Garden City man set for preliminary hearing on aggravated indecent liberties
Eddie Rojas III, 22, faces a preliminary hearing at 3:30 p.m. July 12 in Judge Thomas Richardson's court on charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child involving a 13-year-old girl in March. Bond is set at $40,000. letters suggested a relationship. Rojas remains jailed in Finney County.
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Garden City
Eddie Rojas III
Thomas Richardson
Rojas
Richardson
Finney County
Brian Sherwood
Sherwood
Face to Face to Play Stevens Park Concert Sunday
Face to Face a Hugoton and Moscow based band performs contemporary Christian praise and worship music at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Stevens Park bandshell as part of the Stevens Park Concert Series. The event is free and features members Jeff Whitham Wayne Harrison Bill DeCamp Guy Bowden Robert Suddeth and Ron Hoing.
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Face To Face
Stevens Park
Jeff Whitham
Wayne Harrison
Bill DeCamp
Guy Bowden
Robert Suddeth
Ron Hoing
Duck Stamp contest art on display at Finnup Center
Top entries from the 2006 Kansas Junior Duck Stamp art contest are shown at Finnup Center for Conservation Education in Lee Richardson Zoo. The show runs weekdays 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. until July 13, with 660 entries in the state competition. The best-of-show went to Kansas for nationals in April but did not place. Color copies of the top 36 have toured since April and will be shown at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson in September. Garden City Community College Players Club drama group holds a Giant Garage Sale Friday 3 to 7 p.m. north of Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building to fund a May 2007 trip to New York. Donations welcome at the scene shop this week or setup at 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Finnup Center For Conservation Education
Lee Richardson Zoo
Garden City Community College
Players Club
Pauline Joyce
New York
Merchants face new gift card rules in Kansas
Kansas will require merchants to honor gift cards for at least five years starting Jan. 1. The new law prohibits inactivity fees charged when a recipient does not use the card for at least a year after purchase.
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Kansas City
Groundbreaking Held For $9.2 Million Hospital Renovation
Kearny County officials and hospital board members broke ground on a 9.2 million renovation of Kearny County Hospital and High Plains Retirement Village. The project adds 12 assisted living units and upgrades west wing rooms while keeping the 25 current beds. Construction is slated for 14 months with a ribbon cutting targeted for August 19, 2007, funded by general obligation bonds approved last fall 386 to 291.
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LAKIN
Kearny County
Kearny County Hospital
High Plains
John Loebs
Sandy Cameron
Jack Sculte
Hutton Construction Co
Wichita
David C. Wright
Health Facilities Group
Scott City
Elkhart
Hays
Tom Wright
Cording
Sue Stingley
Wright
Garden City USD 457 extends superintendent contract
Garden City school board approved a 5 percent pay rise for Superintendent Rick Atha for 2006-07, raising his salary from 112000 to 118000, and extended his contract by one year after closed session. The board aligned the increase with certified staff, while teachers negotiate with the district.
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Garden City
USD 457
Board of Education
Rick Atha
Garden City Education Association
Gail Dunford
Atha
Dunford
Teachers Seek Tentative 2006 07 Pay Deal After Talks
Negotiators for USD 457 teachers and the district expect to finalize a tentative 2006-07 compensation package at a Wednesday meeting. The plan would raise total pay from 24.79 million to 26.03 million dollars, giving about 570 teachers a 1 400 dollar base raise plus experience and education based adds up to 1 100 for the most senior, with votes to follow before the July board session. The process uses interest based bargaining aimed at joint problem solving.
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Kathleen Whitley
USD 457
Whitley
Board of Education
Kansas Wheat House to be featured on Travel Channel
Shirley Voran co owner of the Kansas Wheat House in Cimarron is spotlighted on the Travel Channel show Taste of America with Mark Decarlo at 7 and 10 tonight and 4 p.m. Saturday The segment marks the only Kansas visit by the series which highlights regional foods The business makes edible wheat products and grows some of its own wheat in southwest Kansas Open 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday Located at 102 S Main Cimarron www kansangrown com kswheat.
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Kansas Wheat House
Cimarron
Travel Channel
Kansas
Lyness
Shirley Voran
Voran
S. Main
Kansasgrown.com
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