Fire destroys family's mobile home in Garden City
A mobile home at 4101 E US 50 Lot 535 was ruled a total loss after a morning fire caused by a child playing with matches in a bedroom. The family received Red Cross aid and may move into temporary housing with support for first month rent. Emmaus House, Salvation Army, and Catholic Agencies for Migrants and Refugees also assisted with meals, furniture, and necessities.
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U.S. Highway 50
Garden City
Allen Shelton
E. US. 50
Shelton
American Red Cross
Carolyn Henry
Emmaus House
Salvation Army
Henry
Alphabetical exhibit highlights Kansas at Stauth Memorial Museum
The Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma hosts the traveling exhibit K is for Kansas exploring Kansas from A to Z. The exhibit runs through March 6 and features big alphabet blocks and a large carpet map of Kansas with tours available for groups of five or more.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Kansas
Sunflower State
Kauffman Museum
Bethel College
North Newton
N. Aztec
Friends of the Library
Pat Fishback
Plaza Hotel
E. Kansas Ave
Garden City High School Band Concert Monday Night
The Garden City High School band performs at 7 30 p m Monday in Clifford Hope Auditorium 1412 N Main St featuring Sousa tschesnokoff Monterde Swearingen Shostakovich and Joplin with free public admission.
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Garden City High School
John Philip Sousa
Tschesnokoff
Monterde
Swearingen
Shostakovich
Joplin
Clifford Hope
N. Main St
Park City Targets Entertainment Hub Status
Park City seeks to become the entertainment capital of Kansas with plans for a Wild West World theme park by 2006. The 30 acre project in Park City near Wichita aims to open in 2006, as the city also pursues a $200 million, 40 acre destination casino with the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska amid opposition.
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Park City
Kansas
Thomas Etheredge
Wichita
Nebraska
Opponents press repeal of Kansas death penalty law
Kansas lawmakers weigh repeal after a court struck down the 1994 death penalty statute. Opponents say the bill would bar new death sentences after July 1 but not commute existing ones, while supporters argue the issue will reemerge in other legislation.
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Topeka
Senate Judiciary Committee
Donna Schneweis
Amnesty International
Kansas Supreme Court
Phill Kline
US Supreme Court
David Haley
Kansas City
John Wratil
Rleawood
Derek Schmidt
R-Independence
Senate
Johnson County
Paul Morrison
Morrison
Haley
Benefit dinner supports Finney deputy cancer care
Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue promotes a Saturday benefit at the Eagles Lodge for deputy David Beasley diagnosed with cancer. Proceeds from $5 meals, a silent auction, and baked goods fund Beasley’s treatments at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, helping his wife Gaye and two daughters.
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Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Finney County Sheriff's
David Beasley
Eagles Lodge
N. Taylor Ave
Beasley
Finney County Sheriff’s Office
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Gaye Beasley
Sheriff’s Office
Rascue
Holcomb Council Forms Beautification Committee Meeting
Holcomb City council votes to appoint seven members to a new Beautification Committee led by Colleen Lauer. Plans include landscaping around stop signs near Railroad Avenue and Main Street, collaboration with Holcomb High School for community service hours, a city site redesign, tree care forum, a summer fundraiser, and a new public event with free swimming. They seek a Partners in Community Service grant, deadline Monday, to fund shrubs and low-water landscaping. The council also approves a Pioneer Communications franchise agreement raising the city’s cable fee from 2 to 3 percent.
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Holcomb
Colleen Lauer
Holcomb Improvement Committee
Railroad Avenue
Main Street
Holcomb High School
City of Holcomb and Holcomb
Improvement Committee
Lauer
Holcomb Recreation
Lonnie Baird
Garden City Co. Partners In
Ryan Ruda
Patty Waschewski
Bill Bierman
Ali Eastin
Holcomb City
Council
Pioneer Communications
Ulysses
Finney County Attorney's Office adds a lawyer and a resigning assistant
Lucille Douglass resigns as assistant county attorney effective Monday to reenter private practice and pursue civil litigation. Sid Thomas, 42, Montezuma, joins the Finney County Attorney's Office, planning to move with his family to Garden City within a month while commuting from Montezuma.
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Finney County
Calihan Brown Burgardt Wurst
Daniel PA
Douglass
Prac
Sid Thomas
Montezuma
Wheeler
Thomas
John Wheeler
Wichita
Patrick Kelly
Garden City
Diane
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Joseph Amrine
Missouri
Houston
Richard Ney
Tomo Ortiz
Long Park
Bascue
Tve
Sheriff's Office
Beasleys
Brynn
Britny
Knights of Columbus
Eighth St
Friends of the Finney County Public Library
E. Walnut St
Louaine Knoll
Knoll
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Southwest Arts & Humanities
el Charro
Campus Drive
DeAnna Zemp
Zemp
Dodge City
Kansas State University
Finney County Attorney’s Office
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