Polls Show Competing Leads In 1st District Race
As the 1st Congressional District primary nears, Rep Tim Huelskamp and challenger Roger Marshall trumpet opposite poll results. Wenzel’s two day GOP survey puts Marshall at 49 with Huelskamp 42. undecided 9. The Polling Company survey shows Huelskamp at 47 and Marshall at 38, with 14% undecided.
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Tim Huelskamp
Roger Marshall
Fritz Wenzel
Marshall
Huelskamp
Wenzel
Brent Robertson
Wentzel
Patrick Miller
University of Kansas
Miller
Attitude and accomplishments earn HOF for Algaier
Special Olympics champion Michael Algaier, a long time standout in roller speed skating, will turn 59 this year and has earned 88 gold medals along with numerous silvers and bronzes. Tim Hendershot and Susan Hendershot praise his entrance and impact as a program coordinator for Garden City and Dodge City.
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Algaier
Michael
Mickey” Algaier
Santa Claus
Tim Hendershot
Susan
Garden City
Dodge City
Parsons
Kansas
Neighbors athlete earns Special Olympics Kansas honor
Neighbors 100 gold medals and to attend at least one more World Games. In the 1995 World Games in Connecticut, Algaier earned three medals in cycling a gold in the 1 kilometer, and a silver each in the 500-meter and 5-km races. I actually met Eunice and Sarge at the World Games in '95, and you should have seen how big her eyes got when I told her I was one of the originals in Kansas. This summer, Algaier earned another accolade. At the 46th annual Special Olympics Kansas Summer Games, Algaier was one of four athletes See Neighbors, Page A5
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Algaier
Connecticut
Eunice and
Sarge
Kansas
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Sargent Shriver
Stuff the Bus campaign collects school supplies
Jamie Ribardy donated four sacks of pencils notebooks and crayons at Walmart for the Stuff the Bus project aiding Finney County families. Volunteers from Salvation Army Finney County United Way and other agencies collected items across four area stores August 3 backpacking supplies for students. Donations include money used to buy remaining items and provide immunization and dental checkups vouchers.
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Gloria Valdez
Walmart
Gloria
Jesus
Sandra
Genesis Family Health
Jamie Ribardy
Walmart Supercenter
Kansas Avenue
Ribordy
Ribardy
Joyce Curran
Salvation Army
Dillons West
Buffalo Jones Ave
Curran
Dillons East
Kansas Ave
Karen Johnson
Fin
Ney
Garden City Community College
Sophia Tran
Finney County
Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center
W. Walnut St
Western Motor
E. Fulton
Weather Today and Tuesday Forecast
The forecast calls for today mostly sunny and warm with a high near 97 and a low around 70. On Tuesday partly sunny, breezy and warm with a high near 95 and a low about 71.
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Lee Poll
Scott Aust
Mickey Algaier
Alt ‘We
Ruben Villatoro
Abraham Vallejo
Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie
Garden City Co-op
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