Arbor Day tree planting and awards at area events
The Garden City Tree and Park Board will plant a Arbor Day tree at Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center at 3 p.m. Friday to honor a fifth grade poster contest winner. The public is invited to attend the 55th annual meeting of the Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association Saturday at Hugoton Middle School Auditorium.
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National Arbor Day Foundation
Garden City Tree and Park Board
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association
Hugoton Middle School
11Th St
Hugoton
Lee Godfrey
Susman & Godfrey
Houston
Godfrey
Mark Haralson
State Land Services
Liberal
Association
Erick E. Nordling
Swerda
Denver
Richard A. Weddell
Overland Park
Ginger Millerman
Garden City High School
Clifford Hope
ABC Pregnancy Center
W. Laurel St
Family Bookhouse
N. Main St
Deerfield High School
Electric Car Club
Judge declines to dismiss charges against Wittig and Weidner
US District Judge Julie Robinson refuses to dismiss seven counts of banking fraud conspiracy and money laundering against former Westar Energy chief David Wittig and ex Topeka bank president Clinton Weidner II. Prosecutors say a $1.5 million 2001 loan hidden from the bank served Wittig's purposes, unrelated to Westar business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Westar Energy
David Wittig
Julie Robinson
Topeka Bank
Clinton Odell Weidner II
Weidner
Witting
Westar
Cleaned up Holcomb plant gears for leaner power use
Sunflower Electric Power and partners unveil plans at Holcomb to retrofit the plant with NOx reducing tech from GE and NETL. Officials including Rep. Moran and KDHE affirm benefits for domestic coal, lower emissions, and improved efficiency. The $5.88 million project, funded mostly by DOE $2.8 million, targets a seven megawatt gain and NOx cuts from .318 to about .15 per MMBtu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
Finney County
Jerry Moran
R-Hays
U.S. Department of Energy
National Energy Technology Laboratory
General Electric
Energy and Environmental Research Corp
Moran
United States
Kansas
Sunflower
Environmental Protection Agency
Kansas Department
Steve Moss
Moss
DOE
Lawmakers sign drug treatment law but funds still scarce
Kansas lawmakers approved a nonviolent drug offender treatment bill to begin Nov. 1 but face a $6.2 million funding shortfall beyond a $254 million existing budget. The plan shifts simple possession cases to treatment for up to 18 months, aims to free prison beds, and saves costs per inmate, yet critics warn resources at local programs are essential for success. Authorities hope federal grants or budget adjustments close the gap and avert new prison construction.
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Kansas
Wyandotte
Ernest Johnson
Kansas City
Kansas Sentencing Commission
Hutchinson
Craig Daniels
Reno County Community Corrections
Daniels
Senate
Steve Morris
Hugoton
House Appropriations
Melvin Neufeld
R. Ingalls
Colorado
Neufeld
Detty joins Holcomb City Council to fill mayor's seat
Holcomb City Council fills the vacant seat left by the newly elected mayor. Dennis Lauer recommended Steve Detty, who placed third in the April 1 election, and the unanimous vote installed him within minutes. Discussion also covers dangers from deteriorating Western Alfalfa silos near west Railroad Avenue and surrounding buildings, with safety concerns due to damaged walls and broken windows.
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Jarnagin
Dennis Lauer
Steve Detty
Detty
Heinitz, Jarnagin
Ron Schreibvogel
Ronald Conway
Lauer
Railroad Avenue
City weighs options on unsafe structures near bike path
City Attorney outlined three choices to address potentially unsafe structures owned by Bud Walters near the Western Alfalfa site. Options range from doing nothing to inspection and possible demolition, or pursuing full condemnation, with costs noted as potentially high. Also, city leaders voted to raise meal reimbursements for city employees to 10 per meal or 30 per day with no receipts required, comparing with county and other towns.
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Heydman
Bud Walters
Council
Holcomb
Garden City
Lisa Staab
Jean Payne
Finney
Carol Brown
Lakin City
Cindy Broeckelman
Western Kansas 31 Show At Finney County Fairgrounds
The 31 Show at Finney County Fairgrounds runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Saturday with 500+ exhibitors from farm supplies to government agencies. Daily programs in the Grand Stand include sessions on beef meals, baking, quilting, and a past preservation theme. A Saturday energy forum at Garden City Community College features the 2002 Farm Bill provisions with Sen. Sam Brownback, seating by reservation.
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Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Carol Ballantyne
Gccc Board of Trustees
Christopher Wren
Pam Howard
Lakin
Mrs. Boyle
Justin Schiffner
Garden City
Major Metcalf
Jennifer Long
Miss Casewell
Mr. Paravicini
Rico Ross
Trotter
Jay Tidyman
Scott City
Stephanie Bushell
Western Kansas Manufacturer’s Association
Finney County Fairgrounds
Grand Stand
Usda Rural Development
Sam Brownback
League of United Latin American Citizens
Plaza Hotel
E. Kansas Ave
Lulac
Dillons
GCCC
Sylvia Ramirez-Williams
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Royalty Owners Meeting
Scott Aldis-Wilson Scottaw
Gctelegram
Ward Loyd
Gary Hayzlett
R-Lakin
Cliff Mayo
Alan Fankhauser
Sens
Pat Roberts
Dodge City
Ron Hammerschmidt
Environment
KDHE
Tom Sarkus
NETL
Dave Hahn
Stevens Park
Hahn
Veterans of the Vietnam War
The
American Legion
U.S
Iraq
Holcomb City
Bruce Heinitz
Jamie
Bill Heydman
Dodge City Civic Center
First Ave
Pamela Johnson Betts
City of
Senior Friends
Western Plains Medical Complex
Kansas Department of Aging
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