Head Start signup day set for Monday in Garden City
Garden City Head Start invites mothers and fathers to apply for children up to five years old. Applications run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 206 1/2 Fulton St. Free, with a small gift for applicants. Bring proof of income birth certificate immunization record and Social Security card. Call 275-6635 for rides. Program offers prenatal advice screenings parent education and involvement.
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Head Start
Concert to salute Flag Day tonight in Garden City
The Garden City Municipal Band performs at 8 tonight in the Stevens Park band shell to honor Flag Day. The program features Gershwin Cohan and Sousa works plus Civil War Suite and The Liberty Bell March. Bruce Spiller directs the 50 member band with a July 4 Zoobalee and summer Friday schedule through July 20.
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Garden City
Stevens Park
George Gershwin
George Cohan
John P. Sousa
Grundman
Sousa
Stephen Foster
James H. Burden
Bruce Spiller
Zoobalee
Shell
Drummer to jam at Kadee's this weekend Garden City
African drumming returns to Garden City with Rosario Carelli of Taos New Mexico. An open jam session runs tonight from 7 to 8 at Kadee's 210 E Spruce St. Two workshops follow Saturday children's session 10 to 11 a.m. $10 and adult session 1 to 3 30 p.m. $35. Call Margaret Meyers at 275 1627 to reserve.
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Garden City
Rosario Carelli
Taos
N.M
Kadee
E. Spruce St
Kadee’s
Margaret Meyers
Eight injured in fire at Atchison Casting
Eight people suffered minor injuries in a fire at Atchison Casting. Capt. Lee Kipple said firefighters arrived after a 8 36 p.m. call and found the blaze already controlled. no investigation was conducted because the department was not called to assist.
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Atchison
Lee Kipple
Kipple
Rain Could Spread Across Kansas This Weekend
Forecasters say after a sunny mild day thunderstorms may form in western Kansas this evening and continue Saturday. By Saturday night and Sunday the showers and storms could spread statewide with overnight lows in the 50s and highs of 80 to 85 Saturday and upper 70s to upper 80s Sunday across regions.
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Buffalo Bill tribute draws crowd in Garden City
Phil Ray, dressed as Buffalo Bill, presents at Garden City Senior Center about the famed hunter and the bison’s Kansas history during Beef Empire Days. He notes the buffalo’s once vast numbers, declines, and partial comeback, while stressing the need to preserve stories and memory of the past.
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Buffalo Bill
Phil Ray
B.S
Ray
Tve
Buffalo Reserve
Carlene Goddard
Kansas
United States
Buffalo
Great Plains
Bill Graves
William Frederick Cody
Leavenworth
Europe
Lookout Mountain
Colorado
Topeka
Garden City
Capital murder charges in Wyandotte shooting rampage
Two men face capital murder charges after a shooting spree in Kansas City Kansas that killed five people. Darrell Stallings remains at large with a $2.5 million bond, Erick Harris is jailed on a $2 million bond. If convicted, they face life or death.
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Kansas City, Kan
Wyandotte County
Nick Tomasic
Darrell L. Stallings
Stallings
Wyandotte
Erick Harris
Harris
Harris and
Melvin Montague
Samantha Sigler
Destiny Wiles
Trina Jennings
Almena town rebuilds its grocery store after fire
Town of 500 raises funds and volunteers to rebuild the Almena Market after a December blaze. Janette and Jeff Callaway oversaw a threefold expansion opened June 1 with community help on roof work, stock, cleanup, and fundraising. Grand opening planned for Saturday.
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Janette Callaway
Almena Market
Jeff
Jeff Callaway
Funeral honors Burnham's legacy
Slain missionary Martin Burnham is honored in Wichita as mourners recall his generosity and faith. Dignitaries including Bob Dole and Sam Brownback attend the service at Central Christian Church. Gracia Burnham, wounded in the Philippine hostage rescue, greets mourners in a wheelchair and messages from relatives are read.
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Martin Burnham
Gracia
Kansas
Bob Dole
Sam Brownback
Central Christian Church
Burnham
Gracia Burnham
Philippines
Joe Wright
Galen Hinshaw
Martin
Mindy
Oli Jacobsen
New Tribes Mission Executive Committee
Jacobsen
Rose Hill
Rhonda Davis
Philippine Army
Abu Sayyaf
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Orestes Huerta
St. Mary Catholic Church
Alice Cruz
Ana Mesa
Brad Nading
Graham K. Johns
Emily Stroud
Pierceville
Ottaway Amusement Co
Callaways
Drake Gebhard
Almena School Board
Norton
Gebhard
Gebhard Construction and Cattle Co
Steve Mees
Mees
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