Tumbleweed festival shines with musicians storytellers and surprises
Garden City hosts a lively Tumbleweed festival featuring puppeteers magicians and storytelling along with walking foam dinosaur props and food stalls. Veteran organizer Dave Sweley retires to Salina as performers like Wayne Francis Eric Vaughn Terry Quiett Band Tia McGraff and Tom Paxton highlight a diverse lineup in a family friendly outdoor setting.
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Salina
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Tumbleweed
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Aaron Underwood
Rod Baker
Garden City
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Words and Thoughts: a children’s Spirit book by Laubach
First published work by Laubach explores spiritual life with essays on death intuition and life’s questions for kids. She used dummy drafts to test readers and chose Outskirts Press for self publishing. The book stresses power of words to shape behavior and reduce bullying.
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Fire kills Leonard Coates. family left with total loss
Leonard Coates, an Army veteran born in Garden City, perished in a fire sparked likely by an electrical short in his wheelchair lift. His sister Annette and Kyle Grissom’s sister Lynette remain displaced as the home is a total loss. A memorial fund at Bank of the West and USD 457 Garden City nutrition services have been set up to aid the family. The blaze was reported at 1 40 a.m. Firefighters found Coates on the porch with Annette actively spraying the flames. He was hospitalized and later flown to Wichita for care. Authorities will review the cause with the state fire marshal.
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Kansas
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Kyle Grissom
Bank of the West
USD 457
Kenneth Henderson Middle School
Kennedy ally hints at convention address plan
Democrats craft opening night as Obama campaign releases an ad mocking McCain with a Bush hug montage set to a parody tune. McCain supporters counter with an ad featuring a Clinton ally urging fellow Democrats to back McCain despite past loyalties.
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McCain
Bush
Clinton
Platinum Gas Saver claim faces federal review
Federal Consumer Protection confirmed the fuel saving described in this paid ad. The Platinum Gas Saver by Boston National Fuelsaver Corp claims a 22 percent mileage increase by introducing platinum vapor to the engine. Independent testing reportedly shows greater savings, with patent-backed claims on carbon cleaning and octane, and a call center number for details.
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Federal Consumer Protection
Boston National Fuelsaver Corp
Joe Robinson
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