Police investigate alleged abduction in Garden City
Garden City police probe report of a 14 year old girl abducted near Sequoyaha Theatre and McDonald's on Fleming Street and Kansas Avenue Friday night. The victim said four men in a dark car pulled her inside and punched her before she woke at a friend’s home on Farmland Road. she avoided medical care. The delay in reporting was attributed to fear of retaliation.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Utz
Sequoyaha
Fleming St
McDonald’s
Kansas Ave
Farmland Road
Bird euthanized after injury at Garden City zoo
A 14-year-old boy allegedly jumped a zoo aviary fence during a Kenneth Henderson Middle School field trip in Garden City. He reportedly broke a black necked stilt’s leg and provoked a bald eagle. Despite surgery attempts, the bird was euthanized, with estimated loss at $1,000. Police investigate possible cruelty to animals or criminal damage. The USDA will distribute food at Finney County senior centers Thursday to 2003 commodity card holders with required proofs.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Garden City
Mike Utz
Kenneth Henderson
Utz
Garden City Alzheimer’s Support Group Meets Wednesday
The Garden City Area Alzheimer's Support Group meets 3 45 to 5 p m Wednesday at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St. Discussion centers on Techniques In Caring For The Caregiver with information on respite care grants. Call Richmond Graham at 275 9651 or email graham richmond lcsnet.com for details. Road Condition Hotline 1 800 585 7623.
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Garden City Area
Alzheimer’s
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Richmond Graham
Grahamrichmond
Lcsnet
Senate defeat stalls Dodge City casino bid but fuels comeback
Southwest Kansas advocates say a narrow 21 to 18 Senate loss on a broad casino amendment leaves room to revive the plan next year. Dodge City leaders proposed a 1000-slot casino with a hotel and convention center to aid economic development and fund Boot Hill maintenance. Proposals would also support local government and tourism groups in Finney County. Geary County has a similar plan. Critics cite gambling growth and regulation concerns as blockers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Senate
Jeff Thorpe
Boot Hill Museum
Boot Hill
Finney County
Geary County
Thorpe
Nancey Harrington
R-Goddard
Fairgrounds storage debate in Finney County
Finney County commissioners discuss possible use of the fairgrounds as a temporary federal storage site for emergency medical supplies in a state of emergency. KDHE asserts state permission exists. Commissioner Mayo questions signing an agreement. decision kept unsigned. The board also considers Buffalo Jones Museum name change and denies direct linkage of National By Products to the county sewage system.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Kansas
Cliff Mayo
Pete Olson
Fairgrounds
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Sandy
Johnson
KDHE
Commission
Finney County Historical Society Museum
Buffalo Jones Museum
National By Products
NBP
Exhibit showcases 60 ceramic pieces and 40 drawings
Mercer Gallery at Garden City Community College displays a May exhibition featuring about 30 students. The exhibit runs through Saturday May 12 with free admission and hours noon to 4 p.m. through Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building west wing. Works include roughly 60 ceramic pieces and 40 two dimensional images by students in Mika Negishi Laidlaw and David Kinder courses, with many Garden City residents among the exhibitors. A ceramics sale by students runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday in the fine arts lobby.
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Mercer Gallery
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Southwest Kansas
Mika Negishi Laidlaw
David Kinder
Kinder
Clude
Mike O'Dell
Holcomb
Buck Reist
Deerfield
Meilani Koehn
Montezuma
Beverly Moomaw
Dighton
Melvin Trey Botts
Colter Smith
Garden City
Daniel Salazar
Daniel Dreiling
Jose Saavedra
Wanda Stallings
Joshua Sauer
Negishi Laidlaw
Koehn
O'Dell
Sara Pospichal
Pierceville
Cathy Moffet
Ulysses
Austin Wentling
McPherson
Dee Wigner
Daniel Albert
Saavedra
Botts
Travis Hilton
Virgil Brock
San Antonio
Cory Medina
Lcon
Richard Erskin
James Mathews
Kansas Senate backs deficit-raising tax rollback amid budget talks
In Topeka Gov Kathleen Sebelius and leaders draft a deficit cutting plan while the Senate approves a tax bill that would repeal last year’s corporate franchise tax hike. The package keeps the 5.3 percent sales tax through July 2006 and allows continued taxation of corporate dividends. The budget plan seeks up to 49.5 million in delayed refunds or accelerated property tax collections to trim the deficit.
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House
Kansas
Enue
Dave Kerr
Bush
Sebelius
Senate to vote on Boeing bonds bill in Kansas
In Topeka the Senate planned a Tuesday vote on House changes to a bill authorizing 500 million dollars in bonds to aid Boeing Wichita in securing a 7E7 jetliner program. The measure conditions profit exclusions and restricts bosses' pay while Boeing would repay the bonds to protect 4,000 Kansas jobs.
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Topeka
Boeing
Senate
Commerce Committee
Karin Brownlee
House
Boeing Co
Wichita
Kathleen Sebelius
Jim Barone
Dfrontenac
Kansas
Satanta Man Dies in Farm Tractor Accident
Billy Lee Hale, 76, died when his small open cab Shibaura tractor slid on a steep, wet hill five miles west of Jay Oklahoma. Hale was spraying a field and pulling a large trailer. the tractor rolled over and he was declared dead at the scene.
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Satanta
Jay
Okla
Billy Lee Hale
Rick White
Delaware County
Oklahoma
White
Hale
Sheriff's Office
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