Teens nabbed in Garden City BB gun vandalism case
Garden City police arrested three Holcomb teens Luke Sinnett Craig Rodby and David Pacheco Magallenes after they allegedly shot out windows of six vehicles and a home in southwest Garden City. Damage estimated at 2100. Officers found BB gun and cartridges in a white van in North Sixth Street after a 11 53 p m call.
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Holcomb
Garden City
Gibson Auten
Luke Sinnett
S. Lynch
Craig Rodby
Oldweiler
David Pacheco-Magallenes
Santa Fe St
North Sixth Street
Auten
St. John Street
North 10Th Street
Santa Fe Street
Area senior centers honored for work
Four area senior centers are among 16 recognized by the Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging as 2003 Focal Point Centers. They include the Senior Center of Finney County in Garden City, the Wichita County Senior Center in Seoti, the Grant County Senior Center in Ulysses, and the Scott County VIP Center in Scott City. Centers must meet 12 program standards across outreach, management, supportive services and education, plus show expansion or enhancement in those areas.
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Southwest
Hays Arts Council seeks entries for regional photo show
The Hays Arts Council calls for entries to its 20th annual five state photography exhibition from Kansas Colorado Nebraska Missouri and Oklahoma. Entry forms due January 30 at the council gallery by February 2. Cash awards total 1500 across nature people and open categories. Contact Brenda K. Meder at 112 E 11th St Hays KS 67601 or (785) 625-7522. Website www.haysarts.org.
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Hays Arts Council
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Brenda K. Meder
11Th St
Hays
Haysarts.org
Principal Voices Southwest Opens Open Auditions in Garden City
Principal Voices Southwest, a ten member a cappella vocal ensemble based in Garden City, invites singers for open auditions. The group covers Medieval Renaissance spirituals and choral jazz. Auditions accompany a concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at Kadees coffee break 210 E Spruce St featuring Christmas songs with Kay Logan at the piano. Contact Gretchen Talitha at 620 675 2250. ROAD CONDITION HOTLINE 1 800 585 7623.
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Principal Voices Southwest
Garden City
Kadees
Spruce St
Kay Logan
Gretchen Talitha
Leoti Uses Home Rule to Hire City Clerk
Leoti Kansas explores charter ordinance to hire Renee Geyer as city clerk by broadening residence rules for appointed officers. City seeks protest window of 61 days with potential special election if petitions meet 10 percent of voters. Local attorney notes several towns use home rule to widen applicant pools.
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Leoti
Bob van Norden
Renee Geyer
Geyer
Wade Dixon
van Norden
Charla Douglass
Renee
Seon
Kim Gulley
Kansas League of Municipalities
Topeka
Tangled Snow Drifts Slow Southwest Kansas Roads
A winter storm left snowpacked and icy highways across southwest Kansas. A two vehicle crash on U S Highway 83 north of Sublette injured several, with one rider in intensive care. Officials report variable snowfall totals from four to five inches in parts, and wind-driven drifts complicated measurements. Forecasts call for sunshine today, with another system possible Friday reaching the area.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
U.S. Highway 83
Sublette
KHP
Raul Escobedo
Great Bend
Escobedo
Joseph Hernandez
Hobart
Okla
Hernandez
St. Catherine Hospital
Sherry Malloy
Joey Washington
Rachel Adamson
April ‘Hernandez
Kansas
Frederick Kruse
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Liberal
Garden City
Kruse
Scott City
Finney County
Kearny County
Robert Campbell
Deerfield Elevator
Deerfield
Campbell
Stanton County
Bed tax debate shows limited consensus and open questions
Officials and stakeholders clash over a proposed two percent bed tax increase funding zoo and tourism. While some urge permanent, dedicated funds, others argue for broader taxing options and caution about impact on hotel occupancy and regional visitors.
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Kreutzer
Calue Remschner
Finney County
Zoo Advisory Board
Reynolds
Tim Myers
Best Western Red Baron
Wheat Lands
Ing
Mark Salyer
Best Western Red Baron Hotel
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
Baffa
Zoo
Manhattan
Salyer
River restoration plan moves toward feasibility study
Garden City residents urged city commissioners to clean the river area amid illegal dumping and drug concerns. The plan includes a U.S. Corps of Engineers feasibility study slated to take about a year, with options to proceed or opt out after completion. A citizens committee may be formed to explore river restoration and recreation, and details will align with the engineer's study.
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Garden City
Carole Corley
Corley
Bill King
Kansas
Ruthie
Lance Rupp
Dennis Hemmert
Sagebrush Estates
Finney County Sheriff's Office
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Dave Brown
Reynaldo Mesa
Jeff Whitham
Matt Allen
U.S. Corps of Engineer
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Brad Nading
Remschner
Bob Kreutzer
Tatro Plumbing
Debbie Reynolds
Mosaic
Cincinnati
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