Veteran breaks silence with WWII memoir at fair signing
Fred Randle, a World War II veteran from Ulysses, recalls perilous campaigns from Africa to Burma and the Rohna disaster, sharing memories in a new memoir "Hell on Land Disaster at Sea." Former UPI journalist William Hughes coauthored. Randle signed copies at the Grant County Museum booth during the county fair, promoting his first published novel as he travels from Arkansas back to his Missouri roots.
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Fred Randle
William W. Hughes
United Press International
Randle
Ulysses
Grant County
Missouri
North Africa
Oran
Roosevelt
Churchill
India
Burma
Merrills Maurauders
China
Hot Springs
Ark
Grant County Museum
Russ
Bill to study Ogallala Aquifer gains Senate support
U S Sen Sam Brownback and Sen Jeff Bingaman introduced a bill to study the Ogallala High Plains Aquifer on a county by county basis with federal state and local water groups. The program would run 2008 2011 to inform research and planning and promote uniform data across states.
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Ogallala
Congress
U.S
Sam Brownback
Rtopeka
Jeff Bingaman
D-N.m
High Plains
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
Kansas Geological Survey
Brownback
Senate
Jerry Moran
KWA
al LeDoux
Mayo
Cleaner air and water from city wastewater plant dedication
About 60 Garden City residents toured the wastewater treatment plant at 345 S Jennie Barker Road for its dedication. Mayor Tim Cruz and City Manager Bob Halloran highlighted conservation, with the plant removing about 98 percent of contaminants and treating up to 6 million gallons daily for up to 60 000 people. Sludge will be reused on farms and lawns, with first residential reuse expected in fall, while the administration building was renamed for Albert R. "John" Carr.
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Garden City
Tim Cruz
Mark Eisenbarth
Eisenbarth
Bob Halloran
Teresa Southern
Southern
S. Jennie Barker Road
Halloran
Karen Livingston
Livingston
Albert R. “John” Carr
Carr
Garden City loses bid to host Kansas Sampler Festival
Garden City will not host the Kansas Sampler Festival in 2004 and 2005 as the bid was withdrawn. WenDee LaPlant of the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce cited electrical capacity limits and venue logistics at the zoo West Green, plus trees and tent sizes, as reasons. Newton and Dodge City are finalists. Independence hosted the festival this year. Community support and sponsorships had been coming in before the withdrawal.
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Garden City
Kansas
LaPlant
Zoo
Long Park
Newton
Dodge City
Independence
Oneok Fined $180000 Over Hutchinson Gas Explosions
The Tulsa based natural gas company Oneok faces the maximum allowed $180,000 fine after gas explosions in Hutchinson last year killed a couple and damaged downtown. Oneok says it will review the ruling from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and respond from operational and legal perspectives. The storage cavern remains closed amid new state storage regulations. officials cite a single leak at Oneok's field and estimate 140 to 160 million cubic feet of gas lost over ten days.
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Wichita
Hutchinson
Oneek
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Oneok
Weldon Watson
Health Department
Blues and Jazz Festival at Stevens Park Band Shell
High Plains Public Radio presents a noon to 11 p.m. Aug 3 Blues and Jazz Festival at Stevens Park Band Shell featuring artists from Wichita Garden City Ulysses Dodge City and Amarillo Texas. Admission is free with fund raiser booths supporting the State Theatre Renovation and a lineup including Garden City High School Jazz Band Stu Moss Kristin Doering Russ Tidwell Take The Coda Third Degree Usual Suspects Four Brothers and Dickey Do and the Donts. Prizes games and family entertainment abound with festival sponsors listing HPPR Western State Bank BJR Productions Horlacher Jewelers Lon Frahm Scheepner's Water Conditioning and Johnson's Septic Systems.
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High Plains Public Radio
Shell
Stevens Park
Wichita
Garden City
Ulysses
Dodge City
Amarillo
Texas
State
Garden City High School
Stu Moss
Kristin Doering
Russ Tidwell
Third Degree
Usual Suspects
Four Brothers
Dickey Do
Western State Bank
BJR Productions
Horlacher Jewelers
Lon Frahm
Scheepner’s
Johnson's
County Commission to Meet Monday Night in Finney County
Finney County commissioners will convene at 7 p.m. Monday at Triple H Grain and Cattle, 1955 W. Plymell Road. The agenda includes a public comment period with no specific business listed. County Engineer Max Morgan will join to answer questions on roads and drainage. The public is invited to attend and raise county concerns.
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Finney County
Triple H Grain and Cattle
W. Plymell Road
Max Morgan
Early voting options for Finney County primary
People may vote early in the Finney County Clerk's office at 311 N Ninth St or by mail. The deadline to return advance votes is noon August 5. Applications to vote in person or by mail are available at the county clerk's office.
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Finney County
N. Ninth St
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Michelle Eisenbarth
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