Garden City Men Arrested for Graffiti Vandalism
Garden City police arrested two men, Nathan Colchur and Aaron Hurtt, for spray painting symbols of anarchy on churches and a police car in the southeast and central areas. Each faced seven counts of misdemeanor criminal damage and were released on their own recognizance after the December 12, 2002 report.
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Garden City
Nathan Colchur
Kingsbury Road
Aaron Hurtt
W. Mary St
Mike Utz
Pawnee Fry Dinner and Extension Talk Planned Monday
The 2003 Annual Pawnee Fry dinner will be held Monday at the Pawnee Acre Community Building in northeast Finney County. The evening features a meal at 6 30 with calf fries ham sandwiches and trimmings followed by an educational program on noxious weed control and grazing management led by Keith Foster Dr Paul Ohlenbusch and Whitey Whitehill. Public invited and extension office contacts provided.
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Pawnee Acre
Finney County
Finney County Extension Service
Keith Foster
Paul Ohlenbusch
K-State
Grazing Land Management
Two Women Injured in Hunnewell House Explosion
Two women were critically injured in an explosion and fire at a Hunnewell residence in Sumner County near the Oklahoma border. One victim is 72 and the other 23, both flown to Wichita in critical burn condition at Via Christi St Francis. Deputy Anderson Lowe reported flames visible from South Haven, three miles north.
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Hunnewell
Sumner County
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Line
Anderson Lowe
South Haven
Wichita
Via Christi-St. Francis
Graffiti debate as county weighs cleanup burden
Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue and commissioners debate who should remove graffiti fueling gang messages. Garden City ordinance shifts removal costs to property owners or the city, with concerns over repeated vandalism and fairness. The board approved a 2003 asphalt program and held two closed sessions, while GCITC outlined upcoming network security seminars.
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Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Towns Riverview South
Irv Stephens
Alan Fankhauser
Garden City
Roman Halbur
Garden City Information Technology Cooperative
Kent Sinclair
GCITC
Sinclair
Clerk pleads to sparing raises in budget talks
Scott County Clerk Pam Faurot urged commissioners to avoid cutting employee raises as they study a 2 percent mill levy reduction for 2003 and an estimated $123,293.81 transfer loss. Budget fears focus on Public Works, with talk of shared health insurance costs and potential belt tightening across departments.
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Scott City
Scott County
Pam Faurot
Faurot
Jim Minnix
Minnix
Rich Cramer
Rich
Lark Speer
Cramer
Jack Frick
Kansas
Frick
Alan Stewart
Glen Anderson
Anderson
Sheriff’s Department
Primary set for Garden City February vote cuts candidates
Garden City will hold a February primary to trim eight filing candidates for three open city commission seats to six. Last day filings added Harold Starr and Tommy Austin and Joe Brougher joining incumbents Janie Perkins and Jim Wharton plus ex-commissioners Jim Douglass and Gary Fuller. Kraig Ransonette also appears on the ballot. Starr is retired. Austin is 54 and works at Family Crisis Services and St. Catherine Hospital. Brougher, 68, is a Coldwell Banker real estate agent with a Garden City family. Douglass runs D V Douglass Roofing.
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Garden City
Garden City Commission
Harold Starr
Tommy Austin
Joe Brougher
Janie Perkins
Jim Wharton
Jim Douglass
Gary Fuller
Last minute filings fill April 1 Garden City Holcomb races
Candidates filed for school boards and the Garden City Community College Board of Trustees. Newcomers Larry Stapp Stephanie Tafoya Conrad Rodriguez Terri Worf and Bob Harrington joined incumbents to seek seats. Incumbent Sean Thayer won't seek re election. Mayoral and city council filings also announced with four year term openings.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Larry Stapp
Stephanie Tafoya
Holcomb Usd 363
Board of Education
Conrad Rodriguez
USD 457
Steve Sterling
Terri Worf
Bob Harrington
GCCC
Mitch Williams
Garden City Co-op
Sean Thayer
Stapp
Annette Jones
Holcomb Recreation Commission
Dave Gill
Cindy Messenger
Tim Miller
Andy Eastin
Wal-Mart
Jeff Crist
Mike Utz
Gail Dunford
Bruce Reichmuth
Ken Rishel
Gccc Board of Trustees
Ed Nicklaus
Dave Bronn
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Southwest Kansas Extension
Whitey Whitehill
Finney County ‘Extension
Whitehill
EL Dorado
Great Bend
Augusta
Bobby Bruce White
Aaron Ruboy Janes
White
Ruboyianes
County Commission
Brad Nading
Dustin Coulter
Gadget
Finney County Fairgrounds
Fuller
ABC
Tim Cruz
Commission
City Commission
Dennis Lauer
Terry Crain
IBP
Jannelle Robins- Gaede
Jamie Jarnagin
Lifestyle Homes
Charles Morgan
Bruce Heinitz
Sunflower Electric Corp
Steve Detty
Reeve Agri Energy
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