Local bankers aid troops with large ham burger feed
Western State Bank sponsors a free ham burger feed as Bill Harmon, Jon Fort, and Bill Broadie assemble cooking trailers for troops. They prepare indirect grilled burgers and potatoes, travel to Fort Hood and other bases, and share a rugged build story from scrap parts.
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Bill Harmon
Jon Fort
Bill Broadie
Western State Bank
Mike Palen
Broadie
Ashland
Fort Hood
Texas
Tim Joyce
Fort
Texas Tech
Hun
David Koester
Drought stretches across the U S fuels water bans and farmer losses
The drought darkens regions from Ohio to California and Texas to the Dakotas. Illinois Lake DePue boat race saved by volunteers who built a sandbag dam and pumped in water. Oklahoma rain offers brief relief, while Kansas declares drought emergency in all 105 counties as 73 percent face extreme drought per the latest monitor. Farmers like Paul Schilberg fear $2,500 losses per cattle head without grazing and feed.
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Lake DePue
Illinois
Ohio
California
Texas
Dakotas
U.S
National Climatic Data Center
Asheville
N.C
Oklahoma
National Weather Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mark Thompson
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Drought Monitor
Crackdown Targets Synthetic Drug Trade In Garden City
DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart says federal, state, and local partners will hit synthetic drugs from makers to retailers with all tools. In Kansas, a 2010 ban on K2 preceded a one year Schedule I ban on five chemicals. a March 1 extension followed. Garden City police and DEA executed warrants at Kahala Tobacco & Gift Shop and the owner’s residence, finding synthetic drugs and cash, plus marijuana at the home. Paraphernalia seizure totaled 1,200 pieces. no arrests were made, case ongoing.
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DEA
Michele M. Leonhart
Kansas
Garden City
Finney County
Kahala Tobacco & Gift Shop
Kansas Plaza
Brian Inglis
Inglis
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Becky Malewitz
Andrea Browm
Finney County Fair
Clinton
Paul Schilberg
Kansas Department of Revenue Alcoholic Beverage
Holcomb
Zoo
Breakover Land
Clarion Inn
Sammy’s
Commerce Bank
Douglass
Finney County Farm Bureau Association
Finney County Convention & Tourism Bureau
Finnup Foundation Trust
Ruth Gordanier Charitable Trust
Keller-Leopold Insurance
Larkin, Main & Palmer
Willis & Connie
Sam’s Club
St Catherine Hospital
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Silver Level Sponsons Ag
Coldwell
Farm Credit of Southwest
Fry Eye Associates
Garden City New Car Dealers
Noon Lions Club
Garden City State Bank
Garland Funeral Home
Golden Plains Credit Union
Tim Hannigan
DDS
Mike
Grant Harris
Hopkins, Hopkins & Ackerman
Bryan & Geneen
Love
Palmer Manufacturing & Tank Plaza
Price & Sons Funeral Home
Dave
Cheryl Sweley
Tatro Plumbing Company
Travers Construction
Tyson Fresh Meats
Valley State Bank
Wallace Electric
Lon
Donna Wartman
ARC Real Estate
Crazy House
Garden City Company
A City
Garden True Value
Daryl & Ann Hamlett
Justin Kohlhorst
Randall McVey Dmc
Jim & Cherie
Randall
Reeve Cattle Company
Robinson Oil Co
Rupp Chiropractic
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
Lisa Axman
Baier
Black Hills Charitable Fund
Darin Bradstreet
Calihan
Craig & Gaede
Cindy Dial
Doering & Grisell Family
First National Bank
Kathy Friesen
Jerome Greene
Neil Hawley
Insurance
Hope, Mills, Bolin
Collins & Ramsey
Kandee
Klein
Gillian Kohlhorst
Tuwhleweed Festival Inc
Daryl Hamlett
Jera McGraw Willis
Jim Randall
Russ Tidwell
Lynn Schoonover
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