Garden City cemetery walk recalls Fleagle Gang and Clutter murders
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center students toured Valley View Cemetery with guide Hebrlee, hearing tales from the Weeks plot to Garden City founders, the Fleagle Gang bank robberies, Mitchel Runnels’ fatal crash and the Clutter murders immortalized in In Cold Blood. The guide notes memorials and local history, ending at the Veteran Monument as students reflect on the shared past.
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Stevens Park
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Howard Royston
First National Bank
Lamar
Colo
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Ottawa
Marysville
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Linda Motley
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Mitchel Runnels
Lee Kemper
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Finnup Foundation Trust
Finnup Park
Big Pool
Finney County Historical Museum
Frederick
Isabel Finnup
George Finnup
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Finney County
Marie Dewey
Alvin
Herb
Bonnie Clutter
Nancy
Kenyon
Alvin Dewey
Marie
Topeka
Clutter
Holcomb
Richard Eugene Hicko
Hickock
Smith
Nevada
Veteran Monument
Giraffe Encounters Return at Lee Richardson Zoo
Lee Richardson Zoo resumes Giraffe Encounters this weekend with keeper approved feeding. Guests pay 2 dollars per encounter or 5 dollars for three, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, plus a free feeding offer with a Safari Shoppe T-shirt. Proceeds support animal care and continued free entry.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
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Hall of Fame Inductees Highlight Garden City Class of 2014
Garden City High School announces 2014 hall of fame inductees Reed and Heard. Since 1984 the program honors alumni for distinguished achievements and provides role models for current students. Thirty six inductees have been named. two new honorees join them this year. Tours at 5 30 p m May 16, dinner at 6 30 p m in the high school Commons area precedes the ceremony. Dinner costs 12 and reservations are required by calling Theresa Meng at 805 7013.
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Theresa Meng
Garden City Public Schools
Kansas lawmakers weigh Core funding plan to satisfy court ruling
Minority Leader Anthony Hensley and GOP senators explore a funding bill aimed at restoring aid to poor districts by 129 million annually to meet a Kansas Supreme Court directive. The proposal also trims online class and transportation aid and links funding to conservative education policies including a private school tax break up to 2500 dollars.
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