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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 2012
Page
3
The Finney County Commission will meet at 8 a.m. at the Administrative Center at 311 N Ninth St to discuss information on a Kansas Department of Transportation railroad improvement fund.
The Garden City Fiddlers Pickers and Singers perform at the Finney County Senior Center at 5 p.m. Saturday. A carry-in supper runs 6:30 to 7 p.m. with more music to 9 p.m. Free and open to the public, attendees may bring a covered dish and sign up to perform their favorite old-style country tunes.
Finney County residents may pick up USDA commodities Tuesday at the Senior Center 907 N. 10th St from 10 a.m. to noon and at the Salvation Army 216 N Ninth St from 1 to 3 30 p.m. Items include canned fruit beans dried plums juice beef stew and pistachios bring a box proof of residency and household income required call Barbara Jensen at 272 3620 for details
Applications open Tuesday and run through February 24 for the Kansas Highway Patrol 51st recruit class. The six month process includes a written test, physical agility, polygraph and psychiatric evaluations. Successful applicants report to the Salina Training Academy on July 10 for 22 weeks.
The Kansas Leadership Center unveils a new program for Kansans under 40 called The Art and Practice of Civic Leadership and will tour the state in the coming weeks. Four regional What’s the Buzz socials begin with a March 8 Garden City session at 6 p.m. with dinner. The program starts in June and aims to recruit a diverse applicant pool. details and contact info are provided for interested citizens.
A bipartisan group of Kansas lawmakers said they will review a new policy by the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services that reduces or cuts SNAP benefits for U.S. born children of illegal immigrants. They seek explanation and potential revision, arguing the policy punishes children while SRS says all families are now treated equally. The change took effect October 1, affects roughly 1,042 households and about 2,066 children, with SNAP benefits still reaching around 137,000 households statewide.
Holcomb council, 5-0, appoints Diego Mancillas as a volunteer firefighter pending a baseline physical. Mancillas holds a criminal justice degree from Garden City Community College and will be paid per call plus training. The council also promotes Danny Case and Justin Rogers to lieutenant, each earning 100 dollars monthly plus standard pay. both have served since 2008. The meeting was led by Council President Tracy Davis. Mayor Gary Newman was absent. A Feb. 8 session is scheduled at 200 N. Lynch St.
The three day Garden City Farm and Ranch Show runs today through Saturday at Finney County Fairgrounds with dozens of vendors farm equipment demonstrations horseman ship and a new dairy summit. Kansas State University instructors present Saturday while a free lunch is offered to the first 500 guests each day. Lions Club hosts mobile screening. Saturday also features Bowl for Kids' Sake fundraiser for BBBS Finney and Kearny Counties and a Savoy family memorial fund benefit with live music silent auction raffles and a balloon release. Activities include YMCA Winter Wonderland and RSVP fundraiser with chicken and noodles dinner and musical entertainment at the Senior Center. tickets five dollars at door. events open to the public.
William Lance McGowan former Lane County Emergency Medical Service director stands trial this week before District Judge Bruce Gatterman. He faces two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy and nine counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Some charges were dismissed under Jessica's Law provisions. The case, investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, is prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Nicole Romine.
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