Primary election set for Feb 25 in Finney County
The area holds primary voting February 25 with polls 7 am to 7 pm. Register by 5 pm February 10. General election registration deadline is 5 pm March 17. Voters register at county clerk offices. must reside in the county and be 18, with 17 year olds turning 18 eligible for the elections. Finney County Clerk's Office open 8 am to 5 pm, 311 N Ninth St.
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Finney County Clerk’s Office
Ninth St
Teen charged in Garden City High School thefts
Garden City police filed an affidavit with the Finney County Attorney for a 17-year-old Garden City High School student on two counts of felony theft. About $21,000 in laptops and a digital camera were recovered from a wave of school thefts dating back to January 2002.
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Garden City
Finney County
Garden City High School
Mike Utz
Utz
Agriculture Classroom Postcard Art Contest Opens
The Kansas Foundation for Agriculture invites kindergarten through sixth grade students to submit 5.5 by 8.5 inch postcard entries by February 10. Top prize is a 100 dollar U.S. savings bond, with 50 dollar bonds for each grade winner. Theme is Agriculture Grows Green to Keep Waters Clean. Contact KSAG at 785 532 7946 or ksjakksu.edu or visit www.ksagclassroom.org.
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Kansas Foundation For Agriculture
U.S
Ksu
K State Hosts Pizza Party for Prospective Students
Kansas State University will host a pizza party from 6 30 to 7 30 p m on February 5 at the Pizza Hut in Ulysses. University reps will answer questions for parents and high school seniors from Finney Grant Hamilton Haskell Kearny Morton Stanton and Stevens counties. Registration due January 31. Contact Alicia Addison at 800 432 8270 or aea2559 k state edu to register with name address home phone high school intended program and guest names.
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Kansas State University
Ulysses
Finney
Grant
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Morton
Stanton
Stevens
Alicia Addision
Addision
FEMA funds awarded to Finney County for shelter programs
FEMA provided Finney County with 18639 dollars for emergency and food shelter programs. United Way disperses the funds and seeks applications through Monday from diverse organizations with a non discriminatory voluntary board and a track record in emergency food and shelter delivery. Past recipients include United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries and Red Cross among others, with phone line 275-1425 for details. Road condition Hotline 1-800-585-7623.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Finney County
United Way
United Methodist
Emmaus House
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Family Crisis
FEMA
Red Cross seeks O negative blood in regional drive
Red Cross officials urge donors with type O negative as stocks decline after the holidays. The Wichita region notes one day of supply for O negative, with 7 percent of the population carrying this type and 38 percent O positive. The article covers donor recruitment, regional shortages, hospital needs, and mobile drives in Greeley County Tribune and Garden City area dates in February.
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Red Cross
Beckie Hetrick
St. Catherine Hospital
Hetrick
Debbie Kirk
Garden City Blood Center
Central Plains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Bree Cox
Wichita
Kirk
U.S
Community benefit events raise funds in Finney County
A Rural Finney County woman waits for a liver transplant and will need weeks in Oklahoma City post surgery while friends host a chili supper and live and silent auction at the Finney County Fairgrounds West Pavilion. Proceeds support Edith Wyatt, Knights fundraiser, and Comfort Zone Camp for grieving children.
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Finney County
Edith
Lightner) Wyatt
Garden City
Oklahoma City
Finney County Fairgrounds
Knights of Columbus
Eighth St
Dirks
Garden City Family Ymca
Center St
Holcomb Council approves refinancing bonds for sewer lagoon project
Holcomb City Council refined temporary notes totaling 435000 to refund prior 415000 debt for sewer lagoon work, delaying final bond sale while pressures push lower interest. Projected 1 million cost slow, first phase funds a pipeline to Sunflower Electric, with lagoon wall and floor reconstruction pending. Council also reviews city investment strategy and CD rate options amid 700000 in a money market earning 1.7 percent.
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Holcomb
Holcomb City
Charlie Claar
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Lisa Staab
SBC seeks ban on state regulation of high speed Internet
SBC Kansas president Randy Tomlin told the House Utilities Committee that a bill to bar state regulation of SBCs high speed network would spur investment and not cost Kansas a dime. He noted other Internet services are not regulated and referenced Kansas recent scrutiny of access rates. Opponents to testify forthcoming. committee plans a February vote.
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Topeka
SBC Communications Inc
Randy Tomlin
SBC
Kansas
House Utilities Committee
Kansas Corporation Commission
Cess
Tomlin
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Carl Dean Holmes
Liberal
Shamburg seeks Syracuse mayor post amid court case
Four term Syracuse mayor Garrett Shamburg files for re election and faces six candidates in a February 25 primary. He will appear in court February 14 for a scheduling conference on a domestic battery charge from a November 3 incident in Syracuse. Shamburg remains free on bond and apologizes to his wife Mary who filed for divorce. Other candidates include Larry Ochs Ron Richardson James Gordanier Marilyn Young and Rich Lynam.
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Syracuse
Garrett D. Shamburg
Shamburg
Hamilton County
MIT
Mary Shamburg
Garrett Shamburg
Larry Ochs
Ron Richardson
James Gordanier
Marilyn Young
Rich Lynam
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