Labor Day Schedule for Garden City Holcomb Offices
Garden City and Holcomb city offices closed Monday along with Garden City Finney County Animal Shelter Finney County offices Garden City YMCA Garden City Recreation Commission Finney County Public Library closed Saturday Sunday Monday Garden City USD 457 offices closed Monday Holcomb USD 363 offices Garden City Community College closed Monday Finney County Community Learning Center closed Monday Garden City Regional Airport offices and restaurant closed Monday All flights on schedule Garden City Telegram will not publish a newspaper post office open with no counter or delivery Holcomb post office no window service building open Richardson Zoo open to public Public works will pick up trash on commercial routes Monday not residences.
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Holcomb Post Office
RETHINK Child Development Training Offered at Garden Valley
Upcoming sessions help parents understand child development stages and manage challenging behaviors. The program runs September 10 17 and 24 from 6 30 to 9 30 p m at Garden Valley Church 1701 N Third St with a $12 single or $15 couple fee including a Rethink manual materials and child care Registration closes September 5 at the Finney County Extension Office for more information call Nancy or Janet at 276 5194.
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First alpaca born at Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City
The first alpaca ever born at Garden City’s Lee Richardson Zoo arrived Monday. The newborn female and her mother are healthy and displayed in the South American Pampas exhibit near flamingos. Alpacas, native to South America, are related to llamas and camels and known for wool.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
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Peru
Chile
Argentina
Pampas
Grant County arrests Garden City man for drugs
Grant County officials arrested 34 year old Elder Rosales of Garden City after he allegedly supplied undercover officers with 29 pounds of marijuana. Police seized 35000 dollars in drugs and 9700 in cash from his mobile home along with 300 grams of cocaine and 55 grams of methamphetamine. Drug paraphernalia was found and Rosales faces trafficking charges in Grant County and likely possession charges in Finney County. Assistance came from Kearny County and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Rosales
Ulysses
E. U.S. Highway 50
Finney County
Grant
Finney Counties
Kearny County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Heat claims life of Kansas City man at Penn Valley
A 70-year-old man died from heat related causes while waiting for a parking spot. Health officials said a co-worker found his body in a van at Penn Valley Community College after he failed to attend a scheduled meeting.
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Kansas City
Festival for the Mexican Wolves Fundraiser at Lee Richardson Zoo
Volunteers from Friends of the Lee Richardson Zoo Mexican Fiesta Committee Cultural Relations Board and LULAC host Fiesta para de los Lobos on the west lawn from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday to raise funds for a Mexican wolf exhibit. The event features tacos from LULAC McDonald’s and Pizza Hut donations Latin Heat and Ritmo Latino music face painting and a pinata. The zoo partners with Fish and Wildlife Service to breed wolves once extinct in the wild since 1980 and release them. Roads to the zoo will close during the fundraiser while visitors may walk in.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Lydia Gonzales
Sexson
Federal Fish & Wildlife Service
Fish & Wildlife Service
Weekend ethnic festival lineup lights up labor holiday
Garden City hosts a Vietnamese dance and music festival at the Plaza Hotel Sunday with The Destiny band from Dallas and comedian Quoc Bao. Proceeds benefit multiple Vietnamese associations. Also this weekend Lee Richardson Zoo hosts Fiesta para de los Lobos to raise funds for the Mexican wolf exhibit, plus a Saturday picnic. Heart of America carnival runs tonight through Sunday in City, wristband pricing. Johnson Party After Prom fund raiser Friday. Stanton County events include a Pitch Party Saturday and a Friday quilting class taught by Elsie Campbell.
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Grand Ballroom
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Quoc Bao
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Vietnamese Catholic Association
Vietnamese Baptist
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Stanton County
SCR
Stanton County Senior Center
Elsie Campbell
Soaring gas prices may close Farmland refinery
Gasoline prices climb prompting fears a Farmland refinery shutdown in Coffeyville could push prices higher. Negotiators for Farmland and unions say there is no strike talk, negotiations proceed well, and a contract vote could come as soon as Friday evening. Plant manager Keith Osborn calls a strike unlikely. union negotiator Mike Blake confirms no strike authorization vote and no mediator involvement yet.
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Wichita
Coffeyville
Keith Osborn
Osborn
Mike Blake
Former Garden City resident convicted of murder in Wichita
Juan Viurquez, 30, was found guilty by a Sedgwick County jury of intentional second degree murder for shooting his friend Gilberto Holguin in February at Viurquez’s Wichita home. Former Garden City High School student and friend Matt Scheeter recalled Viurquez leaving the area after graduating in 1990 and noted Viurquez believed he would be released before the verdict.
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Sedgwick County
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Matt Scheeter
Viurquez
Garden City High School
Gilberto Holguin
Scheeter
KU Graduate Student Found Dead in Pool in Apparent Accident
In Lawrence a 23 year old University of Kansas graduate student Georgie Athial of Olathe was found at the bottom of a Cedarwood Apartments pool around 11 p.m. Tuesday by a security guard. Police say it appears to be an accidental drowning and an autopsy in Topeka is planned to determine the cause.
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University of Kansas
Cedarwood Apartments
South Lawrence
Georgie Athial
Olathe
Athial
Topeka
Abandoned Puppies Seek Homes in Local Ad and Radio Appeal
A public appeal runs in The Telegram offering free six week puppies. Rick Everett of KIAL broadcasts their plight while Frances Gillan helps temporarily shelter two females and one male. They hope adopters are found before the Sandr deadline. the shelter notes state euthanization rules and ongoing efforts to spay or neuter adopted pets.
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KIAL
Frances Gillan
Everett
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Gillan
Bob Barker
Casanova
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Karen Casanova
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