Garden City man jailed after hit and run crash
Finney County Undersheriff Nolan Atkinson said Michael J. Lawrance, 40, was driving a 1986 Plymouth west on E U S 50 when a 1979 Oldsmobile pulled from Jenny Barker Road and struck his car broadside. Lawrance fled but was later found at his home and released.
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Garden City
E. U.S. 50
Jenny Barker Road
Finney County
Nolan Atkinson
Michael J. Lawrance
S. Town’s Road
Olds
City to weigh water and sewer rate rise
City commissioners will consider raising water and sewer rates to help pay off $2 million in revenue bonds financing water and sewer system improvements. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. in the City Administrative Center and includes appointments to several advisory boards.
Tuba Christmas concert in Garden City Saturday
The High Plains Tuba Christmas Concert is at 1 30 p m Saturday at the Stevens Park band shell with tuba baritone and euphonium players from southwest Kansas. Participants meet at Garden City High School band room for registration at 10 a m. rehearsal from 10 30 a m to noon. fee eight dollars includes music and a button. The free concert invites public sing along and honors William J Bell the tubist born on Christmas Day.
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High Plains
Stevens Park
Kansas
Garden City
Dennis Conroy
William J. Bell
Benefit for Shane Hessman at Cimarron Elementary School Cafeteria
A benefit hamburger fry for Shane Hessman will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Cimarron Elementary School cafeteria. Hessman, a 1990 Cimarron High School graduate, was injured in a one vehicle crash about six weeks ago and remains hospitalized at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita with ongoing leg pain and anticipated further surgery. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hessman.
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Cimarron
Shane Hessman
Hessman
Cimarron High School
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Fred Hessman
Shane
Jerry Hessman
Fire kills Devon woman in rural Bourbon County blaze
A rural Devon home fire early Sunday killed 50 year old Marie Thomas who lived alone in the residence. Firefighters arrived around 6 a.m. to find the house engulfed in flames in Bourbon County northwest of Fort Scott.
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Devon
Marie Thomas
Fort Scott
Bourbon County
Market update from Garden City Co op and Dow Jones figures
At noon grain prices showed Wheat at 5.0 cents, Soybeans at 5.53 and Corn around 2.24. Schwieterman Inc noted Chicago Live Beef futures with Dec Feb Apr contracts near 80.60 76.97 76.80. Dow Jones average stood at 2596.29, up 6.19.
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Garden City Co-op
Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Edward D. Jones Inc
Dow Jones
Scott City donor earns ninth gallon pin from Red Cross
A 68-year-old Scott City woman Helen Elliott received a 9-gallon pin after donating blood at the Red Cross Bloodmobile at the William Carpenter 4 H Building. Donors exceeded the 150 unit goal by one, with Elliott at 72 pints since beginning in 1952. Everett Lindenmuth led Scott County donors with 75 pints, followed by Dunagan and Cotton near seven gallons. Elliott quips about “cheating” when donating outside Scott City but notes strict limits of every 57 days.
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Scott City
Red Cross
Helen Elliott
Route 2
William Carpenter
Joyce Battles
Blood Services
Elliott
Garden City
Kentucky
Scott County
Preston Dunagan
Don Cotton
False alarms at Garden City jeweler alarm upsets officials
Patterson Jewelers faces scrutiny after 37 false burglar alarms since December 3, tying up two officers per call for about 15 minutes each. City Manager Halloran and Police Captain Wojdylak pressed owner Dick Patterson to fix the nightly issue, with talks of reining in alarms and possible ordinance changes after the new year.
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Garden City
Bob Halloran
Stan Wojdylak
Patterson Jewelers
N. Main
Wojdylak
Patterson
Halloran
Dick Patterson
Wichita
Motorcyclist decapitated in field entrance wreck
In Topeka, Kurt Bartell a 23 year old motorcyclist died when he rode into a cable strung across a gate to a northeast Topeka wheat field. Coroner or sheriff investigator Cpl Rodney Tibbits said ownership of the field and the cable position were not confirmed. Neighbors Daryl Price and Roxanne Mack witnessed the event and said the rider was traveling about 40 to 50 mph.
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Topeka
Kurt Bartell
Rodney Tibbits
Shawnee County
Price
Roxanne Mack
Bartell
Park Service faces funding rift over national significance standards
Park Service officials clash with lawmakers over budget use and the role of designating sites as nationally significant. Congress approved 251 million for construction despite a request for 80 million, prompting concern that funds divert from existing parks. Figures discuss shifting emphasis toward economic development and the impact on local sites and trails like the Pony Express and Santa Fe Trail system.
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Bob Dole
Basley
Park Service
The
Congress
James Ridenour
Bush
Ulysses S. Grant
St. Louis County
Grant
Missouri
White Haven
Linderer
Wilson Lake
Russ Townsley
Russell Daily News
Dole
Townsley
Lake Wilson Development Association
Diplomacy by chance as Soviet students visit Topeka
A Topeka High School student returned a lost purse containing 120 dollars, sparking three weeks of informal diplomacy as 12 Kharkov students and two sponsors visited Topeka. The group, part of the US USSR School Partnership Program, will return home today after a week in Kansas.
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Topeka
Topeka High School
Soviet Union
Kharkov
Ukrainian Republic
Ussr
Topeka High
Kansas collects near 3 million more tax revenue in November
The state posted almost 873.5 million in revenues for the first five months of the budget year, narrowly above the 870.4 million forecast. Officials caution one month of data does not prove a healthier economy as retail and corporate taxes rose while mineral severance and individual income taxes lagged. Deferred payments and January receipts could shape the full picture, with December sales and the Christmas season key indicators.
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Topeka
Legislative Research Department
Richard Ryan
Ryan
Lakin couple blend sewing singing in family business
Pepper and her daughter run a sewing and retail venture in Lakin while Pepper sings with her husband’s band, Jack Pepper and the Rhythm Rangers. The family emphasizes strong bonds, three sons, and shared life on the road and at the co op service station run by her husband.
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Pepper
Jack Pepper
The
Rythm Rangers
Lakin
Jack R
Jon
Jason
Wohlenhaus
Bill
Lobo Cattle Feedyard
Garden City
J.T
Sara Rose
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