Transformer outage hits Garden City power lines
A transformer blew on Friday night cutting power to northern and eastern Garden City. Dispatchers at Finney County Sheriff's Office placed the transformer at Mary Street and Kansas Highway 156. City crews plan street sealing projects across about 20 miles, starting Tuesday, with July 13 completion. Areas include Pheasant Valley and various streets. residents will get door notices. cars must be moved by 7 a.m. on sealing day or risk towing. After sealing an oily residue and sand remain. drivers should slow and steer clear of wheel tracks. For questions call 276-1270.
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Garden City
Finney County
Sheriff’s Office
Mary Street
Kansas Highway 156
Pheasant Valley
Third
Fleming Streets
Long Street
Harding Avenue
Fleming Street
Campus Drive
Spruce Street
Dances to raise money for Tweedy family
DJ’s On The Run hosts fund raising dances in Scott City and Deerfield for Zach Tweedy injured in a Monday car crash. Tonight in Scott City at the old 4-H building a 6 to 8 p.m. hamburger feed followed by an all ages country dance 8 p.m. to midnight with a four dollar admission. Monday in Deerfield at the Community Building a 5 to 8 p.m. hamburger feed with donations requested and an 8 p.m. to midnight all ages dance with donations also accepted. More information at the fundraiser’s website.
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Scott City
Deerfield
Zach Tweedy
D.j.s
Djsontherun
Annual black reunion set for next week
Garden City's Third Annual Black Reunion is planned for next week. A barbecue will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the home of Jim Taylor, 2507 N. Third St. On June 30, a dinner and dance will start at 7 p.m. at Wheat Lands Restaurant. For details, call Sue Johnson at 275-5683 or Lilly Tolbert at 276-3575.
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Garden City
Jim Taylor
Third St
Wheat Lands
Sue Johnson
Lilly Tolbert
Clean up needed as High Plains aquifer nitrate levels rise
U S Geological Survey findings show nitrates in the High Plains aquifer, including the Ogallala underlying western Kansas, exceed safe drinking water standards in 16 percent of central-region sites. Pesticides and dissolved solids also appear, hinting at farm activity as a pollution source. The aquifer undergirds 174000 square miles across eight states and serves over 2.2 million people. The study, begun in 1999, aims to continue through 2005.
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Topeka
High Plains
Geological Survey
Ogallala
Kansas
David Litke
U.S. Geological Survey
Litke
Diane Coe
Southwest
Garden City
Colorado
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
Second Chance Life for Traditions Owner Petrus
Petrus, 60, owner of Traditions Soda and Sandwiches in Syracuse, defeats leukemia after a 1999 bone marrow transplant with his brother Dennis as donor. He relocated from Garden City, once ran the Syracuse Journal, owned a motel, and helped bring Duckwall's to town while rebuilding life and business with a positive outlook.
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Traditions Soda & Sandwiches
Petrus
Syracuse
Amarillo
Texas
Wichita
Dennis
Garden City
Beverley
Duckwall’s
Car Fire at Coastal Mart Sparks Fear Near Garden City
Tyson Craig's 1984 Porsche caught fire near Coastal Mart at Fleming and Mary streets around 1 30 p m on a Friday. Lt. Scott Rose said crews arrived quickly and extinguished a small electrical engine compartment fire after a bystander used a fire extinguisher. Coastal Mart staff described the scare as a near blow up risk with open fumes and rapid car movement.
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Garden City
Tyson Craig
Coastal Mart
Fleming and Mary Streets
Craig
Scott Rose
Labrador
Rose
Stephanie Novack
Novack
Sublette Hosts Mentorship, Safety Fair and Team Roping
The Sublette community attracts attention with Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship matches in Haskell County while preparing a safety fair at Sublette City Park. Highlights include farm, fire, seat belt, lake, and drug awareness talks, DJ music, free pool time, and a team roping and barrel racing event to benefit the Jack Paris Memorial fund supporting hospital bills for the late Sublette graduate Jack Paris.
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Sublette
Haskell
Rick Houdashelt
Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization
Seward
Stevens
Haskell County
Houdashelt
Big Brothers Big Sisters
D.J
Mary Cauthon
Cauthon
Haskell County Fairgrounds
Jack Paris
Leonard Hampton
George and
Elaine Paris
Sub
State ends Wyandotte food inspection contract
Kansas officials stripped Wyandotte County health department of its contract to inspect food establishments after an audit found 79 percent of 35 sampled restaurants failed to meet sanitation standards. The report cites chronic decline since 1986 and notes two sites closed voluntarily as imminent hazards.
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Kansas City, Kan
Wyandotte
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Tweedy
Brad Nading
Abby Herlan
North Sixth Street
Bob Petrus
The
Syracuse Journal
Traditions
Molly Gardner
Garden City Telegram
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