Historic Homes Tour Tickets in Garden City June 5
Finney County Historical Society and Finney County Women's Chamber of Commerce host a Historic Homes Tour from 1:30 to 4:40 p.m. June 5 featuring five downtown Garden City locations with an after social at the Finney County Public Library. Tickets cost $10 and proceeds benefit preservation and scholarship funds.
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Finney County Historical Society
Finney County Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Garden City
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Stephen and
Sara Gleason
N. Seventh St
Mable Faldz Anderson
Jon
Patti Ansley
America
Finney County Museum
S. Fourth St
W. Mary
Historical Society
Women’s Chamber
Museum
Bake sale at Siena Medical Clinic Monday
The Siena Medical Clinic at 311 E Spruce St hosts a Relay for Life Bake Sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. For more information call 275 3760.
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Siena Medical Clinic
E. Spruce St
American Cancer Society
Olathe man pleads no contest to strangling mother
Jason L. Carper, 29, pleaded no contest to strangling his mother at their home in Olathe. He was found guilty of second degree murder by Johnson County District Judge James Franklin Davis and faces up to 13 years in prison at sentencing July 22.
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Olathe
Jason L. Carper
Johnson County
James Franklin Davis
Carper
Garden City moves on FCEDC Fruth plan agenda
A Tuesday morning session with Finney County Economic Development Corp and consultant Bill Fruth drives the biggest current item on Garden City Commission business. The plan seeks industrial land, primary jobs, and public information as budgets for 2006 loom.
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Bill Fruth
Garden City Commission
FCEDC
George Hopkins
Commission
Bob Halloran
City and Finney County Commissions
Wheat Lands Convention Center
E. Fulton St
Fruth
Wheat Lands
Finney County Commission
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Garden City
Board of Education
Holcomb
Start Inc
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Holcomb board weighs north end school plan and Food service merge
Holcomb USD 363 Board considers demolishing parts of the 1955 and 1959 wings and remodeling the 1985 section into admin space or classrooms with price estimates from under 600,000 to 2.3 million. They may merge food service with Garden City USD 457, approve updated evaluation tools, and review summer capital outlay plans.
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Holcomb Usd 363 Board of Education
Holcomb ‘Elementary School
Wiley Elementary School
Kent Carmichael
Carmichael
Garden City Usd 457
USD 457 Board of Education
Garden City
Holcomb
Coca Cola
Pepsi Cola
County weighs broader drug testing for employees
Finney County commissioners discuss expanding drug testing for county staff beyond safety sensitive roles. Of 350 employees, 263 are in safety sensitive jobs. current program covers 35 public works staff via The Consortium at about $5 monthly per worker, with an additional $68 per test for post accident and pre employment testing. Total projected costs range from $16,600 to $22,300 depending on scope and program choices. The meeting also covers elevating a flood plain clearance for the roundtop building at the Finney County Fairgrounds, with bids and insurance involved.
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Finney County
Youth Services
Public Works
Deb Hays
Health Department
Public Works Department
Topeka
Hays
Kansas
US. Department of Transportation
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Finney County Fairgrounds
Roundtop
Pete Olson
Professor sentenced for murder at Kansas State University
Lawrence AP report says Thomas E. Murray, 48, a Kansas State University professor, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years for the first degree murder of his former wife Carmin D. Ross, 40. Ross was found dead in her farmhouse near Lawrence on November 13, 2003. Murray insisted on his innocence after the hearing.
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North of
Lawrence
Robert Fairchild
Murray
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Diane
Gctelegram
City Commission
Garden City Administrative Center
Eighth St
Plaza Inn
E. Kansas Ave
N. Main St
ABC Pregnancy Care
W. Laurel St
Main Street
Kaleb Kentner
ABC Pregnancy
Planning Commission
Kentner
Halloran
Gary Tabor
Crestway Drive
Tabor
Southwind Country Club
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Jessie Oberheim
Kursten Phelps
USD
Holcomb High School
N. Jones Ave
Skip Landis
Landis
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
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