Woman in Hospital After Stevens County Accident
Garden City resident Joyce E. Cyr, 73, is in fair condition at Wesley Medical Center after a Tuesday morning crash at U S Highway 56 and Cook Street in Stevens County. Her 1993 Ford Escort station wagon struck the rear of John Wall's 1995 Chevy Suburban, driven by Wall of Moscow, with his son Herman Wall 16 aboard. both occupants wearing seat belts, Cyr reportedly extricated from her vehicle.
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Stevens County
Joyce E. Cyr
Wesley Medical Center
Steve Lewis
Lewis
Cyr
John Wall
Moscow
Cook Street
Wall
Herman Wall
Walls
Alliance sells ice cream at Stevens Park to aid Windsor Hotel restoration
Garden City Preservation Alliance offers ice cream cookies brownies and bottled water between 7 30 and 9 p m Friday at Stevens Park to raise funds for restoring the Windsor Hotel on Main Street The sale coincides with the Garden City Municipal Band concert at 8 p m Ice cream at a 1 donation per cup cookies and brownies 50 cents each water 1 a bottle Chocolate and strawberry swirl ice cream available.
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Main Street
Garden City Preservation Alliance
Stevens Park
Garden City
Youth horse show results released at Southwest Spectacular
The Southwest Spectacular Horse Show at Finney County Fairgrounds announced winners by age group. Novice champion Amanda Schulz. Jayden Speer reserve. 7 to 9 years: Hannah Vanderee and Garett Walker tied champions with Jessica Lamont reserve. 10 to 13 years: Riley Vanderee champion, Shandra Walker reserve. 14 to 18 years: Nicole Brown champion, Marisha Eck reserve.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Amanda Schulz
Jayden Speer
Hannah Vanderee
Garett Walker
Jessica Lamont
Riley Vanderee
Shandra Walker
Nicole Brown
Marisha Eck
Ministers plan church monitoring in Johnson County
A group named The Mainstream Coalition plans volunteer observers at Johnson County church services starting in July to ensure no election year campaigning from the pulpit. About 100 ministers at a Overland Park meeting urged ousting Kansas lawmakers who opposed a gay marriage ban.
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Overland Park
Johnson County
First Family Church
Jerry Johnston
Kansas
God
Johnston
Internal Revenue Service
Mainstream Coalition
Caroline McKnight
IRS
McKnight
Johnson
Kansas House
Johnston's Church
Worf named to Garden City CC Board of Trustees
Terri Worf, a 43 year old graduate of GCCC nursing, was chosen Tuesday to fill the term of Mark Eisenbarth who left for Michigan. She will serve through April 2007 and emphasized promoting the college, nursing education, and budget efficiency while supporting the Front Door Project and campus expansion plans.
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Terri Worf
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Worf
Mark Eisenbarth
Michigan
Dan Baffa
William Clifford
Baffa
Wolf
Board of
GCCC
Newman University
University of Kansas
Garden City
Dee Wigner
Clifford
Kansas school funding blamed as unconstitutional in Supreme Court filings
Plaintiffs say the 2.7 billion annual funding formula fails poor and minority students. Judges ruled the system unconstitutional last December, with the state appealing to the Kansas Supreme Court. Attorneys emphasize the case centers on children and inequities, while lawmakers ponder revisions and expedited appeals.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Dodge City
Salina
Alan Rupe
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
Supreme Court
State Board of Education
Rupe
Bullock
House
Senate
Local man raises funds for Ronald McDonald House in poker run
Gilbert Rojas, who stayed at Ronald McDonald Houses in Wichita and Fort Worth during his son Gilbert Rojas Jr’s leukemia battle, organizes a July 17 poker run across Liberal Hugoton Sublette Lakin and Garden City to raise support. Entry is 30 dollars plus 15 for an extra rider, with prizes of 200 100 and 50 dollars, shirts and door prizes. Rojas hopes for 150 riders, seeks corporate sponsors, and notes the charity’s mission to aid sick children.
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Gilbert Rojas
Wichita
Fort Worth
Texas
Rojas
Gilbert Rojas Jr
Ronald McDonald House
Liberal
Hugoton
Sublette
Lakin
Garden City
Bo’s Outback
Buffalo Jones Ave
McDonald's
Kansas Plaza
Red Cross
Ronald McDonald
Advocates launch voter education campaign in Kansas
In Topeka a coalition champions accessible voting under new federal and state rules. Disabled Kansans, nearly 20 percent of eligible voters, learn registration and candidate views at a library workshop as organizers plan statewide exit polls and volunteer accessibility testers.
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Topeka
Lou Ann Kibbee
Hays
Kibbee
Rocky Nichols
Kansas Advocacy and Protective Services
Garden City
Troy Horton
Center For Independent Living
Kansas
Nichols
Ksadvorg
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