Firework related calls rise in Garden City report
Police chief Allen Shelton said this year’s fire calls increased with 20 fire related incidents from Friday to Monday, four non fireworks related. Fire department logged 19 grass or Dumpster fires, mainly due to drought and moisture lack, with an extra fireworks call after Sunday rain. No EMS calls were logged. Police issued 20 citations for fireworks violations on Monday.
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Shelton
Accordion Concert at Garder Valley Retirement Village
Free accordion concert at 7 p.m. today at Garder Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St features Kenneth Degenhardt performing golden oldies. The public is encouraged to attend at no charge.
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Garder Valley Retirement Village
E. Spruce St
Kenneth Degenhardt
Lincoln exhibit opens today in Montezuma Kansas
A Lincoln in Kansas traveling exhibit titled Lincoln in Kansas opens at Stauth Memorial Museum Montezuma. It covers Abraham Lincoln 1859 Kansas visit and runs through August 15 with free admission and donations welcomed. Hours Tuesday through Saturday 9 to noon and 1 to 4 30 p m Sunday 1 to 4 30 p m Contact (620) 846-2527 for tours.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
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N. Aztec
Kansas E-Cigarettes Skirt State Wide Smoking Ban
The statewide indoor smoking ban in Kansas excludes electronic cigarettes which heat nicotine solution to produce vapor. Vendors market Krave 500 disposables at Wichita shops for about 19.95, with Noelle Neis noting FDA actions and legal challenges while Attorney General gauge rules. e cigarettes resemble real cigarettes but are not covered by the ban.
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Wichita
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
FDA
Noelle Neis
Vapor Corp
Krave
Neil
Gavin Young
Attorney General’s Office
Wind Farm Plans Near Cheney Reservoir Scrapped
Horizon Wind Energy ends its 18 month push for a 100 megawatt wind farm north of Cheney Reservoir citing competition from upcoming Western Kansas wind development. About 1,000 acres were signed for, with leases sought on 10,000 acres. landowners weighed long term commitments and variable payments against higher agricultural land values and waiting for better wind resources and new transmission lines expected by 2014 or 2015.
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Jeff Lange
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Kansas
State approves 85 mile power line in NW Kansas
Kansas regulators approve Phase II of a 225 mile transmission line from Spearville to the Nebraska border reaching 345000 volts. ITC Great Plains builds the Kansas segment with Sunflower Electric and Midwest Energy maintaining. Phase II costs near 92 million with completion expected in 2013 after landowner hearings.
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Nature Conservancy
Vortex2 wraps up two-year central US tornado study
Wichita AP report on the final season of Vortex2 storm chasing ending June 17. About 100 researchers, 50 plus vehicles, 10 mobile radars and an airplane collected data across six weeks. This year yielded many smaller, fast moving tornadoes, harder to document, with one strong case providing especially rich data.
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Lou Wicker
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Wicker
Don Burgess
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Cooperative Institute For Mesoscale
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Oklo
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