Summer's Day in the Park Comes to Garden City Stages
The 12th Annual Summer Children's Theatre production Summer's Day in the Park by George, directed by Mark Hays, features 61 local youths ages 4 to 18 in 25 scenes and 15 songs. Performances are 7:30 p.m. July 25 and 26 and 2 p.m. July 27 at Clifford Hope Auditorium Garden City. Tickets $3 on sale July 21 at 8:30 a.m. at Recreation Commission 310 N Sixth St or at the door one hour before each show. Call 276-1200 for details.
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George
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Garden City
Mark Hays
Recreation Commission
N. Sixth St
Police seek tips to halt illegal dogfighting ring
In Wichita AP report police urge public help to crack an illegal dogfighting ring linked to about 10 dead pit bulls found in city parks over three weeks. Sgt. Alex Robinson calls it a concerning, non rampant crime and notes air unit searches with leads on suspected locations and methods.
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Wichita
Alex Robinson
Robinson
Kansas
Air Unit
Grove Park
Man to do time for urinating on chicken in store
Larry Ray Pratt, 49, a former Olathe restaurant owner, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor criminal trespass and criminal damage to property after urinating in a Dillon's walk in cooler. He received 10 days in jail and one year probation. Two chicken packages worth 460 dollars were discarded. Pratt claimed he sought a restroom with a friend for a hunting trip.
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Olathe
Larry Ray Pratt
Johnson County
State Tatum
Dillon’s
John Ivan
Pratt
Ivan
Former firefighter sentenced to probation in embezzlement case
Darrin Bruhn 36, a former Wichita firefighter and secretary-treasurer of the union, was sentenced to probation after embezzling about $270,000 over six years. Judge Tim Lahey criticized the sentence but cited nonviolent crime limits. Bruhn apologized in court. Some funds allegedly aided firefighters' children.
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Wichita
Darrin Bruhn
Texas
Tim Lahey
Bruhn
Lahey
Kansas colleges partner with K State to boost minority biomedical recruitment
Five Kansas community colleges including Garden City Dodge City and Seward County join Kansas State University in Kansas Bridges to the Future a program funded by a 640000 National Institutes of Health grant. It aims to recruit mentor and train minority students in biomedical sciences offering dual enrollment summer research and on campus experiences to encourage transfer to four year universities.
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Kansas
Garden City
Dodge City
Seward County
Kansas State University
National Institutes of Health
Leges
Donnelly College
Kansas City
Kan
Community College
F State
Denis Medeiros
Medeiros
Cruit
GCCC
Clayton Tatro
Kstate
KSU
Tatro
K-State
Bridges
K-State Bridges
Kansan Adult Education Honors Society Inducts 10 at GCC
The Garden City Community College hosts the National Adult Education Honors Society chapter’s first Kansas ceremony. Ten students including Rosaura Hinojos and Dustin Nuckles are honored for completing the Finney County Center program, with speakers praising maturity and dedication.
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Carol Edmonds
Richard Ploof
Garden City Community College
Rosaura Hinojos
Finney County Community Learning Center
National Adult Education Honors Society
Garden City
Kansas
New Society
Finney County
Martha Alarcon
Rosaure Hinojos
Dan le
Mai Nguyen
Dustin Nuckles
Rosemarie Otterstetter-Allen
Cristina Picazo
Nora Salazar
Velia Trejo
Nuckles
Picazo
FCLC
Seward County Community College
Debra Cole
Deloris Underhill
Topeka
ConAgra
GCC
Closing arguments loom in Wittig bank fraud trial
In Kansas City, closing arguments were set to begin in the bank fraud trial of former Westar Energy chief David Wittig and Topeka bank president Clinton Weidner II. Weidner pleaded guilty to two counts. Wittig denied all charges as prosecutors focus on a $1.5 million transfer and alleged $20 million in Westar loans.
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Kansas City, Kan
Westar Energy Inc
David Wittig
Topeka
Wittig
Clinton Odell Weidner II
Capital City Bank
Sec
Retary
U.S
Julie Robinson
Weidner
Arizona
Westar
Christy Gurney
Linda Fricke
Sebelius inaugural nets $89,161 to state
Topeka AP reports Kansas state unspent inaugural funds from Gov. Kathleen Sebelius totaled 89,161, largely from private interests. The inaugural committee raised 477,000 in cash after her election, plus 11,000 in goods and services, and spent over 387,000. The final state transfer occurred June 26 after two reports filed.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Megan Ingmire
Graves
Greenbush Seed and Supply
Girard
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Adult Honor Society
Stange
NAEHS
Alexandria
Alaska
Lloyd Weaver
Nets
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