Banks Closed for Martin Luther King Jr Day Holiday
Several financial institutions shut Monday in observance of the MLK Day holiday including American State Bank and Trust Co Bank of the West Bank of America First National Bank of Holcomb Garden City State Bank Commerce Bank Landmark National Bank Western State Bank and People's State Bank along with Garden City and Finney County administrative offices and museum closing for the holiday.
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MLK
Martin Luther King Jr
American State Bank and Trust Co
E. Mary
N. Main St
Landmark National Bank
Western State Bank
E. Kansas Ave
S. Main St
People’s State Bank
W. Laurel St
Garden City
N. Highth St
Garden City MLK Day program to host John Bul Dau
Public Martin Luther King Day observance at Garden City Community College begins 10 a.m. Monday at the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. John Bul Dau, Lost Boy of Sudan and National Geographic Explorers Award recipient, will deliver the keynote. Free admission with a noon lunch in the Tedrow Student Center cafeteria. Also opening Finney County Museum exhibit “Gateway to the Arkansas Valley” by F. M. Steele detailing early 1907 beet sugar factory and irrigation era.
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Garden City
Dennis Perrymanthletic
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Cultural Relations Board
City of
Brookover
Th Tedrow
John Bul Dau
National Geographic
Sudan
Day
Martin Luther King Jr
Finney County Museum
Arkansas Valley
F. M. Steele
Francis Marion Steele
Garden City Co
Lee Richardson Zoo
S. Fourth St
According To
Great Plains
Eric Estes
Mike Estes
Bucklin Tractor & Implement
Estes Enterprises
Finney County Ems
Lakin Woman Faces Rare Disease Transfer to Mayo Clinic
Elizabeth Hughes 29, of Lakin, has battled a rare liver and blood disorder since 2001. Lifewatched to Mayo Clinic Rochester in critical but stable condition, with heart and liver failure and a clot in the right ventricle. Family members traveled to Minnesota as doctors study an illness once named after her at Mayo. A medical fund is set up at Kearny County Bank to assist with expenses.
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Mayo Clinic
Minnesota
Elizabeth Hughes
Kearny County Hospital
Rochester
Minn
David Hughes
Alvin Bergkamp
Danielle
Kearny County Bank
N. Main St
Lakin
Seizure Suspected in Garden City Crash at Campus Drive
Police say a seizure may have caused a crash near Kansas Avenue and Campus Drive. Steven Blickenstaff 57 drove a GMC Yukon with a trailer. Randy Partin 53 in a Ford Club Wagon, USD 457 employee, may have suffered a seizure. Both men were taken to St. Catherine Hospital with minor injuries reported for Blickenstaff.
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Campus Drive
Kansas Avenue
Garden City
Steven Blickenstaff
Randy Partin
Blickenstaff
Partin
USD 457
Michael Reagle
Beagle
St. Catherine Hospital
Commissioners to discuss Southwest Kansas transit coordination
Finney County and Garden City officials meet to review a plan placing Finney County Transit as a dispatch hub for Coordinated Transit District No 15. The session includes Margi Ness's mobility management insights and notes district-wide coordination challenges amid provider withdrawals.
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Garden City
Finney County
Finney
Dodge City
Wichita
Margi Ness
United We Ride
Pueblo
Colo
Margi
Burgardt
Kansas
Ness
KDOT
Kansas picked for biothreat lab at Manhattan campus
The Department of Homeland Security selected Kansas to host a 450 million National Bio and Agro Defense Facility at the Manhattan campus to study livestock diseases and develop vaccines. Construction starts 2010 with federal funding, aiming to open by 2015, replacing Plum Island Lab.
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Topeka
Department of Homeland Security
Kansas
Agency
Directorate For Science and Technology
Federal Record
National Bio and Agro-Defense
Manhattan, Kan
Plum Island
N.Y
Knights of Columbus drive raises funds for local charities
Knights of Columbus Council No 8491 collected nearly $7,000 during its October Tootsie Roll Drive and distributed it to Miles of Smiles Therapeutic Riding, R.E.A.C.H. in Dodge City, and area Special Olympics groups. Rick Taylor and Bruce Reichmuth noted community support and the candy fundraiser's local history since the 1970s.
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Knights of Columbus Council
Miles of Smiles
R.E.A.C.H
Dodge City
Rick Taylor
Knights of Columbus
Bruce Reichmuth
Candy Company
Kansas
Kansas State Council
Garden City
Alvin Komlofske
Dorothy Komlofske
Scotty Scott
Lakeside
Scott Lake
Scott
Jack Schmidt
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N. Ninth St
C. Barden City
Ehen
Ninth St
Kansas Department of Transportation
Great Plains Development Inc
Finney County Commission
Biothreat Lab
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Mississippi
North Carolina
Texas
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