Water park cluster triggers cryptosporidiosis cases
KDHE reports 39 people sick after visiting Dodge City Water Slide park. Now 13 of 18 in a group show infection with cryptosporidiosis, a highly contagious parasite spread via contaminated water and fecal matter. Symptoms include diarrhea dehydration weight loss cramps fever nausea vomiting. Prevent spread by hygiene and not sharing utensils, avoiding swimming for two weeks after symptoms end.
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Community Theatre auditions for Barefoot in the Park
The Garden City Recreation Commission invites auditions for a fall 2005 production of Barefoot in the Park. Auditions run August 29 to 31 from 7 30 to 10 p m at 310 N Sixth St. Director Mark Hays seeks six adults plus two minor parts for Corie Paul Mrs Banks Mr Velasco and two extras. Scripts available at the activity center. call Hays at 276 1200 for details.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
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Corie
Paul Bratter
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GCRC
Hays
America’s Cover Miss and Cover Boy Pageant Set for Sept 10
A preliminary beauty pageant and baby contest will be held September 10 at the Holiday Inn Express, 2502 E. Kansas Ave. Unmarried girls from newborn to 25 and boys from newborn to 3 will compete for crowns trophies prizes and state finals discounts. Registration begins at noon and the event starts at 1 p.m. Thunderstorms swept Kansas with hail and high winds and a reported tornado, but no deaths or injuries were immediately reported. In Barton County, sheriff's dispatcher Paula Lloyd said a tornado and straight-line winds damaged trees and signs west of Great Bend and left parts of the city without power Friday afternoon.
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Holiday Inn Express
Kansas Ave
Kansas
Barton County
Sheriff’s
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Great Bend
Kline
National
Sex Offender Public Registry
District of Columbia
Police stress communication in tracking sex offenders statewide
Garden City police captain and Finney County officials discuss gaps in tracking sex offenders across state lines. Oregon-registered offenders moving to Kansas were not known until arrest, prompting calls for interstate data sharing, clearer accountability, and a statewide audit launched by Attorney General Kline. Kansas lists 60 offenders in Finney County with 52 in Garden City, while 54 of 190 statewide were noncompliant in the audit.
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Mike Utz
Finney County
Oregon
Utz
GCPD
Kevin Bascue
Sheriff’s Office
John Andrews
Lee Roy Martinez
Martinez
Phill Kline
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Sex Offender Registry
Holcomb
Gray
Scott
Scott County
Glenn Anderson
Scott City
Gray County
Ingalls
Montezuma
Kansas
Wyandotte
Sebelius to tour Kansas communities next week
Governor Kathleen Sebelius will travel through south central, southwest and northwest Kansas visiting more than nine communities to talk about education health care and the economy. The swing includes book readings library and school visits and comes as campaign stop activity for the 2006 gubernatorial race.
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Topeka
Hns
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Statehouse
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Sebelius
House
Doug Mays
Joe Aistrup
Kansas State University
Aistrup
GOP
Dennis Jones
Lakin
South Central
Southwest
Stauth Memorial Museum
N. Aztec St
Montezuma
Grant County
E. Grant St
Ulysses
USD 214
S. Baughman
Sullivan Elementary School
W. Nebraska
Hamilton County Library
W. Ave. C
Syracuse
Greeley County High School
W. Lawrence
Tribune
Melven O. Kutler
Broadway
Office
Dennis Hawver
Ozawkie
South Pacific
Hawver
Richard Rodewald
Lawrence
Inmate death review credited with improving jail safety
A Kansas policy examining deaths in custody gains praise for boosting accountability and training changes while facing tweaks to focus on suspicious deaths. The program reviewed 42 deaths in 2005 with most from natural causes, some due to personal crises, accidents, or hunger strikes, prompting law changes and ongoing debate on effectiveness.
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Topeka
Sonny Scroggins
Scroggins
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Coffey County
Randy Rogers
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