Easter holiday closings in Garden City area
Local institutions report Easter weekend openings and closings. Several facilities such as libraries, historical society, offices, schools, banks, and post offices list Sunday or Monday closures or special hours. Notable openings include Lee Richardson Zoo, Finney County Public Library, Garden City Telegram with regular delivery, and multiple banks. Some schools announce no classes Monday. Overall, Sunday closures vary by entity. most return to regular hours Monday.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Finney County Public Library
Finney County Historical Society
Hastings
Wal-Mart
Dillons
Finney County
Garden City
Holcomb Public Schools
Garden City Telegram
Garden City Post Office
Wichita woman pleads guilty to forging checks laundered funds
Deanna J. Stroud, 55, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Wichita to eight counts of check forgery and three counts of money laundering. Prosecutors say she laundered 567238 from Metro Express while employed as bookkeeper, facing up to ten years per forgery count and twenty years per money laundering count.
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Wichita
Deanna J. Stroud
U.S. District Court
Stroud
Metro Express
Pharmacist indicted on 22 counts of Medicaid fraud
Kansas City Missouri AP reports pharmacist Louie A. Ferro Jr. 49 of Independence faces 22 counts for allegedly billing Medicaid for drugs not dispensed or prescribed between 2000 and 2001. Ferro owns a Kansas City area pharmacy and could face up to 5,000 dollars fine and five years prison per count if convicted. Last year a federal judge dropped charges linked to discounting drugs for nursing homes.
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Kansas City
Jay Nixon
Louie A. Ferro Jr
Independence
Ferro
U.S
Scott O. Wright
Missouri and Kansas Residents Owed Federal Tax Refunds
The names of about 2,000 residents from Missouri and Kansas owed undelivered federal tax refunds are posted on the Web sites of Rep. Karen McCarthy and Rep. Dennis Moore. The lists, due to incorrect names or addresses, are accessible at their House sites or via IRS help line 1-800-829-1040.
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Kansas City, Mo
Missouri and
Kansas
Karen McCarthy
Dennis Moore
McCarthy
D-Missouri
Moore
D-Kansas
Missouri
U.S. Postal Service
House.gov
Karenmccarthy
IRS
Tornado Strikes Ellis and Rooks Counties in Midwest Storm
The National Weather Service confirms a tornado hit Ellis County and moved into Rooks County causing significant damage near Plainville. Officials surveyed the damage as a two-car garage collapsed at the Alvin and Maggie Mbbster farm between the house and barn.
Garden City Easter egg hunt draws about 130 children
About 130 children gathered at Clint Lightner Field for a Garden City Recreation Commission Easter egg hunt. Pre-registered kids, ages 3 to second grade, collected plastic eggs filled with candy while families watched. Organizers noted growing interest and planned to expand next year.
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Clint Lightner
Garden City Recreation Commission
Mary Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Rec
Peter Cottontail
Stephanie Camara
Samantha Trejo
Edgar Patino
Joan Sherman
The
Recreation Commission
Rec Commission
Alishia Hulbert
Garden City
Hulbert
Garden City Recreation
Syracuse juniors high school progress report steadies bond project
Syracuse voters approved a 1999 7.85 million bond to build a new junior senior high school. At a USD 484 board meeting architect Mick Gibson outlined change orders and weather delays while anticipating a late 2001 or early 2002 opening. He noted dry weather in summer should speed interior work and said the board approved TAC Contractors 17 extra days to the completion date to ensure quality.
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Syracuse
Bulldogs
Board of Education
Mick Gibson
Gibson
Kansas
TAC Contractors
John Platt
Platt
School board to discuss community learning initiatives
The Garden City USD 457 board meets at 7 30 p m in the Educational Support Center to discuss high school projects including breaking the school into learning communities and pursuing federal grants. Community members will share site visit insights and the Odyssey of the Mind team will be recognized for state and regional titles.
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USD 457
Board of Education
Fleming St
Shelley Schwatken
GCHS
Julie Ford
Deb Jarmer
Bill Graves
Kathleen Whitley
USD 457 Financial Officer
Garden City
Topeka
Whitley
Wichita Trio of Carbon Monoxide Tragedy Shocks Neighbors
Two children Melody Puga six and Laura Salazar nine died from carbon monoxide in a north Wichita one room apartment. Six others were hospitalized including a woman in her forties a seven year old boy and a three to four year old girl in serious condition. an 18 month old baby and a fifty year old man were listed in fair condition. a boy with unknown age was in good condition. Police determine the incident an accident caused by heater blockage that prevented gas from escaping as the family moved from the unit at a converted motor inn to a larger home.
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Wichita
Melody Puga
Laura Salazar
Easter
Motor Inn
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