Police warn businesses of fund-raising scam
Garden City police warn local businesses about a fraudulent drive soliciting $20 to support a basketball team named the Garden City Lightning. The team is not connected to the YMCA, the Recreation Commission, or any other group. Businesses told to verify by obtaining a name, phone number, the playing organization, and confirmation from that organization.
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Garden City Police Department
Garden City Police
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Garden City Lightning
Utz
Garden City
YMCA
Garden City Recreation Commission
Shooting targets Garden City home. no injuries reported
Garden City police investigate a shooting at a front picture window of 1608 St. John St. between December 29 and Monday. Owner Rico Ross, 22, was away. no damage estimate or gun caliber known. Call GCPD at 276-1300 or Crime Stoppers at 275-7807 with tips.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
St. John St
Utz
Rico Ross
Garden City Police Department
Lane County Historical Society Annual Meeting and Dinner
Lane County Historical Society schedules its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the American Legion in Dighton. Tickets cost 12.50 dollars, available from the society or any committee member. Gary and Margaret Kraisinger will present on The Western Cattle Trail 1874 1886, coauthors of The Western Greatest Texas Cattle Trail.
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American Legion
Dighton
The
Historical Society
Historical Society Committee
Otiher
Gary
Margaret Kraisinger
Kraisingers
Dodge City
Kansas
Lane County
Westerncattletrail.com
Humane Society meeting set for Thursday at CCC
The Finney County Humane Society will hold its annual meeting at 7 p m Thursday in the Endowment Room of the Beth Tedrow Student Center at Garden City Community College 801 Campus Drive. A buffet will cost 8 per attendee and attendance does not require membership.
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Finney County Humane Society
Beth Tedrow
Garden City Community College
Campus Drive
Musical Seuss the Loose aims for young performers
The Garden City Recreation Commission offers winter musical theater classes taught by Music Director Mary Lou Hays and Theater Director Mark Hays. Two age groups preschoolers and kindergartners, and elementary students through fourth grade attend. Eight-week sessions cost 26 dollars with Arts Angels scholarships available. Register at the recreation building or by phone with Visa.
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Mary Lou Hays
Community
Mark Hays
Reation Commission
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Hone
Trustees review scaled back Garden City Front Door plan
Garden City Community College trustees will examine a slimmer two story Front Door design with an estimated cost near 3.1 million and a 5 year lease with KUPK TV to support a new broadcasting program. They will also review trailer updates at East Garden Village and bids, insurance quotes, and utilities program participation. They expect rental sharing with USD 457 the city Finney County and St Catherine Hospital. The group meets at 5 45 p m on Wednesday in the Endowment Room at the Beth Tedrow Student Center.
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Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
GCCC
Carol Ballantyne
Gccc General Fund
Ballantyne
Kupk-Tv
E. Schulman Ave
Clayton Tatro
USD 457
Garden City
Finney County
St. Catherine Hospital
East Garden Village
E. U.S. Highway 50
Kansas Association of School Boards’ Kansas Joint Utilities
Otters Join Kansas Waters Exhibit At Lee Richardson Zoo
Lee Richardson Zoo unveils North American river otters, introduced Thursday, in the Kansas Waters display. Visitors can view them underwater from the riverbank styled exhibit and stair access offers a top view. The next feature is the swift fox exhibit, funded by Friends of the Zoo with private donations, estimated at 340000 dollars, to be completed in weeks as part of the Americas section.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Kansas Waters
Dan Baffa
Baffa
Friends of the Lee Richardson Zoo
Kathy Sexson
Americas
EMS receipts rise but lag charges in Finney County year end
Finney County EMS reports 2004 receipts of 280 247 dollars, 49 percent of 576 700 in charges, up from 2003 269 211 dollars but below total charges of 439 715 dollars. EMS calls fell by 300. billing reforms and Medicare timing noted. Ambulance issues include a battery switch fire in Linn Missouri and a shift to a heavier Osage chassis. County commissioners approve a zoning change at 9540 Mennonite Road from agriculture to residential amid flood plain debate.
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Finney County
Bob Prewitt
Irv Stephens
Prewitt
EMS
Medicare
Linn
N. Mennonite Road
Holcomb
River Road
Jerry Davis
Cliff Mayo
Alan Fankhauser
Stephens
Roman Halbur
Planning Commission
Ken Parks
Cornerstone Professional Services
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Halbur
Kansans Rally For And Against Same Sex Marriage Amendment
Hundreds gathered at the Statehouse in Topeka to support and oppose adding a same sex marriage ban to the Kansas Constitution as Senate leaders plan a swift vote this week. About 300 in the rotunda supported the amendment while roughly 200 protested outside. leaders aim to place the issue on the April 5 ballot with a Feb 11 deadline for passage.
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Statehouse
Kansas
Senate
Wichita
Central Christian Church
Wright
Kansas lawmakers eye education equality in minority push
In Topeka and Wichita ceremonies, Delia Garcia and Elsa Uhlrich were sworn in as one of the state’s first Mexican American legislators and Finney County clerk respectively. Garcia urged connecting minority communities to state government while advocates push a racial profiling training bill for law enforcement to curb bias and close the achievement gap.
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Wichita
Delia Garcia
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Elsa Garcia
Uhlrich
Finney County
Jim Garcia
House
Senate
Danielle Dempsey- Swopes
Kansas African-American Affairs Commission
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