Canfields call Lakin home tribute to Monte Canfield Sr
Gloria Canfield recalls arriving in Lakin in 1947 with Monte and buying the local newspaper in 1953. She described life in a small town and Monte’s belief in community, while Monte’s newspaper background and WWII service shaped their long tenure. The piece also notes a wheat market discussion led by Bruce Wilkens at a Cairo conference.
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Ile
Lakin Independent
Monte E. Canfield Sr
Gloria Canfield
Gloria
Lakin
Kansas City Star
Monte
The
Star
Stullken
Scott County
Bruce Wilkens
U.S. Wheat Association
Cairo
Egypt
Wilkens
Cypress
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Africa
Kansas
Wheat Association
Kansas Wheat Commission
Middle East
Miller sentenced to 26 years for attempted murder and assault
Jenice Miller testified about years of abuse by Dennis Miller, who was sentenced by Judge Thomas Richardson to 26 years in prison for luring her from a bar and attempting to stab her in a local parking lot. Prosecutors cited premeditation from his 1994 battery and jealousy.
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Jenice Miller
Dennis Miller
Thomas Richardson
van Arvanetes
Miller
Dennis
Richardson
Mural captures Holcomb area culture in large school project
A mural created by Holcomb students from first through 12th grade reflects southwest Kansas culture and the IBP era. Students researched materials tested canvas for weather, weathered setbacks like a dog and a cat, and depicted diverse ethnic groups. The work, supported by Shirley Roop and local principals, will be housed at St Catherine Hospital with a patriotic theme echoing unity after September 11.
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Holcomb
Kansas
Shirley Roop
Roop
IBP
JaCee Jarnagin
Amanda
Kristine Parks
Matt Pfeifer
Jarnagin
Amanda Parks
Pat Norton
Lcon
Maribeth Pippenger
Pippenger
Pat
Norton
Meadowlarks
New York
St. Catherine Hospital
Luther Fry
Victor Hawkins
St. Catherine
First Female Deputy Sheriff Leads Lane County in Dighton
Meredyth Winter, 30, becomes Lane County’s first female law officer, trained at Seward County JC and the academy. She and her husband Bruce moved to Dighton from Trego County, after years on a cattle ranch and Europe, with Sheriff Don Wilson praising her fit and pistol training.
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Dighton
Lane County
Meredyth Winter
Winter
Oklahoma City
Ola B. Mangham
Don Wilson
Wilson
Boonies
Darin Beck
Law Enforcement Training Center
Hutchinson
Beck
Wichita
Topeka
Seward County Community College
Europe
Trego County
Bruce
Don’s Electric and Rewind
Ellis
Kansas budget gap widens to 675 million dollars
Kansas faces a projected budget gap exceeding 675 million dollars as the revenue estimating group cuts the current and next fiscal year's outlook by 253.6 million. The forecast signals tax increases and program cuts, with lawmakers pressured to rework education and social services funding and old commitments.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bill Graves
Graves
Kent Glasscock
Glasscock
Manhattan
Ben Barrett
Legislative Research Department
Barrett
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Kathy Hanks
Hanks
Brad Nading
Tomi Fairbank
Jared Powers
Fairbank
Powers
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