Open House week for Garden City schools and charity raffle
Garden City hosts multiple open houses at Edith Sheuerman Elementary, St Mary, St Dominic, Buffalo Jones, Georgia Matthews, and more with varied times this week and next. A Fry Eye Associates fundraiser raises 1615 for Family Crisis Center via raffle and bake sale, with many local donors and prizes including a Regan’s Jewelry diamond ring and other gifts. Mayor Tim Cruz will draw winners Friday at Fry Eye Associates as proceeds go to Lana Christensen.
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Garden City
Edith Sheuerman
Wilcox St
St. Mary
St John St
St. Dominic
JC St
Buffalo Jones
Taylor Ave
Georgia Matthews
Johnson St
Charles O. Stones
Jennie Barker
Fry Eye Associates
We Care
Family Crisis Center
Lana Christensen
Tim Cruz
Walnut St
Regan
Furniture Mart
Linenberger Jewelry
World Trade Center
C&d Moving
Hopkins
Hopkins Optometry
RT Sporting Goods
Garden Anesthesia Services
Commerce Bank
Legends Salon
Ehresman’s
Oil Express
Plaza Inn
J.C. Penny
Total Concepts
Totaly Racing
Commission seeks changes after error inflates home value
Riley County Commissioners told Appraiser Sam Schmidt to propose changes to prevent a recurrence after a property near Kansas State University was inflated from 59,500 to 200,059,000 dollars. They asked for a list of measures already in place or planned since the error was found.
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Manhattan
Riley County
Kansas State University
Sam Schmidt
Schmidt
Warm weather returns to Kansas with possible storms
The National Weather Service forecasts very warm temperatures across most of Kansas in the coming days with scattered thunderstorms possible through Friday. Tuesday night’s outlook shows storms in western and central Kansas with temperatures dipping to the lower 60s in the west and lower 70s in the east. Road condition hotlines listed as 1 800 585 7623.
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Topeka
Kansas
National Weather Service
School board lukewarm on college joint project stadium plan
USD 457 board questioned Garden City Community College priority list including a new stadium and performing arts center a greenhouse and tree farm to aid local entities and culture awareness training. Board urged CEO level discussion while noting Memorial Stadium commitments and possible harm to local business from plant growth.
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The
Community College
USD 457 Board of Education
Ed Rutter
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Rutter
Memorial Stadium
Jeff Crist
Crist
Mike Utz
Utz
Milt) Pippenger
Phi
County delays EMS tower decision on KDWP land
Finney County Commission deferred a decision on keeping the EMS repeater on a tower owned by Kansas Wildlife and Parks. They weighed costs to move, demolish, or rent space on another tower, with estimates up to 15,000 for demolition and 4,200 yearly rent, while exploring moving the tower off KDWP land. The panel may seek alternative options and a Sower District grant item was approved. Next meeting September 9 due to Labor Day.
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Emergency Medical Services
Kansas Wildlife and Parks
Finney County Commission
EMS
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
KDWP
Wildlife and Parks
Irv Stephens
Stephens
Finney County Sheriff and Public Works
Commission
Sower District No. 3
Max Morgan
Mind reader Carter thrills Garden City crowd at college gym
Christopher Carter toured the Theater of Thought at Garden City Community College, showing mind reading tricks that rely on body language, ideomotor cues, and psychology. Audience members including Greg Goree and La Shawn Phillips described surprising, sometimes personal demonstrations.
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Garden City Community College
Christopher Carter
Carter
Theater of Thought
Cleo
Greg Goree
GCCC
Goree
Shawn Phillips
Phillips
Ryan Ruda
Kansas
Alaska
Ruda
Illinois
Arkansas
Donna Linton
Meredith Schuster
Schuster
Garden City High School
Sheila Crum
Crum
Gccc Student Government Association
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Bill Graves
Kathleen Whitley
Gerald Bell
Pierceville
Plymell
Fatal Sins
David Steele
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