City to look at board appointments by The Telegram
The Garden City Commission plans to appoint new members or extend terms for several city advisory boards at a 1 p.m. meeting at the City Administrative Center. Boards include Airport Advisory Board Alcohol Fund Advisory Committee Cultural Relations Board TM Environmental Issues Golf Advisory Board Landmarks Commission Local Housing Authority Parks and Tree Board Planning Commission Police Citizens Advisory Board.
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Garden City Commission
N. Eighth St
Golf Advisory Board
Landmarks Commission
Parks and Tree Board
Planning Commission
Police Citizens/ Advisory Board
St. Catherine Hospital to host Dr. Jerry Old talk
St. Catherine Hospital will host a 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday presentation by Dr. Jerry Old, chief medical officer for Hospice Care of Kansas and Missouri. He will discuss breaking bad news to patients, building therapeutic relationships, offering realistic hope, and handling end-of-life sadness, with funding from St. Catherine Hospice. a light dinner is served at 6 p.m. in the hospital’s second and third classrooms.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Jerry Old
Old
Kansas
Missouri
St.Catherine Hospital
Adoptable Cats at Finney County Shelter and Foster Homes
A large number of cats are available at the Finney County Animal Shelter and Finney County Humane Society Foster homes. Cats are spayed or neutered with a $28 adoption cost that includes a $16.50 prepaid rabies shot a $10 shelter fee and a $2 registration tag. For information call the shelter at 276 1152 or Carol at 275 8943.
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Finney County Animal Shelter
Finney County Humane Society
Carol
Finney County LEPC to Meet December 21
The Finney County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at 1 30 p m December 21 in Conference Room B at the Finney County Law Enforcement Center 304 N Ninth St The public is welcome The LEPC reviews the county s risk to emergencies writes and updates the all hazard plan and acts as local Right to Know contact For more information call 272 3639
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Finney County
Finney County Law Enforcement Center
N. Ninth St
LEPC
Garden City Luminary Event in Labrador Neighborhood
Garden City's Labrador neighborhood will host its annual luminary event from 6 to 6 40 p.m. on December 17. Areas included are Mary Street to the south Third Street to the west and Fleming Street to the east. The Old Fashioned Limo Service will be west of Bible Christian Family Life Center. Rides will be available with applicable charges.
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Garden City
Labrador
Mary Street
Third ‘Street
Fleming Street
Bible ‘Christian Family Life Center
Holcomb board to review state assessment results
Holcomb USD 363 board hears spring 2006 state assessment results with all district schools meeting AYP targets provisional. final Kansas numbers released Tuesday. Also on agenda Coca-Cola service contract review and 2007-08 calendar approval. office move noted and executive session planned.
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Holcomb Usd 363 Board of Education
Holcomb
Skip Landis
Kansas State Department of Education
State School Board
Coca-Cola Distributor Service
Kristy Ellis
Bill Biermann
Coca-Cola
Landis
Pepsi
Holcomb Elementary School
Christmas tree sales rush as season peaks
Stores report a surge in real and artificial Christmas tree sales ahead of Christmas. Home Depot, Bob Huber’s, Westlake Ace Hardware and Nichols Tree Farm all report brisk demand, with prices and preferences shifting toward convenience and traditional real trees. Kansas ranks 34th in U.S. production with 29094 trees in 2002. The National Christmas Tree Association notes major historical milestones from Riga in 1510 to the White House trees in 1966.
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United States
National Christmas Tree Association
Steve McNaughton
Home Depot
Kansas Ave
McNaughton
Bob Huber
E. Schulman Ave
Gary Bicket
Huber Produce
Bicket
Huber
Fraser
Fleming
Westlake
Dale Wilson
Wilson
Kendall Nichols
Nichols Tree Farm
Montezuma
Nichols
Kansas
Riga
Latvia
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Association
Finney County plans 2024 legislative platform meeting
Finney County commissioners begin a Monday discussion on the annual legislative platform with voter registration and juvenile justice cost sharing on the agenda. They will vote on a $50,000 in kind match for a Youth Services and Area Mental Health grant to expand mental health therapy and case management at local facilities over two years.
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Finney County
Finney County Commission
Youth Services
Julie Wright
Pete Olson
Hugoton School District Superintendent Resigns
Hugoton USD 210 superintendent David Self will leave at the end of the school year after a 5 0 board vote. Now in his sixth year, Self compares his tenure to a football coach's limited stay and hopes to work as an administrator in another western Kansas district.
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David Self
Hugoton Usd
Board of Education
Self
Hugoton
Comanche County
Coldwater
Kansas
Cally
Kansas Association of School Boards
Kline registers to vote in Johnson County for DA seat bid
Phill Kline is registered in Johnson County fueling talk he may aim to replace Paul Morrison as district attorney. Governor Sebelius urged GOP voters to choose a prosecutor based on credentials rather than politics as Morrison has held the post 18 years after switching to the Democrats to challenge Kline. Johnson County Republicans will pick Morrison’s replacement, raising the possibility of an unprecedented party switch.
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Phill Kline
Johnson County
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
GOP
Paul Morrison
Kline
Kansas
Morrison
Johnson En
Kansans For E
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Cultural Relations Board
Pyke
Dan Git
Holcomb High School
N. Jones
Holcomb Recreation Commission
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Stephanie Farley
Bob Huber Produce
County Administrative Building
Ninth St
Kaleb Kentner
Southwest Kansas
Scott Selee
Christina Britton
Tumbleweed Girl Scout Council
Finney County Fairgrounds
Sebelius
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