Drenching storm disrupts Garden City carnival and power
A southwest weather event drenched Garden City on Thursday night with heavy rain and 60 to 65 mph winds. Lightning struck 535 E US 50 causing electrical damage and minor water damage, cutting power in several neighborhoods and forcing cancellation of Beef Empire Days carnival activities. City rescue ops faced roof access issues as crews reported no fire but significant electrical damage. Rain totals ranged from 1.64 to 2.15 inches with deerfield cimarron reported values. power outages lasted up to two hours in Southwind and North 3rd Street/East Schulman areas.
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Garden City
Sunflower Electric
Holcomb Station
Rick Loder
E US. 50
Rick Collins
Scott Smith
Smith
Dave Jones
Finney County
Emer
Gency Management Agency
Chmelka Road
West Lowe Road
North 3Rd Street
East Schulman Avenue
Southwind
Deerfield
Cimarron
Ulysses
Johnson
Syracuse
Tribune
Scott City
Tornado of 67 remembered in Garden City massacre and aftermath
Thirty years ago on June 23 a tornado slammed Garden City and nearby areas. As many as six twisters caused one death and hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed, with Briar Hill area hardest hit. Schools, a nursing home, motel and stores suffered extensive damage while residents sought shelter in basements during the long, windy night.
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Ber
Garden City
Garden City Realtors
Ideal Food Store
Stevens Park
Kansas
Main
Briar Hill
Briar Hill Manor Nursing Home
Terrace Garden Care Center
Georgia Matthews
Church of the Nazarene
Jennie Wilson
Flamingo Motel
W.O. Ward
Massey Ferguson
Valley View
Kansas State University Experiment Station
St. Catherine Hospital
Briar Hill Manor
Finney
Gray
Finney County
Amazing One Arm Bandit to Highlight Beef Empire Days Rodeo
The One Arm Bandit act from Shidler Oklahoma, a PRCA Specialty Act of the Year winner eight years running, headlines Beef Empire Days Rodeo at Finney County fairgrounds. Lynn Payne and his father John perform with horses and whips, training longhorn cattle on a modified trailer, with Lynn solo since 1994. Tickets range from five to eight dollars, and events run Wednesday through Saturday with various roping and bull riding contests and free Kids Night.
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Shidler
Okla
Lynn Payne
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
PRCA
Randy Fisher
John
Oklahoma Cowboys
Fisher
Paynes
Lynn
Finney County Fairgrounds
Presto Convenience
Cowboys
Sunflower Electric
Supreme Cattle Feeder
IBP Monfort
Brookover
Sunday beer sale plan hits snag in Garden City
In June 1997 Garden City officials tried a Sunday 3.2 beer sale fix for the fairgrounds. A 3-2 vote paused the move as commissioners weighed waiving the city ordinance amid license conflicts. State officials said ABC would not issue more liquor licenses in 1997 due to many cereal malt beverage licenses already at the fairgrounds.
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Garden City
Jose Barrios
Fairgrounds
Barrios
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
ABC
Bob Halloran
Com
Mission
Jean Solze
Finney County Fairgrounds
Kansas
Solze
Randy Grisell
Pete Olson
Millie Norman
Fairground
Hundreds of Cyclists Tour Kansas in BAK 2015 Route
Biking Across Kansas 2015 sequence runs eight days from the Colorado line eastward with riders aged nine to 88, including stops in Johnson City Lakin Jetmore Larned Sterling Goessel Council Grove Baldwin City and Garden City on Sunday morning. The route traverses Fort Larned Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Tallgrass Prairie Preserve and welcomes entrants from up to 36 states and one from Ireland.
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Kansas
Colorado Line
Johnson City
Lakin
Jetmore
Larned
Sterling
Goessel
Council Grove
Baldwin City
Louisburg
Garden City
Fort Larned
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
David Rohr
Biking Across Kansas, Inc
New York
Florida
New Mexico
Washington
California
Ireland
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Beef Days
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Regan & Co. Real Estate
N. Main
Robin Hawkins
United Country Real Estate & Regan & Co. Real Estate
Mehmet
ReganAndCo
Finney County Historical Museum
The
Telegram
Historical Museum
Les Toma Leerae
Russell Child Development Center
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