Roundup Safety seminar on airport survival planned
A safety seminar titled How to Survive on Your Airport will be held at 7 p.m. September 5 in the Flight Deck Restaurant at Garden City Regional Airport. Hosted by the airport and Wichita Flight Standards District Office, the free workshop requires no reservations and is open to the public, especially airport users. For details, call Wayne Neese or Bruce Allred.
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Garden City
Wichita
Wayne Neese
Bruce Allred
Health Department announces Tuesday clinic closure brief
Finney County Health Department says the walk in clinic will be closed from 8 am to 6 pm Tuesday for Head Start screenings. The WIC program remains open and appointments may be kept.
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Finney County Health Department
Back to School Night at Bernadine Sitts Center
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center hosts Back to School Night from 7 to 8 30 p.m. Monday. Parents gather in the cafeteria for general information meet staff and tour the building to receive teacher updates. Refreshments and cookies follow the tour.
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Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Bernadine Sitts
Former child actor Taran Smith moves to Lawrence Kansas
AP reports former Home Improvement child star Taran Noah Smith, now 33, and his wife moved to Lawrence, Kansas last week and stay with an attorney after lodging an affidavit of common law marriage. He fights his parents over access to a $1.5 million trust fund and plans to buy a home.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Taran Noah Smith
California
Smith
Garden City man stabbed during billiards hall altercation
A 23 year old Garden City man was stabbed four times in a fight outside Goodtimes billiards hall at 1917 W. Jones. Nicholas Norton is in intensive care at St. Catherine Hospital with stab wounds to the left abdomen and leg. Suspects include Gordon Anderson Keith Atkinson and Matthew Stratton. Stratton was arrested for aggravated battery after a knife used in the attack was found at his home. Anderson and Atkinson were charged with battery and aggravated battery respectively.
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Garden City
Nicholas Norton
St. Catherine Hospital
Mike Utz
Utz
Norton
Gordon Anderson
Keith Atkinson
Matthew Stratton
Goodtimes Billiards
W. Jones
Anderson
Atkinson
Stratton
Shortline seeks tax relief to fund track repairs
Rick Webb of Watco asks a legislative committee for a $500000 annual tax credit for 20 years to repair Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad track from Salina to Osborne and other corridors. Critics say the credit favors railroads, while supporters warn lines risk abandonment without funding. Watco plans $60 million in private investment amid eight derailments and buckling tracks.
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Topeka
Shortline
Rick Webb
Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
Kansas
Webb
Watco
Senate
Ed McKechnie
Salina
Osborne
Great Bend
Colorado Line
Larned
Kingman
Pratt
Coats
South Kansas & Oklahoma
Idaho
Washington
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Tom Whitaker
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
FarmCo Co-op
Tribune
Co-Op
Omnitrax
Firefighters urge Fill-the-Boot drive for Muscular Dystrophy
Garden City firefighters will stand in streets from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. collecting donations to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Lt. Jim Morris says 25 to 30 locals seek a $6,000 goal, noting Kansas is a leading fund raiser and donors often receive stickers.
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Garden City
Garden City Fire
Jim Morris
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Morris
MDA
Kansas
Main
Fulton Streets
Fleming Street
Kansas Avenue
Fleming and Mary Streets
Wal-Mart
Newborn gaur calf makes first appearance at Zoo
The Garden City Zoo welcomed a newborn male gaur calf from India on a Tuesday at 5 15 p.m. The calf, about the size of a big calf with blue eyes and red hair, arrives under a long term loan from Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. Mother: 11 years old, father: 4 years old. SSP breeding plan aims to maintain genetic diversity for healthy captive populations. The calf will be in the Wild Asia exhibit at least through spring. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Kathy Sexson
Sexson
Omaha
Henry Doorly Zoo
India
Southeast Asia
Garden City
Omaha’s
Garden City’s
Agencies add 30 new agents to Courtney drug case
Federal authorities expand probe into millionaire pharmacist Robert R. Courtney by adding 30 agents and support staff as they pursue violations beyond the 20 count indictment. Courtney faces up to 196 years in prison and $5 million in fines if convicted on all charges.
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Kansas City, Mo
FBI
Jeff Lanza
Robert R. Courtney
Courtney
Lanza
Jean Paul Bradshaw
Bradshaw
U.S
Kansas City
Corpo
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