Pond and Garden Tour Debuts in Garden City Sunday
The Garden City Area Pond Association hosts its annual Pond and Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Attendees may visit ponds and gardens on their own schedule and chat with owners. Maps are available at local businesses and chambers of commerce. For details, call 276-0700.
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Garden City Area Pond Association
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Dillons
Garden City Travel Plaza
High Plains Public Radio
Prairie Wind Aquatics
Ward’s Garden Center
Western Kansas Broadcast Center
Garden True Value
J&m Paint & Decorating
Tropical Arena
Westlake Ace Hardware
Wharton’s Garden Center
Fiesta Scholarship Pageant seeks contestants at Garden City
Organizers invite women ages 17 to 21 who have lived in Kansas six months to apply for the 2010 Fiesta Scholarship Pageant part of the 84th Garden City Fiesta. The queen coronation is Sept 10 at Garden City Community College auditorium. The winner earns a $1000 scholarship and advances to Miss Kansas. contact Micaela Madrid Calvillo at 620 290 5125. Events continue Saturday with a Main Street parade and live music at Stevens Park ending with a dance at Finney County Exhibition Building.
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Garden City
College
Main Street
Stevens Park
Finney County Exhibition Building
Kansas parole absconders located in four days
A four day state effort by the AG office KBI and Corrections resulted in 42 arrests of 21 parole absconders in Topeka Wichita and Kansas City. Those arrested had criminal backgrounds spanning crimes with no open violent crime investigations. As many as 185 paralees aren’t meeting parole conditions including contact with officers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Steve Six
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Department of Corrections
Wichita
Kansas City
Six
City to continue noise ordinance discussion
City commissioners plan to keep dialogue on clarifying the city wide noise ban as waivers from residents and businesses continue. They considered start and end times, reviewing 2009 22 waivers and 28 this year, while noting inconsistency in approvals and the vague subjective nature of the ordinance.
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Garden City
James Hawkins
Hawkins
Matt Allen
Commission
Allen
Nancy Harness
Sumner County backs casino plan near Wellington
Sumner County Commission votes 3 0 to endorse Global Gaming LLCs 255 million Wellington Kansas Turnpike exit casino proposal. Harrah s Kansas and Peninsula Gaming Partners seek Mulvane site approvals, while Wellington is favored for infrastructure and local support. Public session drew mixed views and past failed attempts are noted.
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Wellington
Oklahoma
Kansas
Sumner County Commission
Global Gaming LLC
Kansas Turnpike
Global Gaming
Ada
Okla
Harrah
Peninsula Gaming Partners
Mulvane
Harrah’s
Dubuque
Iowa
Peninsula Gaming
Kwch-Tv
Sumner County
Jim Newell
Chisholm Creek Casino Resort
Park City
Wichita
Missouri appeals court upholds Aquila Great Plains deal
The Missouri Western District Court rejected arguments that regulators should have barred the Aquila sale to Great Plains Energy in 2008 over vendor gift policies and potential improper meetings. The panel affirmed the merger, noting customer savings and efficiency gains from the consolidation of Kansas City Power & Light and Aquila networks.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Missouri
Aquila Inc
Kansas City
Great Plains
Western District Appeals Court
Kansas
Kansas City Power & Light
Aquila Network
Chuck Caisley
Caisley
Jefferson City
Dave Woodsmall
Kcp&l
Commission
Woodsmall
Lewis Mills
Aquila
Great Plains Energy
Public Service Commission
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State Supreme Court
Eric Rucker
Phill Kline
Johnson County
Rucker
Supreme Court
Open For
Laribeth Claro
Serafin Claro
B.O.B
Abe Hubert
Alexus Rodriguez
Aquila-Great Plains
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