Edith Scheuerman Hosts Elementary School Roundup Event
Edith Scheuerman Elementary School will hold a kinderprep and kindergarten roundup for students and their parents on Thursday in two sessions 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Translators and snacks provided. call 276-5240 for details.
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Edith Scheuerman
Auditions for GCCC play scheduled August 18 to 20
Garden City Community College invites community members and students to audition for The Fantasticks set for October 24 to November 2. Auditions run 6 to 9 30 p m August 18 to 20 in Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. No advance registration required. Rehearsals start August 25. Open to 13 on stage roles, 10 to 12 stage hands, and 15 to 20 musicians. Contact Skip Mancini at skip pld com or 520649-2502 for details.
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Garden City Community College
Fantasticks
GCCC
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Stenographic Service
Garden City
Skip Rancini
skip@pld.com
Mancini
Newton Seeks Downtown Revival for Economic Vitality
Newton residents push downtown business district as key to economic vitality. City officials note existing infrastructure aids investment with tax refunds and incentives for revitalizing older areas. Over 70 projects have joined the program since 1998, as city leaders urge private sector action to improve the downtown climate.
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Newton
Tim Johnson
Johnson
Jim Heinicke
Rain Delays and Varied Totals Across Southwest Kansas
Mooring moisture arrives with broad variance in rainfall across Garden City and Finney Grey counties. Jeff Long at Garden City Regional Airport logged about 1 inch while others report 0.35 inches at Holcomb areas. County totals show 14.06 inches year to date in Finney. Kearny County reports 1.80 inches near Lakin. Stevens County saw minimal showers. National Weather Service forecasts sunny western Kansas with highs near 89 to 90, slight Thursday showers, and a 30 percent chance of rain by Friday.
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Topeka
Kansas Air National Guard
Ed Malinowski
National Transportation Safety Board
Mike O'Toole
Shawnee County
O'Toole
Pamela
Shannon
Pittsburg
Pam O’toole
Joy Moser
Kansas National Guard
190Th
O’toole
Adjutant General
Dave Fulton
Garden City
Kansas
Jeff Long
Finney County
Jovita Baier
Baier
Sherlock Road
Holcomb
Kansas State Research and Extension Center
Kearny County
Stephanie Huser
Huser
Lakin
Stevens County
Liz Grewe
Grewe
J.C. Cantrell
Cantrell
Mary Knapp
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Knapp
Gray County
Cimarron
Becky Daniels
Gray County Public Works
Bob Clark
Finney
Clark
Ingalls
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Finney County Fair visits mix family fun and fear of animals
At the Finney County Fair families sample rides and exhibits while education specialist Stephanie Keller helps her daughter Courtney overcome animal fear. Visitors from Garden City Copeland Pierceville Chihuahua Mexico enjoy rib-eye, funnel cake, and a demolition derby as a local summer rite.
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Finney County Fair
Stephanie Keller
Kansas Children Service League
Courtney Keller
Keller
Kaylee
Robert Tomlin
Courtney
Robert
Frank
Marilyn Schmale
Garden City
Food Court
Lisa White
Copeland
Leyla Vieker
Pierceville
Katie Vieker
Jake Vieker
Vicker
Jeff Foreman
Baily
Ashley Foreman
Foreman
Erin Showers
Deerfield
USD 216
Police Beat: Youths Cited and Teens Detained on Fifth Street
Police logs show Ernesto Salinas, 18, cited for four counts of contributing to a minor in the 1100 block of North Fifth Street at 11:47 p.m. Also on Fifth Street Felix Martinez, 16, was arrested for curfew violation and released to Programs Assessment Treatment Habilitation. Others include Sergio Martinez 17 and Joshua Rincennes 17 arrested for curfew violations and released to PATH. Ronnie Rodriguez 15 arrested on North 10th Street. Jimmy Meyers 31 arrested on an arrest and detain order. Ross Geier 22 arrested for second DUI. Ruben Ortiz 22 cited for transporting an open alcohol container.
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Ernesto Salinas
E. U.S. Highway 50
North Fifth Street
Felix Martinez
Eighth St
Sergio Martinez
PATH
Joshua Rincennes
E. Laurel
Ronnie Rodriguez
N. 10Th St
Jimmy Meyers
Fleming St
Apt
East Bellevue Avenue
Community Corrections
Ross Geier
Campusview St
Apt. 2
North Second Street
Ruben Ortiz
Ulysses
Gibson St
Neighbors recount Lewis and Clark journey through memory
The Paasch couple retraces Lewis and Clark routes visiting Fort Mandan near Washburn Fort Clatsop near Astoria and the Great Falls. They highlight challenges the explorers faced including portaging keel boats and the harsh winter, and reflect on American freedom and safety today.
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Dave Paasch
Paasches
Lewis and Clark
Fort Mandan
Washburn
N.C
Great Falls
Mont
Fort Clatsop
Astoria
Ore
Big Falls
Gladys Paasch
America
Missouri River
Unused Kansas cars prompt budget concerns
In Kansas a review finds 500 underused state cars and 130 idle vehicles from 2002 and 2003 models worth over 2 million dollars idle in Topeka. Officials say these cars will be rotated out to replace higher mileage fleet vehicles as the state owns 8,661 total vehicles, about one for every five employees.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Department of Administration
Caleb Asher
Lawrence Journal-World
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