Residents discuss safety at mobile home park meeting
East Garden Village residents at 4101 E US 50 met with owner Rob Martin James Hawkins and Garden City Police to discuss burglaries in January and February. Captain Mike Utz noted two juvenile arrests and three suspects who left town. Residents plan crime prevention pamphlets and wish to report incidents. park has full time security.
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East Garden Village
E. U.S. Highway 50
Rob Martin
James Hawkins
Garden City
Utz
Parole Board to Hold Public Comment Session in Finney County
The Kansas Board of Parole will host a public comment session from 9 to 11 a.m. on April 20 at the Finney County Courthouse Room 209, 425 N Eighth St, in Topeka. Parole candidates from Finney and Haskell counties include Jesus Laureles, Jerry Varnell, Michael Fleig, Paul Constable, and Rhonda Strane. Letters may be sent to the Kansas Parole Board in Topeka. call (785) 296-3469 for details.
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Kansas Board of Parole
Finney County
N. Eighth St
Department of Corrections
Jesus Laureles
Jerry Varnell
Michael Fleig
Paul Constable
Haskell County
Rhonda Strane
Kansas Parole Board
London State
Jackson St
S. Topeka
KPB
Topeka
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Wichita
Christian School Opens Open House Sunday
Garden City Christian School at 2595 Jennie Barker Road will host an open house from 1 30 to 3 30 p m Sunday. The public is invited to tour the non-denominational school supported by 13 area churches.
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Garden City Christian School
Jennie Barker Road
iTravel.com Seeks Bankruptcy After Downsizing
Online travel company iTravel.com filed for bankruptcy in Topeka with zero assets and 1.77 million dollars in debt, days after closing operations and weeks after laying off most staff. Once part of International Tours and Cruises, it grew to 40 offices before being bought and moved online under Steve Mon and partners.
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Overland Park
iTravel.com
Topeka
Ttravel.com
International Tours and Cruises
Steve Mon
Senate sends bill to Graves on White home
TOPEKA AP A bill to let the state seize Emporia home of William Allen White go to Gov Bill Graves. Senate approval 40-0 to accept House amendment directing Kansas State Historical Society to hold the site as a historic property. Federal funds 700000 set aside for preservation. Representative Lloyd Stone of Emporia calls it a tourist draw and honor to White.
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Topeka
Emporia
William Allen White
Ursday
Bill Graves
Senate
House
Kansas State Historical Society
E House
Garden City Scholarship Auction blends Harley theme with golf ball highlight
The 23rd annual Garden City Community College Endowment Association Scholarship Auction, at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Finney County Exhibition Building, features an autographed LPGA ball by Annika Sorenstam at 7:30 and a PT Cruiser drawing. About 700 have reserved. tickets are 17.50. The event raises funds for academic and technical scholarships with diverse prizes and a gourmet dinner package.
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Garden City Community College Endowment Association
Finney County Exhibition Building
Annika Sorenstam
Gccc Endowment Association
Sheryl Dick
Chicago Bears
Scott
Finney County Exhibition
Garden City
Horsethief Canyon could host large reservoir near Jetmore
The Pawnee Watershed District bought 1540 acreseight miles west of Jetmore to build Horsethief Canyon Reservoir a 35 foot dam on Buckner Creek. The plan aims for a lake about three times larger than Clark and Meade counties lakes with a $4 million price tag plus recreational facilities. Funding is sought through the Multipurpose Small Lakes program. The canyon lies 20 miles north of Dodge City and 50 miles east of Garden City and features dramatic rock bluffs and potential picnicking camping and boat ramps on the north side.
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Jetmore
Kansas
Pawnee
Dean Beason
Beason
State Conservation Commission
Buckner Creek
Horsethief Canyon
Dodge City
Garden City
Benson
Clark
Meade
Civilian Conservation Corps
Jim Hewes
Pawnee Watershed District
Hewes
Wyatt Earp
Amarillo artist leads pastel workshop for Garden City artists
Amarillo painter Ben Konis teaches at Wheat Sands Hotel in Garden City for Sandhills Art Association members. He demonstrates color temperature and value, critiques twelve local artists, and shares his broader career from New York training to international recognition.
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Amarillo
Ben Konis
Konis
Garden City
Kansas
Wanda Stallings
Sandhills Art Association
Ben
Art Students League
The
New School
New York City
Texas
Wheat Lands Hotel & Convention Center
Willis Pracht
Red Cross opens blood donor center in Fry Eye Clinic
The American Red Cross Blood Donor Center at 310 E Walnut St Suite 206 in the Fry Eye Clinic offers regular hours 11 am to 6 pm Tuesday 8 am to 3 pm Wednesday and 9 am to 1 pm first Saturday monthly. Donor recruitment manager Jeff Sneed says the site makes giving blood easier and will not replace school and company drives. The center aims for 20 donors per day and supports about 100 local hospitals via central Plains HQ in Wichita. Terri Dunaway notes a weekly need of 2,000 units. staff includes two collectors and one recruiter, with volunteers welcome.
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American Red Cross Blood Donor Center
E. Walnut St
Fry Eye Clinic
Jeff Sneed
Central Plains
Red Cross
Sneed
Wichita
Hays
Woodward
Oklo
Terri Dunaway
Kansas to Distribute 37 Million From Gas Settlement
A Kansas official testified that residential customers paid more than once for high gas costs in the 1980s as higher charges were passed along or written off. Hearings resumed on allocating about 37 million from a settlement with natural gas producers after federal regulators found 1980s taxes were improperly passed to consumers. Joe White, ECC utilities supervisor, urged distribution to eligible non-assisted residential customers.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Joe White
ECC Utilities
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Peole
William Allenite
Lloyd Stone
Aporia
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Brad Nading
Garden City Street Department
Art Molina
Bob Dunkel
J.D. Martinez
Jose Qut
Dee Avenue
Pring
Local Art Association
American Southwest
Donor Center
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