Roundup Arts class and adult swim night schedule
Garden City Recreation Commission offers a four week Arts and Crafts roundup for children seven to 15 starting Tuesday with sessions 2-3 p.m. for ages seven to nine and 3-4 p.m. for ages ten to fifteen. Registration ends June 18. Adult swim night at the Big Pool is June 22 from 8 to 10 p.m. with $1 per person and $2 for pool and slides. no season passes. Attendees must be 21 or older.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
Garden City ‘Recreation Commission
Recreation Office
Donna Gerstner
The
Recreation Commission
Fort Riley Soldiers Killed in Iraq Identified
The Pentagon reported two Fort Riley 1st Infantry Division soldiers killed in Iraq. Private Cameron K Payne, 22, of Corona California, died in Baghdad when a bomb struck his patrol vehicle. Private William C Johnson of Oxford North Carolina died of wounds from a bomb in Baghdad. Johnson served with Ist Squadron 4th Cavalry Regiment.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Iley
Iraq
Pentagon
Army
Cameron K. Payne
Corona
Calif
Baghdad
16Th
Try
William C. Johnson
Oxford
N.C
Johnson
Istuadron
4Th Cavalrygiment
Weekend of Buffalo Days and Santa Fe Trail events
This weekend honors local history with Buffalo Days at Sandsage Bison Range featuring tours reenactments and wildlife displays with a tiered admission. Also Santa Fe Trail Day at Kearny County Museum Lakin offering a 5 K walk free breakfast tours buggy rides and prizes including a $250 top cash award. Cardboard canoe races close the weekend with a family-friendly vibe.
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Sandsage Bison Range and Wildlife Area
Garden City
U.S. Highway 83
Lee Richardson Zoo
Tom Norman
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Foster
State
Friends of
Sandsage Bison Range
Kearny County Museum
Lakin
S. Buffalo St
Santa Fe Trail
Tammy Dickey
Lakin Recreation Commission
Dickey
Kearny County Bank
Lakin High School
Veterans Memorial Building
Kearny County
Rain Cancels Scott City Circus Show Amid Heavy Flooding
Rainy storms flood Scott County Fairgrounds forcing the 7 30 p m circus show to be canceled after fans arrived for a 4 30 p m performance. Carson Barnes crew loaded gear as 281 adult and 131 child tickets sold for both shows with tickets usable at Ulysses or redeemed at the Scott City Chamber office. Weather stats from Wednesday show 5.07 inches at Collyer and other heavy totals. drought broken, wheat harvest delayed by rain and cooler conditions expected to slow harvest into late June.
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Scott City
Scott County Fairgrounds
Rick Sloan
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Gove County
Scott
Wakeeney
Sloan
The
Weather Service
Collyer
Hardiner
Utica
Garden City
Hamilton
Kearny
Carson & Barnes Circus
Ment. Lacy Long
Scott City Chamber of Commerce
Ulysses
Long
Scott City Chamber of
Whitehill
Mary Knapp
Kansas State University Research and Extension Experiment Station
Knapp
Big Top
Baby Reticulated Giraffe Born at Lee Richardson Zoo
A healthy male reticulated giraffe calf was born Wednesday at Lee Richardson Zoo. Mother Penny, on loan from Disney's Animal Kingdom, is 10 years old and this is her second calf. father Shingo is 21. The calf measured about six feet and 125 pounds, emerged on public display at 10 50 a.m. and began nursing within an hour.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Penny
Disney
Animal Kingdom
Shingo
Andrea Smith
Zoo
Holcomb High names Jerrod Stoppel as new principal
The USD 363 board approved Jerrod Stoppel as Holcomb High School principal at a salary of 78000 with a goal to increase student numbers while reducing grade levels. Stoppel comes from Ingalls Junior/Senior High School where he served as principal and athletic director.
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Jerrod Stoppel
Kansas
Holcomb High School
USD 363 Board of Education
Stoppel
Ingalls
Bob O’connor
O'Connor
Jerrod
Tim Miller
Miller
Garden City High School
Merritt Public School
Elk City
Oklo
Garden City Community College
Kansas State University
Emporia State University
Bill Biermann
Southwest Plains Regional Service Center
Sublette
Biermann
Board of Education
Allen Konicek
Lincoln
Chad Krug
Garden City
USD 457
Florence Wilson
Altz Brown
Roger Morris
St. Xavier Catholic
Junction City
Brad Springston
GCHS
Option
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Adult Swim
Ottawa
Weldon Padgett
Padgett
Kevin Kimball
Garrett Stratton
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Gerstner
Farley/Telegram
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