Garden City Piano Recitals and Local Meetings Highlight Weekend
Garden City Piano Teachers League hosts two Sunday recitals at Garden Valley Retirement with first group at 1 p.m. featuring Lydia Rijfkogel and others, taught by Jean Ellington, Clara Frazier, and Linda Rishel. Second recital at 2 p.m. lists Maddy Christner and peers, with teachers Linda Adams and Zina Amante. Also, Finney County Genealogical Society meets Saturday at Plaza Inn for a Dutch treat luncheon and sharing a genealogy book. The Western Plains chapter of the Kansas Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers meets Sunday at Memorial Building in Lakin with sign up at 1:30 p.m. and program at 2 p.m. free admission. call Elmer Grubbs at (620) 355-6410 for details. A carry-in dinner follows with a brief business meeting and dues payable.
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Garden City
Piano Teachers League
Garden Valley Retirement
Lydia Rijfkogel
Margaret Baughman
Alyssa Greenlee
Luke Rijfkogel
Lauren Miller
Trace Woods
Keaton Larsen
Eli Woods
Kevin Bowen
Michael Tarwater
Mary Maxwell
Lindsey Alexander
Tiffany Hands
Andrew Zoschke
Jean Ellington
Clara Frazier
Linda Rishel
Maddy Christner
Theresa Amante
Rosaleen Amante
Kendall Rice
Nicolas Rice
Cassie Glenn
Janelle Rice
Leotin McClelland
Johnna McClelland
Breanna Gottschalk
Lauren Lohfink
Raegain Staab
Kaitlyn Dohogne
Jocelyn Zauche
Linda Adams
Zina Amante
Finney County Genealogical Society
Plaza Inn
Kansas Ave
Western Plains
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Four Wichita Firefighters Hurt In North Home Blaze
An early morning fire in a north Wichita home injured four firefighters. Three were treated and released, one admitted. The blaze started in a detached garage converted to a recreation room, linked to an improperly installed woodburning stove and single-wall pipe. Investigators ruled the fire unintentional, causing about $20,000 damage.
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Wichita
Brad Crisp
Wichita Fire Department
Crisp
Detective shoots himself at Wichita gun shop
A Sedgwick County detective was seriously wounded after accidentally discharging a 9 mm gun while trying a holster at the Bullet Stop in Wichita. The eight year veteran was hit in the left leg, lodged behind the knee, and expected to recover. authorities did not release his identity.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Sam Houston
Houston
Rise in dog fighting worries Lawrence shelter chief
Lawrence Humane Society director Midge Grinstead reports nine scarred pit bulls in the city shelter amid growing concern that dog fighting appeals to youth. Officials note prosecutions remain infrequent despite bans, with signs of street fights and a broader underground economy linked to the practice.
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HNL
Midge Grinstead
Lawrence Humane Society
Glenna Walker
Dodge City
Walker
Sakachi
Iowa
Louisiana
Texas
Sakach
Humane Society
Kansas Animal Health Department
Debra Duncan
Kansas Animal Facilities Program
Kansas
Duncan
Grinstead
Santa Weekend Santa Appearances Hit Garden City Holcomb
Winter Santa visits planned with guest appearances across Garden City and Holcomb. Saturday events include Red Stocking Breakfast at Lone Star Steakhouse in Garden City from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., a Christmas parade down Main Street, and a Holcomb Santa stop from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday photos at Commerce Bank and carriage rides downtown. Funds support Kansas Children’s Service League and community charities.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon
Kansas Ave
Kansas Children’s Service League
Kansas
Wichita
Westlink Communications
Scheppner
Security Savings Bank
Pappa’s Concrete
Davis Electric
Cimarron
Main Street
Finney County Fairgrounds
Hackberry Street
WenDee LaPlant
Garden City Area
LaPlant
Holcomb Recreation Commission
Wiley
American Red Cross
Commerce Bank
N. Main St
Grant Avenue
Chestnut Streets
Western State Bank
City to discuss using vacated Holcomb Elementary space
Holcomb city officials floated options to utilize 26 000 square feet of the vacated north end of Holcomb Elementary School. Council members stressed talks would be exploratory and invited Holcomb USD 363 Superintendent Skip Landis to present further.
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Holcomb
Jamie Jarnagin
Skip Landis
Holcomb Usd 363
Landis
Dennis Lauer
Ron Schreibvogel
Kansas to unveil new state slogan via teaser campaign
Kansas Commerce launched a teaser email directing readers to think kansas dot com where a tornado image unfolds to reveal a January tagline. The state image task force will unveil the motto on January 7, based on research with surveys of out of state attitudes and travel writers and business consultants.
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Kansas Department of Commerce
Commerce
Sally Lunsford
Thinkkansas
Kansas
Lunsford
Medicine Lodge
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