Holcomb city clerk resigns after eleven years
Gay Ross resigns as Holcomb city clerk effective December 31 after nearly 11 years. The position attracted 30 applications, narrowed to four for interview next Tuesday. Mayor Ivan Myers notes Ross will assist with transition while a new clerk is chosen. Two rape prevention seminars December 10 and 13 in Garden City feature local agencies, KBI and Wichita experts.
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Gay Ross
Holcomb
Ivan Myers
Myers
Ross
Garden City Area
Family Crisis Services
Criminal Justice Department
Garden City Community College
Finney County
Elk’s Lodge
Kansas Plaza
Wichita Area
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
St. Catherine Hospital
Larry Morris
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Linda Morgan
Thefts at mobile homes and holiday charity event noted
Two thefts were reported with items valued at 363 dollars taken from a trailer at H and E Well Service on Summit. A separate theft at H and H Trailer Village involved 750 dollars in valuables. A December 19 charity party for western Kansans in nursing homes will be at the Dodge City Civic Center, funded by private contributions and Gibson stores.
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H and E Well Service
Summit
Darren R. Pedersen
H and H Trailer Village
Dodge City
Gibson Stores
Owen Chaffin
Dale Northern
Garden City
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Briar Hill Manor
First National
Fidelity Savings
Bank of the Southwest
Bloodmobile visit at GCCC touted as best ever
The Fall 1982 Bloodmobile campus visit to Garden City Community College drew 143 donors, exceeding a 100 unit goal by giving 128 units with 15 deferrals. Donna Kennedy, GCCC nursing director and Bloodmobile chairperson, called the event the best yet. The Nursing Department won the campus organization trophy with 22 donors.
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Garden City Community College
Donna Kennedy
GCCC
Pigs Respond To Gentle Handling In Study
Australian scientist Paul Hemsworth told the University of Illinois Pork Industry Conference that pigs handled softly grow faster and reproduce better. In trials across 12 Dutch farms pigs treated roughly showed 5 to 6 percent slower growth. gently treated males had larger testicles and more sperm, and females conceived nearly three times as often.
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Champaign, Ill
Paul Hemsworth
Animal Research Institute
Werribee
Australia
Hemsworth
University of Illinois
Pork Industry
Committee calls report shallow in Neese recall probe
Scott City officials report Kansas Sheriff's Association investigation into Sheriff Wayne Neese as incompetent and not performing duties was shallow. Mel Jamison says investigators did not thoroughly search for evidence. The recall petitions remain 69 signatures short of a vote.
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Mel Jamison
Jamison
Harris News
KSA
Scott County
George DeWitt
Lonnie Hanzlick
Hanzlick
DeWitt
Sheriff's Association
Sheriff McCue Repayment Seen For County Funds
Kearny County officials prepare to determine how much McCue must repay after allegedly cashing U S Treasury drafts paid for jail operations. Estimated repayment likely 3000 to 4000 dollars, covering checks dated 1977 to 1981. No charges filed. investigation by Kansas Bureau of Investigation and AG documents reviewed. McCue resigned in 1981 and now sells cars in Auburn. Jim Jarboe appointed to fill sheriff vacancy.
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Jim Jarboe
Garden City
Court upholds multiple Kansas murder and arson convictions
The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the murder and arson convictions of Danny Eugene Crump for the 1980 Olathe house bombing that killed six, and upheld James Crump’s first degree murder conviction for the 1980 shotgun slaying of his half brother. The court also ordered a new trial for Glen R. Shepard on involuntary manslaughter/self defense questions and ruled that mandatory firearm sentencing does not apply to attempted crimes.
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Kansas City
High Court
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Christen Hobson
Crump
Olathe
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Kay McFarland
Glen R. Shepard
Joseph Burnfin
Johnson County
Shepard
Burnfin
Kansas
Supreme Court
Charles B. Smith
Smith
Jamie Coulter
Coulter
Frank Miesbauer
McPherson County
Maximo C. Echevarria
Pedro Machado
Russell L. Hornsby
Bernice Savage
Wichita
Brian K. Littlejohn
Harold Dennis
Tornadoes and floods sweep through Midwest states
A December wave of tornadoes and severe storms ripped Arkansas Missouri and Illinois killing six people injuring more than 140 and leaving hundreds homeless. Flooding reached waist high in some homes and 30 feet in streets as rivers rose. one person died in a Chicago area traffic crash and up to three were missing in Normal Illinois. Forecasters blamed a cold front meeting warm air for the outbreak and noted the event was unusually late for the season.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
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Markets and livestock update from Dodge City and Garden City
Market quotes from Heinold Securities and Heinold Commodities led by the Dow Jones at 1041.66 up 8.56. In Dodge City Western Kansas feedlot sales were slow with few slaughter steer and heifer transactions. Confirmed sales totaled 1,400 steers and 1,900 heifers amid light demand.
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Heinold Commodities, Inc
Dodge City Livestock
Dodge City
Kan
Kansas
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