Roundup Report Pending on Teen Death in Deerfield
Kearny County Sheriff James Jarboe said the death of 13 year old Nathan Unruh is under investigation awaiting a coroner's report. He was shot Friday afternoon and flown to Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita where he died Saturday. The coroner has not returned messages.
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Deerfield
Kearny County
James Jarboe
Nathan Unruh
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Wichita
Jarboe
Erik Sandstrom
Voter registration deadlines and art garden party set
Voter registration for the Aug 3 primary closes Monday with extended hours at Finney County offices and city clerks in Garden City and Holcomb. New voters or those who moved must re register and provide ID if never voting in Finney County. Also, an Art for Art Garden Party on July 24 at Fiesta Courtyard raises funds for public art with SAHC, Fulton Street Band, ticketed entries, wine tasting and a Mexican buffet. The Cimarron Lions Club hosts a pork burger feed July 22 at the Gray County Fairgrounds with free meals but donations welcome and eyeglass donations sought.
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Finney County
N. Ninth St
Garden City
N. Eighth St
Holcomb
N. Lynch
Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Fulton Street
Arts Center
Main
North Main St
SAHC
Cimarron Lions Club
Gray County Fairgrounds
Dighton Kwik Shop Fire Ruled Accidental
A Dighton fire at the Kwik Shop Monday morning was ruled an accident by Rose Rozmiarek, chief of investigation for the Kansas Fire Marshal's Office. No cause, damage estimates, or reopening date have been released.
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Rose Rozmiarek
Kansas Fire Marshal’s Office
Bloodmobile to visit Deerfield August 4
The American Red Cross 17th annual bloodmobile will be in Deerfield August 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Deerfield Community Building on Main Street. Appointments via Clara Grauberger at 620 426 7196. Walk-ins welcome. a light lunch will be served.
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American Red Cross
Deerfield
Main Street
Clara Grauberger
Hospital earns excellence award for school partnership
St. Catherine Hospital received a Kansas Partners in Education Award of Excellence for its collaboration with Garden City public schools, notably the Allied Health Careers task force. Edith Scheuerman Elementary won an Achievement Award with a $10,000 prize and about $120,000 in equipment, highlighting strong district support and ongoing health career exposure for Garden City High School students through a hands on shadowing program.
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Edith Scheuerman
Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Kansas Partners In Education
Garden City Public Schools
Allied Health Careers Task Force
Margie Prewitt
Prewitt
Garden City High School
Allied Health
Brad Shelton
Deb Jarmer
Shelton
Sharon Greenway
Greenway
Jesse Bernal
Jarmer
Tax credit grant aids Kearny health care foundation
The Kearny County Health Care Foundation won a Safety First tax credit grant of 200 179 dollars to upgrade Kearny County Hospital and High Plains Retirement Village. The funds will finance fire alarm updates two fetal monitors new beds a nurse call system and door locks to withstand a tornado threat.
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Kearny County
Meyer
Kansas seeks first poet laureate for state honors
The Kansas Arts Commission seeks nominations for the state's first poet laureate to honor Kansas poets and promote poetry. A screening committee will select a two year term holder, with the first term beginning July 1 2005. Nominations due September 1.
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Topeka
Kansas Arts Commission
Ees
Sig Ni Ulhaaleen
Sebelius
Offiog Sai
Sue
Kansas
Dave Wilson
Commission
Library of Congress
Colorado
Georgia
Florida
Illinois
Mississippi
Library
California
Nicole Corcoran
Arts Commission
Sebelius Poised for NGA Talks on Health Care Costs
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius plans to join more than 30 governors at the 96th annual National Governors Association meeting July 17 to 19 in Seattle to exchange ideas on rising health care costs. The conference emphasizes elder care, chronic disease management, and affordable drugs, with Sebelius noting Kansas is often ahead on these issues.
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Topeka
Hns
Kathleen Sebelius
National Governors Association
Kansas
Ngas
Sebelius
Seattle
Idaho
Dirk Kempthorne
Governors Association
Christine LaPaille
The
Kempthorne
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
House
Newt Gingrich
Clinton White House
Leon Panetta
LaPaille
Senior Chinese official encourages greater trade
A senior Chinese diplomat urged expanding trade with Kansas and the United States during a Kansas luncheon. Ambassador Yang Jiechi highlighted agricultural products and aircraft as priorities, noting Boeing’s importance to Wichita and China’s growing use of Chinese manufactured planes. He cited Payless ShoeSource as a model of China trade links and said China seeks more Boeing aircraft and corporate jets as it broadens international commerce.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States
Yang Jiechi
China
Boeing
Yang
Wichita
Kansas Department of Commerce
Kathleen Sebelius
Statehouse
Steven Douglass
Payless ShoeSource Inc
Payless
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Cimarron
Hospital
GCHS
Julie Cessna
Sagebrush Road
Tion
Community Service
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Foundation
Kansas Department of Revenue
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