Longtime Dodge City figure Laverne Kirby dies at 86
Laverne Sherman Kirby 86 a Garden City resident since 2007 died March 20 2009 at Wesley Medical Center Wichita Born June 29 1922 in Mullinville he farmed near Dodge City and worked as a weighmaster 1957 1969 He married Virginia Ripple 1950 divorced 1957 then Donna Cromwell Noland 1967 He belonged to fraternal and Masonic groups and Guardians of Job's Daughters He survived by his wife a son a stepdaughter a stepson three grandchildren and a great grandchild Memorial services are planned in Garden City and Dodge City with cremation already completed Memorials to Friendship Feast at First Presbyterian Church care of the funeral home
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Laverne Sherman Kirby
Garden City
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Mullinville
Ara Laverne
Hattie M. Kirby
South Hopewell Township
Dodge City
Hutchinson Junior College
Virginia Ripple
Donna Cromwell Noland
SRS Energy Aid Seeks Applicants for LIEAP Program
The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services invites applications for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program through March 3. The program provides an annual benefit to help qualifying households with winter heating costs, prioritizing disabled individuals, seniors, and families with children. Eligibility depends on income, household size, dwelling type, heating fuel, and utility rates, with payments made on heating bills for two of the last three months and costs capped at 10 percent of income or $80, whichever is less. Applicants must pay their heating bills directly. Income limits set at 130 percent of the federal poverty level. Applications are available online at srskansas.org, at local SRS offices, or by calling 800 432 0043.
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SRS
Kasha Kelley
Arkansas City
Jill Quigley
R-Lenexa
Kansas
Quigley
Kansas House votes to fund children's health expansion
The Kansas House approved 75 44 to spend 1.2 million state dollars for extending CHIP coverage to more than 8,000 lower income children. Federal funds would cover about 3.1 million of the cost, with state government paying the rest. The proposal would raise the income limit to 250 percent of poverty for a family of four, amid debate over effects on private coverage and aid to poorer children. final action depending on Senate approval.
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R-Hays
Kansas
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Sion
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The
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Mike O'Neal
R-Hutchinson
County Commission seeks input on roads and tax plan
Finney County officials hosted an informal meeting at Archie Gooden's residence to discuss road maintenance and a proposed quarter cent sales tax for county buildings and roads. Attendees included residents Martin Huschka and Dennis Landgraf among others, with emphasis on voter turnout and how revenue would be spent if approved.
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Finney County
Martin Huschka
David Cutter
Dennis Landgraf
Norman Landgraf
Stan Jackson
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Friend
Garden City
Archie
Susie Gooden
E. Mead Road
Huschka
Cliff Mayo
Dave Jones
Larry Jones
Don Dell
Roman Halbur
Doll
Pete Olson
Halbur
Holcomb
USD 363
Board of Education
Mayo
Jackson
Landgrafs
County Public Works
John Ellermann
Gooden
Lawmakers endorse cut in their own pay
Lawmakers in Topeka approved a 10 percent cut in their daily session pay for the next year as part of an amended budget bill. Rep. Bill Otto urged broader cuts, including for higher paid state employees, but the pay reduction was the only amendment approved on a voice vote before further action. Democrats criticized the approach as arbitrary and argued staff time costs, while Otto defended trimming funds to shield priorities like public schools and services for the disabled.
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Bill Otto
Chamber
Otto
Kansas Commission On Disability
Kansas
Hispanic- Latino Americans Affairs Commission
Kansas African American Affairs Commission
State Department of Health and Environment
Doug Gatewood
Columbus
Six Garden City teens arrested over online fight video
Garden City police arrested six youths after a Youtube video showed 17 people in a backyard brawl on December 19 2008 at 3 10 p m near 1205 North Third Street. Eleven more suspects under 18 are expected to be taken into custody.
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Garden City
Third St
Michael Reagle
Arturo Varela
Christina Martinez
Conard Ave
John Gonzalez
Stoeckley Place
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