Balloon Classic seeks volunteers this weekend
The Garden City Hot Air Balloon Classic requests 20 to 30 volunteers for launch preparations. Shifts run 6:30 to 8 tonight, 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday. A crew meeting is at 6 tonight at the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce, 1511 Fulton Terrace, with details and guidelines provided. Call 276-3264 or visit gardencitynet/chamber for information.
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Garden City
Chamber
Gardencitynet
Lee Richardson Zoo to Close for Gala Prep
The Lee Richardson Zoo will close to the public on September 8 while the Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo staff and volunteers prepare for the evening gala “A Wild Affair” which starts at 5 30 p m. For details call the Zoo Development Office at 276 6243.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
Friends of Lee Richardson ‘Zoo Development Office
Dinamite Dinosaur Story Hour Opens in Lakin
The Kearny County Public Library at Main and Prairie in Lakin begins a six week story hour themed Dinamite Dinosaur for ages 3 to 5. Sessions run Mondays and Wednesdays 2 to 3 pm or Fridays 10 to 11 am from Sept 17 to Oct 26. Sign up at the library or by calling (620) 355-6674.
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Kearny County
Main
Prairie Streets
Lakin
Cleanup at Barton Solvents Plant Enters New Phase
Valley Center AP Workers at the Barton Solvents plant begin cutting up and removing large storage tanks destroyed in an explosion that forced evacuations for the town of 6000. Company president David Casten called it an important next step as investigators from the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board continue analysis of equipment at the site.
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Wichita
Randy McClure
U.S. Chemical ‘Safety and
Woman who beat ALS dies at 61 in Arkansas City
Delores Glaze, once thought to have Lou Gehrig's Disease and silent for nearly two years, resumed talking and lived a miraculous recovery before dying at 61. The Kansas patient was hailed as a second such surprise recovery at Medicaledge North Post Acute Care Center in south central Kansas.
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Arkansas City
Delores Glaze
Lou Gehrig
Glaze
Medicaledge North Post- Acute Care
Kansas
Lakin Marine Isaac Cardenas Featured on Military Channel
Former Lakin resident Isaac Cardenas is featured on the Military Channel program War Wounds Home and Still Fighting. The piece covers his Iraq service near Fallujah, shrapnel injuries, medical retirement April 28, and his postwar transition while his family and unit’s fate are highlighted.
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Isaac Cardenas
Iraq
Cardenas
Kansans
Ismael
Cardenas Brothers
Naval Academy
Marine Corp
Fallujah
Isaac
Germany
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Maryland
Corp For
Life saving driving tour teaches sober reaction to drunken driving
Students at Lakin and Deerfield high schools took part in the National Make a Difference Save a Life Tour. A driving simulator showed how alcohol impairs reaction time and judgment. Deputies and school staff promoted prevention through D.A.R.E. and community support, hoping to reduce future DUI incidents.
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Alex Anderson
Lakin High School
Karen Anderson
Anderson
Deerfield High School
Grant County Civic Center
John Garvey
Chris Geysbeck
Geysbeck
Randy Combs
Kearny County
Lakin
Deerfield
Combs
USD 215
Ron Overeem
Kearny County Commission
Alisha Rains
Kansas AG files friendly lawsuit on casino law
Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison filed a friendly lawsuit over a new gambling law to prompt the state Supreme Court to allow the first US resort casinos. The suit argues the plan risks insufficient state involvement despite a 1994 ruling that broadens the term lottery to include casino games. Morrison says the action is to press for a quick ruling and to clarify the pathway for casino investment.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Lottery
Paul Morrison
Supreme Court
Morrison
Kearny County GOP reorganizes after stalled district links
Celia Beymer was elected chairwoman as Kearny County GOP members sought a reorganization to restore representation at district and state levels. Robin Jackson noted a limited window for reorganizing county central committees between the August primary and 14 days after the November general election, which had not occurred previously, leaving a hole in 69 county representation. Beymer and fellow committeemen pressed for chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer elects, with Beymer aiming to fill vacancies and restore delegate continuity.
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Celia Beymer
Scotty’s
Lakin
Congressional District Committee
Jackson
Randy Duncan
1St Congressional District Republican Committee
Kearny County
Beymer
Jere
Lakin Township No. 1
Beymers
Duncan
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Sfarley
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