SAHC 2007 Membership Drive Dinner in Garden City
The Southwest Arts and Humanities Council kicks off its 2007 membership drive with a 7 p.m. January 30 dinner at Garden City Community College. An Italian buffet opens at doors with guitarist Wes Wagner performing. Tickets are $12, reservations at 260-9700. Six Community Arts awards will honor Robin Valenzuela Kandee Klein Sue Tiffany Wanda Stallings Justin Fogelman and Amy Warfield.
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Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Garden City Community College Student & Community Services Center
Wes Wagner
Robin Valenzuela
SAHC
Kan
USDA commodities slated for Finney County distribution
USDA commodities will be distributed Tuesday from 10 to noon at the Senior Center of Finney County 907 N 10th St and 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salvation Army 216 N Ninth St. Items include wheat bran cereal beef stew peanut butter green beans apple juice dry kidney beans and shelf stable 2 percent milk bring your own box. A 2007 commodity card must be presented and may be obtained by providing income and residency proof for all household members. For more information call 272 3620.
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USDA
Finney County
10Th St
Salvation Army
Ninth St
Kansas Eyes Biodefense Plant Move to State
Kansas officials plan to push for a multimillion dollar National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas. A state team led by Kansas Bioscience Authority chief Tom Thornton will coordinate with former U S leaders including Dan Glickman and John Carlin. The facility would employ about 250 scientists in a 500000 square foot plant valued at 451 million dollars with a biosafety level 4 lab near Fort Leavenworth and Manhattan sites. The project would be operated by Homeland Security, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services departments to combat foreign animal diseases and those affecting humans.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Tom Thornton
Kansas Bioscience Authority
U.S. Agriculture
Dan Glickman
John Carlin
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Manhattan
Leavenworth
U.S
Fort Leavenworth
U.S. Homeland Security, Agriculture and Health and Human Services Departments
Wichita Couple Donates 1 Million to Humane Society
Wichita area donors Wink and Libba Hartman gave 1 million dollars to the Kansas Humane Society to help fund a new animal care center. George Fahnestock noted the gift boosts the drive to raise the remaining 3.7 million toward a 9 million goal for the capital campaign.
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Wichita
Kansas Humane Society
Wink
Libba Hartman
Sedgwick
Butler County
The
Humane Society
Libba
Wink Hartman
George Fahnestock
State funds boost immunizations and Smart Start grants
Grant renewal increases to 569,228 dollars, aiding Finney County programs. United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries expands immunization hours at Holcomb and Victor Ornelas Elementary. Smart Start of Southwest Kansas serves 13 counties, including Finney, Grant, and Seward, with aims to improve 0 to 5 health and school readiness. Deanna Berry notes Smart Start as fiscal agent for Russell Child Development Center. Rebecca Clancy says funds will boost child-care provider services, Born to Read, and WAGE$ supports. Tim Cruz commends Clancy and program impact on early education.
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Penny Schwab
United Methodist
Schwab
Holcomb
Victor Ornelas
Smart Start
Southwest Kansas
Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund
Russell Child Development Center
RCDC
Deanna Berry
Rebecca Clancy
Finney
Grant
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Lane
Morton
Scott
Seward
Stanton
Stevens
Wichita
Clancy
Southwest
Kansas
United Way
Kansas Children’s Cabinet
Tim Cruz
Garden City
Rebecca
Cruz
Thespians raise funds for New York trip auction
Garden City High School Thespians Club members bid for a chance to work 10 hours for a $2,000 summer trip to New York. Alyssa Davis, aided by Debbie Tidwell, will wash windows and babysit as part of the fundraiser. The trip includes Broadway shows Wicked Les Miserables and A Chorus Line plus acting workshops.
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Gabe Dinkel
Nicole Dyer
Garden City
Thespian Club
Garden City High School
New York
Dyer
Alyssa Davis
Thespians Club
The
Thespians
Jenny Regier
Regier
Davis
Debbie Tidwell
Tidwell
Russ Tidwell
GCHS
Park City to prosecute souvenir hunters at BTK house
Park City officials vow prosecution for trespassing or taking pieces of the suburb home once owned by BTK killer Dennis Rader. The city paid under 60 000 dollars for the Wichita house where Rader and his family lived for 25 years before his 2005 guilty plea to 10 murders between 1974 and 1991. He serves 10 consecutive life terms. Rader coined the BTK moniker for his method: bind torture and kill.
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Park City
BTK
Dennis Rader
Wichita
Rader
Heat outage forces bus transfer for Jennie Barker students
All 99 students at Jennie Barker Elementary were bused to Florence Wilson Elementary after a gas heating system lost power due to a Ulysses plant outage. Heat returned around noon and students resumed classes at Jennie Barker.
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Jennie Barker
USD 457
Roy Cessna
Florence Wilson
Labrador
Jennie Barker Road
Cessna
Ulysses
Gerald Bell
Aquila Inc
Bell
Kansas debated deer population control and authority
In Topeka the Wildlife and Parks Commission seeks broader power to set deer rules, aiming to ease deer-vehicle crashes. Skepticism from lawmakers centers on bypassing the legislative process. Officials report 8,800 crashes in 2005, with regional hotspots, while deer remain the state’s most popular species. A task force proposes simpler permit rules, targeting 2008 implementation.
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Topeka
Hns
Wildlife and Parks Commission
Kansas
Bill Feuerborn
D-Garnett
Wildlife Agency
Feuerborn
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Chautauqua Hills
Lloyd Fox
Fox
Larry Powell
Ricalvesta
Mike Miller
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Kansas Children’s
Laurie Sish
Laurie Sisk
Sydney
Commission
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