Clubs International President Wayne Madden and wife Linda at the Airport Hilton Convention Center.
MILC, SURE, and NAP will restart on May 8
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced today that farm payments, which had been temporarily suspended due to sequestration, are scheduled to resume today, May 8th. This includes payments for the 2011 Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE), the Noninsured Crop Assistance Program (NAP) and the Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC).
Why Does It Matter?
This is finals week at Barton and many of the other colleges around the state. For instructors it's time to evaluate what students learned over the last semester. For students it's time for that one last push to maintain or raise their grades. While faculty see testing as a method to evaluate learning and adjust accordingly, students often see testing as a way to be tortured. Students focus on the grade while faculty focus on ...
Play safe on the farm
The dream of many young farm boys and girls is to ride on a tractor. For a youngster, the mammoth tractor epitomizes raw power, responsibility and coming of age.
