Former Garden City residents' home damaged by fire
Former Garden City residents Todd and Dawn Peach and their family faced loss after a Friday night fire in Hutchinson damaged their duplex, killing a dog in each unit and injuring a neighbor from the west unit. The cause is unknown. donations are sought via Dawn and Todd Peach Fire Fund at First National Bank Hutchinson.
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Garden City
Todd
Dawn Peach
Hutchinson
Peach
Mike McLemore
West Unit
Gail
Jason Wright
Peaches
Josh
Garrett
First National Bank
Dawn
Todd Peach
Carol Berger
Scott City
Geist
Brier & Hale Music Co. Inc
County treasurer seeks re election in Finney County
Finney County Treasurer Raylene Dick 44 a Republican has filed for re election. First elected in 1988 she seeks a fifth term. Other county offices up for election in November include county clerk sheriff register of deeds county attorney and county commissioners districts 2 and 3. Filing deadline is noon June 10 with a possible Aug 3 primary.
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Finney
Raylene Dick
Register of Deeds
Miles of Smiles seeks volunteers for spring session
Miles of Smiles Therapeutic Riding Program invites volunteers to assist with a six week spring session from March 29 to May 6 at Wrangler Stables. Training is at 2 p.m. Sunday. No prior horse experience required. Call Sara Brown at 275-2539 or Laura Pavlak at 272-0308 for details.
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Miles of Smiles
Wrangler Stables
Maple St
Sara Brown
Laura Pavlak
K State develops online bioterrorism training for crops
Kansas State University will use a 450000 grant from the U S Department of Agriculture to build an online training program for detecting crop bioterrorism. The course will teach county extension agents and crop advisers to diagnose irregularities in field crops using the university's Great Plains Diagnostic Network linking labs and extension offices from Montana to Texas.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
Great Plains
Montana
Texas
Stewart joins Kansas Hispanic Affairs panel amid local momentum
Itzel Stewart, new member of the Kansas Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs, says her experience as editor of La Semana and current role as transition coordinator for Title III at Garden City Community College fuel her push for in-state tuition for state high school graduates and greater community outreach. Elias L. Garcia lauds her as a strong addition as KACHA seeks to reengage Hispanic communities and expand liaison efforts with state government and local groups.
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Itzel Stewart
Kansas Advisory Committee On
Stewart
Garden City Community College
la Semana
EACHA
League of United Latin American Citizens
KACHA
Elias L. Garcia
Elias Garcia
LULAC
Kansas House
Senate
House
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Kansas
Garcia
U.S
Finney County
Census Bureau
Garden City
Traveling construction crew Volunteers at Camp Christy
Three retired couples join MMAP to wire insulate renovate two 1940s cabins at Camp Christy in Scott County. They work seven hours daily with wives painting, depart nightly to RV homesteads, and plan to complete the project in three weeks while seeking permits and supplies.
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Curt Hambrick
Stockton
Calif
Camp Christy
Scott County
Hambrick
Mobile Missionary Assistance Program
Christian Church
MMAP
Bob Stewart
Aurora
Colo
Stewart
Alice
South Carolina
Denver
Chris Bollinger
MMA
Bollinger
Earleen Hambrick
California
Karleen Hambrick
Fossett
Shirley Fossett
Mmaap
Calimesa
United States
Lord Willing
Senator criticizes concealed carry bill as flawed in churches
Senate panel hears a gun permit bill with criteria including 21 years old and US citizenship. It would ban concealed handguns in courthouses jails prisons polling places bars statehouse and state fair. Senator Wratil says churches should be added to illegal carrying sites and questions citizenship requirement amid veto threats and House passage tail.
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Topeka
Senate
John Wratil
Wratil
R-Leawood
House
Kansas State Fair
Vratil
Composting project under fire in Kansas livestock study
Lawrence AP reports the Kansas Livestock Association runs a composting project to turn animal waste into eco friendly revenue. Critics say public funds subsidize agriculture while supporters note potential for reduced herbicide use and lower rendering costs. Contracts with western Kansas feedlots pay 5000 to 25000 monthly. project aims to process large cattle manure and carcasses and remove weed seeds.
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Lawrence
Kansas Livestock Association
Aliie Devine
Association
Kansa Livestock Association
Craig Volland
Kansas
The
Sierra Club
Devine
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kyle Heller
Heller
Volland
Bill Graves
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G.C
Harris News Service
Vallety
Scott City News
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