Fire damages fairgrounds building at Finney County Fairgrounds
Fire Chief Allen Shelton said an unoccupied livestock building at the Finney County Fairgrounds suffered extensive damage Saturday night. Garden City firefighters responded at 9 49 p m to 408 Lake Ave west of the grandstand arena and worked until 12 30 a m Sunday. The building stored wood shavings for animals, no animals were inside, and the cause and damage amount were under investigation.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Allen Shelton
Garden City
Lake Ave
Grandstand Arena
Shelton
Corvettes Wanted for 50th Anniversary Show in Hugoton
The Gas Capital Car Club seeks Corvettes for the 11th Annual Show in Hugoton celebrating Corvette’s 50th year. About 25 entries have joined a weekend lineup with group photo, Best of Show for each generation, Poker Run, receptions, dinner dance, and a Sunday church service. Proceeds benefit local charities.
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Gas Capital Car Club Show
Gas Capital Car Club
Hugoton
Corvette
Neil Gillespie
Gillespie
Red Cross
Ronald McDonald House
Hugoton Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Chamber Schedules Tuesday Plaza Hotel Meeting
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce will continue a series of Kansas Express listening meetings at noon Tuesday at the Plaza Hotel. The Kansas Express gathers economic concerns from small to large businesses across the state, with The Kansas Chamber headquartered in Topeka.
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Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Express
Plaza Hotel
Kansas Ave
Kansas Chamber
Topeka
Kansas Gas Service rate deal would add 45 million a year
TOPEKA AP Kansas Gas Service Inc first proposed, and the Kansas Corporation Commission staff and CURB agreed, to file an agreement that would raise annual rates by 45 million dollars. The commission already holds a rates hearing slated for Tuesday and must rule by September 29. CURB represents residential customers and small businesses. Road condition hotline listed.
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Topeka
Kansas Gas Service Inc
Kansas Corporation Commission
Citizens’ Utility Ratepayers Board
KCC
CURB
Back to School as Area Districts Open Doors
Area students head back with supplies and outfits as districts prepare staff and学生 for the new year. Garden City USD 457 staff hear mission statements focusing on No Child Left Behind progress and classroom impact as half and full days begin across the region.
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Garden City
Jim Lentz
USD 457
Lentz
Garden City High School
Clifford Hope
Holcomb
Ulysses
VA bracing for patient boom at Kansas City center
The Kansas City VA Medical Center has seen a 44 percent rise in patients over three years and planners project a doubling over the next decade. A new hospital wing is urged for cardiology, orthopedics, labs, and X rays, but no construction plans are approved yet. Nationally, VA enrollment has surged from 2.9 million in 1996 to 6.8 million, with 380,000 more expected this year.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Carlos Escobar
Kansas City
Department of Veteran Affairs
Congress
Ronald Conley
American Legion
Medicare
Shari Grewe
Grewe
Anthony Principi
Conley
Day on the Farm delights urban youths at Goessel farm
Hundreds of youngsters visited Carol Duerksen and Maynard Knepp’s Goessel farm for Mennonite Agri Urban’s Day on the Farm. They fed and petted piglets and chicks, kissed a donkey, and watched a sow give birth to eight piglets. The event links urban donors to agriculture benefiting Bethel College and Mennonite Church USA.
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Kansas
Katie Clanton
Newton
Katie
Taylor Morris
Kingman
T.J. Powell
Hutchinson
Jack
Knepp
David Esau
Esau
Alexander Goossen
Goessel
Crystal Michel
Smith Center
Michel
Charlotte Hagaman
Hillsboro
Rachel
Grace
Linda Rowland
Mennonite Agri-Urban Inc
Bethel College
Western District Conference
Mennonite Church USA
Garden City couple wins 100000 on Powerball Quick Pick
Bill and Norma Ragel of Garden City matched Powerball numbers after late news and claimed a 100000 prize in Topeka. Taxes reduce the payout to about 68000. the couple plans to invest the windfall while continuing their retirement. The ticket was bought at Mirastar in Garden City. the store earns 1000 for selling it.
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Garden City
Bill
Norma Ragel
Topeka
Bill Ragel
Ragel Monument
Norma
Parsons
Bob Garnand
Garnand Funeral Home
Garden City Ambulance Service
Garland
Monument
Ragel Monument Co
Fifth St
Ragel
Denver
Carma Harman
Georgia Matthews
Jureta Ragel
Tecumseh
Brenda Mann
Norton
Mirastar
Kansas Ave
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Fleming St
Deerfield
Dighton
Healy
Moscow
Satanta
USD
Cimarron
Scott City
Copeland
Stanton County
Lakin
Montezuma
Tribune
Scott
Sublette
Lee Cramer
House Doctor Inc
Fulton Terrace
Kathy Hanks Banks
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