Nominations Open for GCHS Hall of Fame Inductees
The Garden City High School Hall of Fame Committee invites nominations for 2012 inductees. Nominations due by 5 p.m. March 9 to the Educational Support Center, 1205 Fleming Street. Inductees to honor past graduates and serve as role models. two selections, one Finney County resident and one nonresident. Roy Cessna with contact at 805-7014 or rcessna gckschools.com.
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Garden City High School Hall of Fame
Garden City High School
N. Main Street
Garden City Public Schools
Fleming St
Finney County Public Library
E. Walnut St
Educational Support Center
Fleming Street
Garden City
Kansas
Gchs Hall of Fame
Finney County
GCHS
Roy Cessna
Rcessna
Gckschools
Extension irrigation workshop planned for January 12
The Southwest Research Extension Center hosts an irrigation management workshop on January 12 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at 4500 E. Mary St. Whitey Whitehill and a team of Extension specialists will present yield research, crop price outlooks, irrigation insurance requirements, and a KSA decision making tools demonstration. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Call 272-3670 for details.
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Southwest Research Extension Center
E. Mary St
Whitey Whitehill
Finney County Agricultural
KSA
Garden City Arts Annual Meeting Scheduled
Garden City Arts will hold its annual meeting at 5 30 p m on January 17 at ArtsCenter on Main 318 North Main Street.
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Garden City Arts
ArtsCenter
Main
N. Main St
Rooks County Sheriff Bonds Out of Jail
Rooks County Sheriff Randy Axelson was released on a 45000 bond after a brief court hearing in Hays. He is under GPS surveillance while facing suspicion of distributing methamphetamine following his Friday arrest by Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents.
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Axelson
Kurt Kerns
Wichita
KDHE approves Seaboard hog farm wastewater permit in Greeley County
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment granted a wastewater permit allowing Seaboard Foods to pursue a facility potentially housing 144000 hogs. Public comment followed a December 6 meeting. issues included odor and water use. The plan features clay-lined pools and odor controls, with 25 percent of water rights used and runoff stored for fertilization. Local officials anticipate growth despite some opposition.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Seaboard Foods
KDHE
Seaboard
Don Owens
Christy Hopkins
Unified Greeley County
Greeley County
Hopkins
Bureau of Water
Terry Medley
Garden City man released after 1998 Florida murder case error
Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue says Pedro Resendiz-Villeda faced dismissal of charges in an alleged Sept. 7, 1998, shooting at El Presidente Club after a clerical error disposed of evidence without checking for another defendant. Jose Segovia had pleaded guilty to attempted voluntary manslaughter in 1998. Residnez-Villeda was arrested in Sumter County, Florida, and released after the case was dismissed.
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Garden City
Florida
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Pedro Resendiz-Villeda
N. 13Th St
Criti
Cally
Mario Monge
el Presidente Club
Bascue
José Segovia
Resendiz
Mexico
Segovia
Resendiz-Villeda
Monge
Stellar Year Ahead for Stargazers in 2012 Events
Astronomers forecast a busy sky in 2012 with three meteor showers including the Quadrantids and Geminids, plus planetary views of Jupiter Venus Mars and Saturn. An annular sun eclipse and the rare Venus transit set 2012 apart, with the transit not repeating until 2117. Cosmosphere staff urge viewing, aided by binoculars or a telescope as needed.
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Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Earth
Sun
Caleb Gimar
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Man dies after attempting to intervene in street confrontation
Bradley J. Wellbrook 30 known as B J Wellbrock stepped in to calm a dispute in the 2500 block of West Wildwood early Sunday morning. He was stabbed in the chest during a fight with 8 to 10 of the other man’s acquaintances and died at Via Christi Hospital. Christopher Cervantes 21 was arrested nearby on suspicion of second degree murder.
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Bradley J. Wellbrook
Wellbrook
West Wildwood
Meridian
31St Street South
Randy Reynolds
Wellbrock
Reynolds
Francis
Christopher Cervantes
MacArthur
Seneca
Sedgwick County
Kansas professors recall Rainier shooting victim young ranger
Margaret Anderson 34, a Kansas State University fisheries and wildlife graduate and Fort Hays State University biology master’s student, was killed while trying to stop a car at a Rainier National Park checkpoint. Professors describe her as friendly, driven, and deeply committed to protecting U.S. natural resources.
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Salina
Mount Rainier
Kansas
Margaret Anderson
Benjamin Colton Barnes
Anderson
Fisheries and Wildlife Management
Kansas State University
Fort Hays State University
Karen Hickman
Fort Hays
Salina Journal
Bryce Canyon National Park
Utah
Hickman
Oklahoma State University
U.S. Natural Resources
Fort Hays State
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Don Kaufman
Kansas State
Kaufman
John Blair
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