Holiday closings for offices and banks in Garden City area
Many government offices banks libraries and schools in Finney County close for Christmas with limited hours Monday around noon. Institutions include Garden City post offices Finney County Public Library Garden City Community College Holcomb Public Schools and Fort Hays State University center among others with resumption dates noted.
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Garden City
Finney County
Finney County District
Garden City Recreation Commission
Holcomb City
Holcomb Post Office
Finney County Public Library
American State Bank & Trust Co
Bank of America
Bank of the West
Commerce Bank
Farm Credit of Southwest Kansas
First National Bank of Holcomb
Garden City State Bank
Golden Plains Credit Union
Landmark National Bank
Security Savings Bank
Western State Bank
Lee Richardson Zoo
Finney County Historical Museum
Garden City Community College
Garden City Public Schools
Holcomb Public Schools
Fort Hays State University Higher Education Opportunity Center
Holcomb Recreation Commission
Sebelius seeks replacement after Morrison scandal
Governor Kathleen Sebelius says Kansans should move past the Morrison sex scandal and focus on selecting a new attorney general to serve the remaining three years of Paul Morrison's term after he steps down at the end of January. She praises Morrison as a long-time public servant.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Paul Morrison
Morrison
Johnson County
Soldier to face court martial in bar stabbing case
A 23-year-old specialist Latoya Pitts will face a court martial for fatally stabbing her ex-boyfriend Specialist Antonio Ortiz outside a Manhattan bar in October. Fort Riley officials say a military judge will set the court date after an Article 32 hearing with 18 witnesses. Ortiz and Pitts reportedly argued inside the bar before the fight continued outside.
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Manhattan
Fort Riley
Latoya Pitts
Antonio Ortiz
Ortiz
Pitts
Parkinson denies knowing Morrison affair in Kansas AP report
Lt Governor Mark Parkinson says he did not know about Attorney General Morrison's sex scandal until just before it became public. He notes his 20 year friendship and legal work for Morrison, while GOP leaders question whether he hid information to influence party outcomes. Morrison plans to resign January 31.
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Topeka
Mark Parkinson
Paul Morrison
Morrison
Parkinson
Kathleen Sebelius
Phill Kline
Christian Morgan
Fort Hays to house Kansas Mathematics and Science Academy
Fort Hays State University won the bid to house the Kansas Mathematics and Science Academy for gifted high school students. Officials aim to open by August 2009 if funding from the Legislature is secured, with dorm accommodations for several dozen juniors and seniors. The piece also notes questions about handling the attorney general position and a state senator’s power outage experience amid high fuel costs.
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State Board of Regents
Fort Hays State University
Fort Hays State
Kansas Mathematics and
Christine Downey-Schmidt
Garden City churches plan Christmas Eve services
Garden City churches announce Christmas Eve and related services across several houses of worship. First Southern Baptist Church hosts an 8 p.m. candle drama A Christmas Prayer, Presbyterian holds 7 p.m. service, Fellowship Baptist offers 5 p.m. Sunday service, and Church of the Brethren schedules a 7 p.m. candlelight. Other events include Orthodox Christian Mission Station royal hours morning and liturgy, St Mary Catholic Church Christmas Masses in English and Spanish, First Christian candlelight at 7 p.m., Nazarene 6 p.m. Christmas Eve, and Garden Valley Retirement Village 6:30 p.m. service in the chapel.
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Garden City
First Southern Baptist Church
N. Third St
Presbyterian Church of
Texas St
Fellowship Baptist Church
First St
Church of the Brethren
Eighth St
Three Hierarchs Orthodox Christian Mission Station
Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce Fine
St. Mary Catholic Church
John St
First Christian Church of
N. Seventh St
Church of the Nazarene
Campus Drive
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Bicycles for Garden City kids funded by Waste Connections drive
About 75 additional bicycles will be distributed in Garden City after Christmas to children in need through the Salvation Army toy drive. Waste Connections Inc. donors and employees, aided by vendors, coordinated and funded this year’s effort, totaling over 3,100 bikes nationwide and boosting local donations beyond prior years.
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Garden City
Salvation Army
Waste Connections Inc
Laura Fry
Waste Connections
Ron Mittelstaedt
Mittelstaedt
Iraq
Afghanistan
Fry
Craig Lurtz
Lurtz
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