Garden City man arrested on rape allegation
Garden City police arrested 23 year old Tok Rattanakoun of 211 West Holmes Avenue on Sunday after a reported rape at a northeast Garden City residence. He was taken to the Law Enforcement Center at 6 40 p.m. on charges of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy.
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Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Mike Utz
Utz
Time Out
N. Taylor Ave
Tok Rattanakoun
W. Holmes Ave
Rattanakoun
Law Enforcement Center
Ninth St
Singers Wanted for Messiah at Garden City
The Garden City Civic Choral Union and Symphony seek local singers for a March Messiah presentation. Rehearsals run six Mondays from 7 to 9 in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building at Garden City Community College with Clay Wright conducting. performance is March 13 at St. Dominic Catholic Church. Contact Clay Wright for details.
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Garden City Civic Choral Union
Symphony
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Garden City Community College
St. Dominic Catholic Church
Clay Wright
GCCC
Bruce Spiller
Wright
Clay
Gcccks
GED testing moves to Garden City Campus at GCCC
Southwest Kansans seeking their high school equivalency diplomas will now take the five GED tests on the Garden City Community College campus at Saffell Library. Exams in English and Spanish run the first and third Wednesdays each month with morning, afternoon, and evening slots. Signups and classes stay at the Finney County Community Learning Center. contact Liz Sosa at GCCC or Adel Parr at the Learning Center for details.
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Southwest
Finney County Community Learning Center
Liz Sosa
Adel Parr
Lunch and Learn on Window Treatments at Library
Finney County Public Library hosts a Thursday Lunch and Learn from 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. Bev Miller of Bev Miller Interiors discusses window treatments for function and design. Bring a lunch. coffee and tea provided. Sponsored by the Finney County Extension Office.
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Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Bev Miller
Bev Miller Interiors
Finney County Extension Office
Cimarron Lions Sponsor Soup Supper at Grade School
The Cimarron Lions Club will sponsor a soup supper from 4 30 to 7 p m Friday at the Cimarron Grade School. Menu features chili vegetable soup cinnamon rolls and coffee and tea. The meal is free but donations are welcome.
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Cimarron Lions Club
Cimarron
Tsunami relief drive in Garden City seeks donations
Garden City residents spearhead a tsunami relief effort with the Mennonite Central Committee. Drop off new relief kits by Feb 27 at Garden Valley Church or Family Bookhouse. Monetary gifts are welcome as MCC aims for a $10 million total while ensuring 100 percent of donations reach those in need.
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Garden Valley Church
Family Bookhouse
Buschman
Garden City
Kansas
Richard Hodson
Nancy
Mennonite Central Committee
MCC
N. Third St
N. Main St
North
Newton
Hodson
Perfect Occasions prom and bridal show inspires brides-to-be
Brides-to-be like Elizabeth Tackett preview wedding ideas at the third annual Perfect Occasions prom and bridal show in Plaza Inn. About 400 to 500 attendees explored vendors, dresses, florists, photography, rentals, and a fashion show. Tackett plans a Sept. 17 wedding at St. Dominic Church in Garden City. others discussed daisies, chocolate fountains, and budget plans.
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Elizabeth Tackett
Plaza Inn
E. Kansas Ave
Tackett
St. Dominic Catholic Church
Garden City
Sandi Puckett
Lakin
Puckett
Packett
Louaine Knoll
Kansas
Chelsea Hargrove
Blake Gourley
Hargrove
Springfield
Colo
Holcomb
Snow Closes Schools Across Southwest Kansas Counties
Snow closures hit Copeland Hugoton Montezuma Moscow Satanta Stanton Sublette and Ulysses with Cimarron USD 102 opening two hours late. Heavily affected areas saw 6 to 14.5 inches while Healy and Kearny County reported lighter snow. National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Grzywacz notes an upper low system caused a heavy snow band from Greensburg to southern Gray County lasting six to eight hours. Temperatures trend warmer next week with mostly dry, stagnant pattern.
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Kansas
Copeland
Hugoton
Montezuma
Moscow
Satanta
Stanton County
Sublette
Ulysses
Cimarron Usd 102
Dick Bixler
USD 476
Healy
Steve Fenster
Kearny County
USD 215
Twila Smith
Lakin
Jason Grzywacz
National Weather Service
Dodge City
United States
Greensburg
Gray County
Minneola
Grzywacz
Shallenburger Named Kansas GOP Chairman in Rightward Shift
Tim Shallenburger, a former state treasurer and House speaker, was chosen by the Republican state committee to lead Kansas Republicans for a two year term. He defeated Charlotte O'Hara and Dwight Sutherland Jr with 106 votes to 24 and 4, signaling conservatives now control party leadership and precinct races.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
GOP
Tim Shallenburger
Steve Cloud
Shallenburger
Republican State Committee
Baxter Springs
Charlotte O’hara
Overland Park
Dwight Sutherland Jr
Mission Hills
Director sees future with Kansas history projects
Kansas History Society director Jennie Chinn outlines plans to open William Allen White home as a historical site on May 14 and expand exhibits at the Kansas History Museum. She notes progress restoring Pawnee Indian Village Museum, a Shawnee Mission site, and sustainable funding amid budget cuts while preserving archives and education programs.
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Topeka
HNS
New State Historical Society
Jennie Chinn
Chinn
Emporia
William Allen White
White
Lewis and Clark
Kansas History Museum
Clark
Republic County
Pawnee
National Archives
Washington, D.C
Kathleen Sebelius
History Museum
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