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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 2006
Page
3
Several government offices will stay open Monday including Garden City municipal offices the post office Finney County offices banks Garden City schools and Garden City Community College State offices will be closed for the July Fourth holiday.
Garden City Blood Donor Center will operate on Monday instead of Tuesday due to the holiday. Hours are set for 7 to 11 a.m. on Monday.
Finney County Public Library in Southwest Kansas joins the Kansas Learning Quest College Savings Program to award 500 savings accounts to seven families statewide. Parents can register at the library check-out counter or teen desk. forms are due at the end of July and will be sent to the state for a drawing. Winners announced in early August.
Topeka AP Kansas AG Phill Kline notes Colorado has paid 1.1 million in additional costs to ensure water limits on the Arkansas River, following a 1984 suit that Kansas won in the Supreme Court in 1995. The 2004 damages settlement left ongoing monitoring and technical accounting.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius voiced frustration over federal fights on Kansas Medicaid spending. Audits show potential overpayments totaling millions from 1997 to 2003, tied to health services for schoolchildren. Federal probe reviewed about 170 million in payments. Kansas contests several findings.
Kansas becomes the 48th state to permit concealed handguns with a four year permit issued after background checks and eight hours of training. The measure overrides past vetoes by governors Graves and Sebelius and includes a records secrecy provision folded into the package.
Dawnnel Francis designs stained glass like holiday decorations for Trinity Lutheran Church using old crayons wax paper and tape. The colorful panels promote Vacation Bible School Fiesta July 17 and were created with church volunteers including children who helped sharpen crayons cut tape and design pieces.
Garden City residents may begin nationwide concealed carry training at Garden City Community College and Sand and Sage Rifle and Gun Club. The eight hour course covers firearm basics, safety, law issues, citizen responsibility, and interaction with law enforcement. Participants must demonstrate proficiency and pass a background check for a $150 permit.
General spokesman Jan Lunsford explains the procedure for concealed carry or similar background checks. Applicants must submit an application, a photograph, and a $150 fee to the sheriff in their home county. The sheriff forwards the fingerprints and application to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for a background check.
In Wichita AP report the USDA June acreage show little change in winter wheat totals despite severe drought. Kansas remains unchanged at 10.2 million planted with 9.4 million harvested while Texas and Oklahoma see large losses and Nebraska shows modest losses.
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