Death under stalled Ford jack in Finney County man
Finney County sheriff reports a 64 year old man, John Gonzalez, was found dead Thursday beneath a detached metal building east of his home at 2840 N Farmland Road after a jack slipped while he worked on a 1929 Ford pickup. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause of death.
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Finney County
Kevin Bascue
John
Yong Chi Gonzalez
Farmland Road
Yong Chi
John Gonzalez
Bascue
Seward County names new college president
Duane Dunn, current president of Manhattan Area Technical College, is named the new president of Seward County Community College in Liberal. The SCCC board chose Dunn on Wednesday to succeed the late James Grote, with interim leadership by James Tangeman since October. Dunn starts July 1.
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Duane Dunn
Manhattan Area Technical Colege
Seward County Community College
Liberal
Sccc Board of Trustees
Dunn
Clayton Tatro
Garden City Community College
Stephen Hilterbran
Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge
Paul Osborn
Kansas Board of Regents
Don Woodburn
University of Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
Curtis
Neb
Tatro
GCCC
James Tangeman
SCCC
James Grote
Free May 7 screening for Garden City preschoolers
Garden City USD 457 offers a free May 7 screening at Trinity Lutheran Church for children age 3 to 5 who live in Garden City. The program checks hearing, vision, motor and communication skills and thinking ability in about one hour. Appointments are by Monday via 276-5149. call 271-8847 to reschedule if unable to attend.
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Garden City
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
Topeka Juvenile Center Linked to Budget Plan
Kansas lawmakers backed a plan to open unused portions of a new 210 bed juvenile detention center in Topeka to ease overcrowding. Governor Sebelius proposed 1.4 million to activate two sections for 60 offenders. Senate and House committees agreed to include the funding in cleanup bills.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Zoo Exhibit Tops Garden City March Construction Value
The Lee Richardson Zoo's Kansas Waters project adds the most expensive March construction in Garden City with otter habitat work at about 330000 total project value. Officials note overall 2004 activity remains down from 2003, aided by a Home Depot project that skewed last year’s figures, while Holcomb and Finney County show mixed gains and declines.
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Garden City
Lee Richardson Zoo
Kansas
Holcomb
Finney County Zoo
Dan Baffa
Sarah Place
Grant Ave
Mockingbird Lane
Jim Neblett
Home Depot
Kansas Ave
Neblett
Ryan Ave
Finney County
Skyline Drive
Rainfall lifts spirits as moisture dampens drought in Kansas
A light shower north of Sublette boosts irrigation for corn and wheat while meteorologists caution that a heavy two to three inch rain is unlikely. Reports of hail and a tornado warning surface as moist Gulf air feeds ongoing rainfall across Haskell and surrounding counties.
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Sublette
Haskell County
Pete York
Kansas
York
Jon Finch
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Finch
Colorado
Oklahoma
Seward County
Grant County
Stanton County
Kansas State Research Extension Center
E. Mary St
Jeff Elliott
Sebelius vows veto of workers' camp bill in session rush
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius pledged to veto a Senate-passed workers compensation measure that would limit benefits for re aggravated pre existing injuries and bar pay for layoffs unrelated to injuries. She warned the bill would raise rates and cut benefits, urging lawmakers not to send it to her desk.
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Topeka
Hns
Kathleen Sebelius
Senate
Sebelius
Kansas State Firefighters Association
Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry
House
Chamber
Terry Leatherman
State Chamber
Leatherman
Loyal Peevyhouse
Reno
Peevyhouse
Yoder
Hutchinson Fire Department
Salina
Shane Pearson
Name Drenched Town: Koehn Kin in Montezuma Phone Books
In Montezuma Kansas 168 of 583 residential listings are Koehn, about one fifth. Residents explain the name mix, use middle initials, and nicknames to distinguish many Koehns. Mennonite migration shaped local roots with Laurie Koehn of Moundridge rising as KU basketball standout.
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Koehn
Kansas
Corrine Koehn
Henry B. Koehn Jr
Henry Koehn
South Gray High School
Tim Skinner
Junior Koehn
Robert Lee Koehn
Russia
Koehns
Moundridge
Moundridge High School
Laurie Koehn
Kansas State
Robert
Gray County
Montezuma
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Mike Sherman
Garden City Regional
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Pfeifer
Deena Painter
Johnson Co-op Grain Co
Syracuse
Syracuse Co-op Exchange
Renee Coleman
Co-Op
Hamilton County
Melva Barlow
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