Break-in at Alta Brown School trailer leads to arrests
Police jailed a 23-year-old Garden City man and a 16-year-old Lamar girl after workers at Alta Brown School spotted them leaving a mobile home trailer. The pair had been living in the trailer at 408 Hudson, breaking in through a window and reportedly staying for several days before officers arrested them around 9:45 a.m. The trailer is used as a classroom during the school year.
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Garden City
Lamar
Cole
Preliminary hearing set in Crane death case
Steven Lee Perkins, 19, of Highlandville, is charged with second degree murder and armed criminal action in the June 12 shooting of Gregory W. Campbell, 17, Crane. The shooting happened near Galena after an argument over money. Campbell was home on Army leave.
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Missouri
Garden City
Stone County
Steven Lee Perkins
Highlandville
Gregory W. Campbell
Campbell
Gregory L. Campbell
Caroll McCullough
Galena
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Benefit car wash for P J Diehl at Alco in Kansas
A Saturday benefit car wash hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church youth class will raise funds for 13 year old P J Diehl, injured in a Mother's Day boating accident. The event runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Alco store parking lot at 1401 FE, Kansas, to aid medical expenses from his stay at Wesley Medical Center and ongoing rehabilitation.
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P.J. Diehl
Kansas
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Cedar Bluff Reservoir
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
PMS Program on Premenstrual Syndrome Offered
A continuing education program titled PMS The Yo Yo Syndrome is offered by Area Mental Health Center and St. Catherine Hospital in Mound Minnesota. Joy Bennett directs the PMS Discovery and Support Center and will teach the session from 930 AM to 1230 PM at the hospital. The course covers causes symptoms management and treatment of PMS and offers three contact hours for nurses social workers and licensed medical technicians. Open to the public with preregistration 18 dollars and 23 dollars at the door.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Joy Bennett
PMS Discovery and Support Center
Mound
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Education Department
Grand Canyon tour fees due for seniors group
Garden City RSVP sponsors an August 4 to 7 Grand Canyon tour for residents aged 55 and over. The $375 per person fee covers lodging, three meals, and transport to tour sights. The group will stay three nights in Flagstaff, Arizona. Joyce Owen has more details at 275-0462.
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Garden City
RSVP
Flagstaff
Ariz
Joyce Owen
Burglary Stolen Stereo Equipment At Garden City Home
Police report a burglary at 912 Inge Garden City where stereo equipment computer gear and a telephone with a total value around 2900 dollars were taken. Entry was gained by pushing in a window screen reaching inside unlocking a door.
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Seminars to protect people from crime at Garden City College
A series of summer seminars by the Criminal Justice Department at Garden City Community College covers Retail Security on June 30 to July 1 and July 10 11 from 8 am to 5 pm, Women's Self Defense July 8 and 9, and Developing Crime Prevention Programs June 12 and 13. Linda Morgan, the instructor, leads the sessions with a $27 registration per person. Contact Chris Barnett at 276-7611 to register.
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Garden City Community College
Neighborhood Watch
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GCCC
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Warnings posted at sand pits along Arkansas River
Three signs warning of danger and strong undercurrents have been posted at sand pits along the Arkansas River south of Garden City. County sanitarian Lyle Schmaus says a four year old boy drowned there June 17 and notes funding uncertainties for replacing signs if they disappear. Rescue crews struggled against the current during the search for the boy.
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Arkansas River
Garden City
Lyle Schmaus
Schmaus
City weighs tavern rules ballfields and court actions
City commissioners will revisit a tavern ordinance change requiring parental notes for minors or their guardians, after owner Joyce McGaughey protested the lack of notice. They discussed ballfield lighting at Deane Wiley Park and a binding covenant. debates centered on future park use and resident concerns. Also approved was Paul Handy as municipal court judge, while keeping his associate district duties, with meetings scheduled Mondays, Fridays, and Wednesdays.
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Deane Wiley Park
Greg McDonald
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Paul Handy
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Dennis Bahr
Wiley
Municipal Court
City backs flight station at Garden City Airport
City commissioners voted unanimously to support keeping a flight service and a National Weather Service station at Garden City Municipal Airport. The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce lobbies to preserve both stations as FAA plans consolidate nine Kansas sites into a Wichita hub and move Weather Service data from Dodge City. Chamber officials meet FAA and NWS officials in Washington on July 22 to press for Garden City as the consolidated site.
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Salina
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Unfortunate incident leads to umpire suspension
Garden City Recreation Commissioners ruled on a troublesome junior league baseball incident last week after Lions faced Walck Trucking. Umpire Mike Balak was suspended for two games and Jody Knight was banned from Clint Lightner Field events this summer. Director Paul Lewis said both parties regret the flare up and intend to continue the kids’ program.
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Lions
Walck Trucking
Mike Balak
Labrador
Jody Knight
Pennsylvania Balak
Paul Lewis
Recreation Commission
Rains slow wheat harvest in Kansas fields
In Colby Kansas thunderstorms halted cutting in northwest and west central Kansas. A Kansas Job Service official said crews could resume today or Friday as mud slows progress. Some harvesting had already restarted on a limited basis, though fields near Colby remain muddy and delays threaten wheat quality.
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Kansas Job Service
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