Garden City Jazz Festival March 18 at Clifford Hope Auditorium
Tickets go on sale for the 2001 Garden City Jazz Festival a 7:30 p.m. concert featuring Kevin Mahogany and Frank Mantooth with Bob Bowman and Todd Strait in a quartet. Sponsored by the Southwest Arts and Humanities Council with Finnup Foundation and local sponsors. tickets $7 adults $5 for students and seniors. Advance sales at Brier and Hale Music and GCCC Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. call 276-9544 for information.
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Garden City
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Kevin Mahogany
Carnegie Hall
Frank Mantooth
Finnup Foundation
Garden City Telegram
Garden City Community College
Brier and Hale Music
GCCC
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Red Cross Offers Lifeguard Courses in Garden City
The Garden City Area Red Cross will conduct 2001 lifeguard classes March 23 to 25. Pre enrollment is required and can be done at the office 210 Fulton Terrace. For more details call 276 2762.
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Garden City Area
Red Cross
Fulton Terrace
Gray County youth services meeting to assess progress
Gray County hosts a joint session with Shepherd of the Plains Foundation the 16th Judicial District Juvenile Services and Gray County Health Department from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the Shepherd of the Plains Foundation Board Room Cimarron 609 N Main St. Clayton Carr will lead the discussion and the 1999 Gray County Report Card from Kansas Action for Children will be released for review open to parents citizens and child advocates.
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Gray County
Shepherd of the Plains Foundation
N. Main St
Cimarron
16Th Judicial District Juvenile Services
Gray County Health Department
Clayton Carr
16Th Judicial District
Juvenile Justice Services
Kansas Action For Children
Wichita prosecutors drop death penalty bid in Bell case
In Wichita the district attorney will not seek the death penalty for Earl Bell II who is charged with capital murder and first degree murder in the December quadruple slaying. Bell 20 faces life imprisonment while co defendant Cornelius Oliver 18 faces a separate death penalty notice. The four victims Raeshawnda Wheaton 18 Quincy Williams 17 Odessa Laquita Ford 17 Jermaine Levy 20 were found shot at Ford’s rental house. Williams and Ford were cousins.
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Wichita
Earl Bell II
Bell
Cornelius Oliver
Kim Parker
Oliver
Raeshawnda Wheaton
Quincy Williams
Odessa Laquita Ford
Jermaine Levy
Ford
Williams
Wichita moves toward municipal utility by seeking KGE lines
City Council unanimously approves up to 100000 in consulting fees to negotiate buying KGE distribution lines. A consultant report estimates Wichita ratepayers would save 654 million over 20 years by launching its own utility, with the system purchase pegged at about 323 million.
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Wichita
KGE
Graves pushes for tighter child seatbelt law in Kansas
Gov. Graves seeks a stronger safety measure as the House Transportation Committee endorses a revised SB 178. The bill would require children ages 4 to 7 to use booster seats, while under 14 belt rules and penalties were adjusted. Supporters cite lives saved. critics warn of nanny state overreach.
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Topeka
House Transportation Committee
Bill Graves
Gary Hayzlett
R-Lakin
Hayzlett
Senate
Graves
Kansas
National
Safe Kids Campaign
Don Brown
Brown
Transportation Committee
Dennis Pyle
R-Hiawatha
Bonnie Hay
Wichita
Governor’s Office
The
Highway Patrol
Kansas Department of Transportation
Donna O'Malley
Overland Park
Garden City toy show draws collectors at Finney County Fairgrounds
Sam Oyler co leads the fourth annual Garden City Toy Show set for Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm in the 4-H Building. About 15 to 20 vendors display tractor, NASCAR, and Starting Lineup items, with admission a $1 donation aiding Garden City Christian School.
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Sam Oyler
Oyler
Garden City
Finney County Fairgrounds
Finney County
Garden City Christian School
Agencies clash over large scale bird poisoning program
In Great Bend Kansas, a conflict erupts between agencies over a mass poisoning effort targeting starling grackle and blackbird populations. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area supervisor Karl Grover opposes the approach, citing insufficient non-lethal options in the environmental assessment. USDA Wildlife Services notes 25 million birds roost at Cheyenne Bottoms and cites $600,000 in damages from last year at three local feedlots, with six months spent drafting an environmental assessment and inviting public comment.
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Great Bend
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Manhattan
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area
Karl Grover
Grover
Cheyenne Bottoms
Usda District
Tom Halstead
Usda Wildlife Services
Head on wreck kills two in Merriam on I-35
Evelyn Powers 60 of North Kansas City was killed when her car was struck by a vehicle going the wrong way on southbound I-35 in Merriam. Gregory Howe 24 of Kansas City Kansas also died. Investigators smelled alcohol but blood tests were pending. Lenexa investigators noted a long skid and possible brake failure.
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Merriam
Ty Lewis
Lewis
Kmbc-Tv
Kansas City
Evelyn Powers
Casey
Powers
Gregory Howe
Kan
Howe
Kansas Highway Patrol
Lenexa
Rusty James
Gas bill rates differ misleadingly between two utilities
Peoples Natural Gas serving Garden City charged 0.974 per hundred cubic feet including gas and transport versus Midwest Energy at 0.965, a nine thousandth of a cent difference that tightens after omitting a transport fee in Midwest’s figure. Officials note monthly prices fluctuate with market rates and transport costs.
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Peoples Natural Gas
Garden City
Midwest Energy
Holcomb
Telegram
Peoples
Midwest
Phil Escareno
Bob Helm
Finney County
Helm
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Jones Road
Richard Hawthorne
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