Tractor Hit By Train Near Holcomb In Near-Miss
A 35-year-old Garden City man driving a tractor hauling farm equipment was crossing railroad tracks near Holcomb when a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train struck the implement. The farmer, Steve Rothfuss of 3970 Jennie Barker Road, said he stopped and looked both ways but did not see the train. the tractor was totaled.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Burlington-Northern Santa Fe
North Sherlock Road
Kevin Bascue
Steve Rothfuss
Jennie
Rev Leonard Cowan 96 longtime Wichita church leader dies
Leonard Samuel Cowan 96 of Wichita died July 1 2001. He studied at Beaver High School Southwestern College and Boston Theological Seminary. He served multiple Methodist churches and led Inter-Faith Ministries and urban ministries. Memorials to church ministries. Survived by three children, siblings and extended family. Funeral July 11 in Wichita. Funeral home in charge.
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Leonard Samuel Cowan
Wichita
Beaver County
Okla
Thaddeus McKelvey
Christine (Thompson) Cowan
Beaver High School
Southwestern College
Winfield
Boston Theological Seminary
Massachusetts
First Methodist
Garden City
Elizabeth Sample
Lakin Methodist
Woodland Methodist
Newton
St. Paul’s Methodist
Holy Land
Dawson
Wichita Council of Churches
Prison
Indian Service Center
Operation Clothesline
Meals On
United Interfaith Commission On Mass Media
Unicomm
United Methodist Urban Ministries
Herbert Clutter
Holcomb
First United Methodist Church
Sedgwick County
Robert Cowan
New York
Carole Cowan
Newburgh
N.Y
Cathy Cowan
Seattle
Ted Cowan
Enid
Calvin Cowan
Grand Junction
Colo
Pauline Ohmart
Esther Winchester
Derby
United Methodist Urban Ministry
Wichita Kansas
Hugoton
Josefina-Garcia Tinoco
Morelia
Michoacan
Mexico
Providence Memorial Hospital
el Paso
Texas
Crescencio and
Margarita
Vargas) Garcia
Jose
Jorge
Santiago
Juan
Sergio
Martin
Arturo Tinoco
Maria de Jesus Gomez
Maria de Los Angeles Alfaro
Jose Undalupe Garcia
Cecilio Garcia
Lino Garcia
Santiago Tinoco
Monte Santo Pentecostal
Moscow
Paul
County approves KDOT road study funding and budgets
Finney County and Garden City commissioners approve a KDOT 1.3 million dollar share for a 1.5 million project studying US 50 400 from Garden City to Mullinville with a protection clause if funding falls. Budget discussions cover EMS staffing sewer connections and county departments ahead of a preliminary mill levy for 2002.
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Finney County
Kansas Department of Transportation
Garden City
KDOT
Mullinville
TranSystems
Kansas City
Secretary of Transportation
Mid-States
Mike Foltz
Foltz
Cliff Mayo
Chuck Owen
County Commission
Finney County Health Department
EMS
Bob Prewitt
Prewitt
Sheriff’s Department
Casas
Great Plains Development
Dodge City
N. Ninth St
Law Enforcement Center
LEC
Soybeans gain ground in southwestern Kansas despite uneven season
In Kansas farms southwest of the state, soybean planting rose overall from 1998 to 1999 and again into 2000 in counties including Greeley Lane Scott Finney Gray Hamilton Haskell and Stevens. Agents cited irrigation needs and one poor year as factors shaping adoption. FarmCo reports fewer seeds sold in Wichita and Greeley counties this year.
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Kansas
Gary Gold
Stevens County
Grant County
Carl Henson
FarmCo
John Rucker
Wichita
Greeley
Lane County
Gene Algrim
Algrim
Gold
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Lane
Scott
Finney
Gray
Hamilton
Haskell
Stevens
Farm Services Agency
Finney County
Democrats push for bigger voice in Kansas politics
Garner and McKinney, Democrats from Coffeyville and Greensburg, urge a stronger two party system in Kansas. They critique anti education sentiment and note gaps in votes on Graves education plan. They push for more active party organization in 2002 and consider Kathleen Sebelius running for governor to energize politics.
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Jim Garner
Coffeyville
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Kansas
Garner
Telegram
McKinney
Kathleen Sebelius
House
Kansas House
Bill Graves
Senate
Garden City YMCA Offers Red Cross Swim Lessons
The Garden City YMCA starts American Red Cross swim lessons for ages 6 months and up, with sessions running Monday to Thursday. Summer II runs until July 19 and Summer III from July 30 to August 9. AquaFit water aerobics run evenings at 6 to 6 45 pm or 5 30 to 6 15 pm with fees 5 for members and 15 for non members. Call 275-1199 for details and registration.
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Garden City Ymca
American Red Cross
YMCA
U S 50 Construction From Syracuse to Lakin Declares Delays
APAC Kansas-Shears Division continues rebuilding U S 50 from Syracuse to Lakin through November with two projects costing about 25 million dollars. Traffic will be reduced to one lane at entrances and intersections in Kearny County under pilot car guidance, delaying motorists up to 15 minutes. In Hamilton County the work should not disrupt traffic flow.
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Syracuse
Lakin
Apac Kansas — Shears Division
Kearny County
Hamilton County
Benefit roast and dance for Scott City man
A benefit hog roast and dance are planned Saturday to aid Steve Strand, a Scott City man fighting cancer. Roast pork will be served at 6 p.m. at the old 4 H building on the Scott County Fairgrounds, $5 all you can eat, followed by a dance at 8 p.m. with Lady Red Karaoke and DJ, admission $5 or a donation. Phone numbers provided for contributions.
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Steve Strand
Scott City
Scott County Fairgrounds
Lady Red
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Leonard Cowan
Josefina-Garcia
Diane Lewis
Finney County Commission
Cheryl Kottke
Keith Foster
Finney County Sheriff’s Office
Bascue
Graham K. Johnson
Sunflower Electric
South Holcomb Lane
Tertts
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