County to hear Sunday liquor sale request
Finney County Commission will hear a request to allow Sunday liquor sales in unincorporated areas. J and J Oil Co may remodel its Jones Avenue gas station near Garden City into a travel plaza with a liquor store. A charter resolution and 60 day protest period are required, with Tuesday meeting at 9 30 am at the County Administrative Center.
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Finney County Commission
City of
Holcomb
Garden City
J&j Oil Co
Jones Avenue
N. ‘Ninth St
Keller ‘Leopold Insurance
City to discuss KDOT Connecting Link grants
Garden City Commission will consider applying for Kansas Department of Transportation City Connecting Link Improvement Program funds for fiscal years 2019 and 2020. Agenda items include updating the Trap Neuter and Release ordinance, replacing 50 golf carts at Buffalo Dunes, extending city water to Industrial Drive, funding Downtown Development at 115 Grant St, adding public art at 208 S Main St, and easements for Wheatland Electric at the old city landfill. A 1 pm meeting at the Administrative Center is planned with a premeeting at 11 am featuring Police Chief Michael Utz.
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Garden City Commission
Kansas Department of Transportation City
City
Eighth St
Kay Gillespie
Buffalo Dunes
Grant St
S. Main St
Wheatland Electric Cooperative
Highway 88
Michael Utz
KHP launches high visibility seat belt campaign with SAFE
The Kansas Highway Patrol and local agencies join Seatbelts Are For Everyone in a two week enforcement and education drive. The program targets teens and young adults, noting 13 high schoolers died in 2015 crashes and that 40 percent were not belted. Kansas DOT cites long standing efforts to boost teen seatbelt use from 61 percent in 2008 09 to 85 percent in 2015.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas
Wichita
Kearny Grant
Haskell
Gray
Mark Bruce
KHP
Kansas Department of
KDOT
Grass fire burns 30 acres near town in CRP fields
Garden City firefighters battled a Thursday grass fire that started in a CRP field south of town, burning three fields and damaging five Whitfield Electric power poles. Crews with four trucks and eight personnel responded at 3:27 PM and contained the blaze by 5:55 PM with no injuries reported. The cause remains undetermined.
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Burnside Drive
Garden City
Whitfield Electric
Obituary Mary Lou Salter 96 Garden City resident dies
Mary Lou Salter 96 died Friday February 17 2017 at St Catherine Hospital Garden City. Born January 12 1921 in Montrose Colorado she taught in Gunnison Washington State and Russell before moving to Garden City in 1961. Survived by granddaughter Shan O’Hara son Steve Salter five grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Funeral 3 p m Sunday at Garland Funeral Home with graveside at Valley View Cemetery Memorials to Finney County Humane Society or Finney County Public Library.
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Mary Lou Salter
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City
Montrose
Colo
Russell
Mary Girardo Hauser
Colorado Women's College
Denver
Western State College
Gunnison
Homer Salter Jr
Coupeville
Wash
Fry Eye Clinic
Meals On Wheels
Shan O'Hara
Lawrence
Steve
Terry Salter
McPherson
Garland Funeral Home
Valley View Cemetery
Finney County Humane Society
Finney County Public Library
Funeral Home
Seventh St
Garnandfuneralhomes.com
Norton Ulysses resident Karl Norton dies at 66
Karl L Norton 66 of Ulysses died February 15 2017 at his home. Born August 8 1950 in Hutchinson he graduated Liberal High School in 1968. He owned Ulysses All Pro Auto Parts and is survived by two sons and a daughter plus three grandchildren. A life celebration is 3 to 5 pm Sunday at Ulysses All Pro Auto Parts. Arrangements by Garland Funeral Home in Ulysses Kansas.
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Ulysses
Karl L. Norton
Hutchinson
Richard Edward and
Leah Christina Spitze Norton
Liberal High School
Lakin
Garden City man in fair condition after cement truck crash
A Garden City man Benny Sena remains hospitalized in Wichita after crashing his cement delivery truck in Kearny County near County Road Y and Road 110 on January 30. He was airlifted by helicopter to Via Christi Hospital St. Francis and was reported in critical condition on February 8. He is improving and listed as fair condition Friday.
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Zach Olson
Garden City
Kearny County
Wichita
Via Christ Hospital
St. Franks
Benny Sena
Sena
Via Christi Hospital St. Francis
Finney County Museum to close Monday for President's Day
Finney County Historical Museum at 403 S Fourth St will be closed Monday in observance of President's Day. Regular hours resume Tuesday.
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Finney County Historical Museum
S. Fourth St
Senator Roberts to tour Garden City campus
U S Sen Pat Roberts will visit Garden City Community College at 9 45 a m Tuesday as part of a tour across Garden City Topeka Wichita and Manhattan during a multi city swing through Kansas campuses and cities.
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Sen. Roberts
GCCC
Pat Roberts
Garden City Community College
Garden City
Topeka
Wichita
Manhattan
Kansas Lottery Draws Reported for Pick 3 and Mega Millions
Friday results show Pick 3 day 09 8 and 09 2 with 7 Kea and 89 White 10 19. Mega Millions numbers listed as 4 56 58 67 158 with Megaplier 5.
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