BBBS fund-raiser continues in Garden City and Holcomb
The We Need Your Pennies campaign by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County reaches 2,866 pennies led by Security Savings Bank with 2,866 and Western State Bank 2,808. The fund drive ends July 28 with jars on counters at multiple Garden City and Holcomb banks to support mentoring programs. Amanda Zellner of Hugoton won $20,000 from a Kansas Lottery Bonus Crossword ticket bought in Liberal. she and husband plan a honeymoon while she studies respiratory therapy at Seward County Community College.
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Security Savings Bank
Garden City
Western State Bank
Teachers Credit Union
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Finney County
Holcomb
Kansas Ave
Main
Spruce Streets
11Th Street
Kansas Avenue
Commerce Bank
Main St
E. Kansas Ave
Seventh and Spruce Streets
Taylor Ave
Golden Plains Credit Union
Bank of America
Home National Bank
Mary St
Garden City State Bank
E. Mary St
Citizens State Bank
N. Main St
Landmark Bank
First National Bank of Holcomb
N. Henderson
Teacher’s Credit Union
N. Sixth St
Commercial Federal Bank
Amanda Zellner
Hugoton
Great Bend
Hutch
Zellner
Kansas Lottery
Seward County Community College
Liberal
Finney County Budget Session and Library Visit Planned
Finney County commissioners meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Administrative Center to review 2006 budget requests and adjust county tax, with auditors from Lewis Hooper Dick reviewing the 2004 county audit. Governor Kathlene Bielus and state librarian Christie Randall will visit Grant County Library for Read to a Tot program from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. A Roky Hills Public radio Q A with Congressman Moran will follow at 7 p.m. and feature Fort Hays State professor Chris Tawford and Dale Hogg.
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Finney County
Ninth St
Lewis, Hooper & Dick
Adt
Kansas
Kathleen Belius
Christie Randall
Grant County
Debi Glori
Jerry Oran
Congress
Roky Hills Public Revision Network
Mid-America
Jerry *Oran
Moran
Ership Studies
Fortys University Christawford
Dale Hogg
Great Bend
Bond election set for Lakin hospital improvements
Kearny County Commissioners set a special election for Oct 25 on a $9.2 million general obligation bond to fund hospital upgrades. Steve Shogren of George K. Baum and Co. will oversee the plan and public outreach, aiming for a 5.44 mill levy over seven years with future growth. The project would add assisted living units, an obstetrics wing, remodel nursing and ER areas, and expand the High Plains Retirement Village and hospital staff. An informational committee of diverse community members will be formed to educate voters and hold public meetings ahead of the vote.
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Shannon McCormick
Shogren
Kearny County Hospital
Joe Meyer
Meyer
High Plains Retirement Village
High Plains
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City
Deerfield
Lakin
Sandy Cameron
Kearny County
Kansas farmers plant more corn amid drought optimism
WICHITA AP optimistic drought relief leads Kansas farmers to plant more corn and fewer sorghum acres. Weather conditions and strong demand for corn for feed and ethanol drive increases. June report shows corn acreage up 11 percent to 3.45 million, with about 63 percent GM varieties.
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Wichita (Ap
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
KASS
Eldon J. Thiessen
Thiessen
Sue Schulte
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Kansas Sorghum Growers
Kansas farmers boost soybeans as sorghum slips in acres
Thiessen notes corn seeding growth reduced sorghum acres in Kansas while soybeans rose to 2.9 million acres, aided by 90 percent herbicide resistant varieties. Kansas remains the top sorghum producer though soybean rust caused little planting shift due to winter cold and wind patterns.
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Kansas
Thiessen
United States
Kass
Mexicans in U.S. to vote by mail in 2006 presidential election
Mexico moves to allow citizens abroad to vote in the 2006 race pending Fox signature. With about 10 million Mexicans in the U.S. many weigh risks of mail ballots amid fraud concerns. Residents in Garden City voice mixed views while officials clarify eligibility and deadlines for IFE absentee ballots.
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United States
Mexico
Congress
House
Senate
Vicente Fox
Garden City
Reynaldo Martinez
Hidalgo
U.S
Federal Election Institute
IFE
Andrés Hernandez
Mexico City
Hernandez
Martinez
David Ramirez
Zacatecas
Lourdes Creceres
Chihuahua
Fox
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRD
Creceres
Consuelo Sandoval
United Methodist
Sandoval
Sanchez
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