Big Pool Set to Open Saturday in Garden City
Garden City Municipal Pool will start the 2001 season at 1 p.m. Saturday weather permitting. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 1 to 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday and holidays. Opening depends on air temperature at 75 degrees and absence of threatening weather.
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Hutchinson High pupil dies after car crash
Jennifer Goodman, 15, died on the final day of classes after being thrown from a Jeep passenger seat in a Wednesday crash. The Reno County death marks the fourth serious student wreck in three months as Christian on Campus members prayed for their classmate.
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Hutchinson High School
Reno County
Jennifer Goodman
Hutchinson High
Reno County High School
Father charged in toddler death in Kansas City
James M. Calloway, 44, of Kansas City, was charged with second degree murder or abuse of a child resulting in death and endangering the welfare of a child. He remains jailed on a 100000 dollar bond after Tyquan A. Reed died after a beating the day before. Two other children, ages 7 and 14, were placed in protective custody. Tyquan moved in with Calloway in January.
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Calloway
Jackson County
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Woman acquitted in nursing home death
Winfield a woman named Catherine Widener was acquitted of aggravated battery in the death of Jana Seidel, a 39 year old resident of Creative Community Living group home. Judge Robert Bishop ruled insufficient evidence to prove Widener struck Seidel. Seidel died March 6, 2000, from injuries related to the incident. Widener, 44, was fired and now runs a taxi company.
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Catherine Widener
Cowley County
Robert Bishop
Widener
Jana Seidel
Creative Community Living Group
Seidel
I Group
Foster mother charged with killing 2 year old girl
Liberty Missouri AP A Clay County foster mother Tina K Clayton 34 of Kearney surrendered at the Clay County jail after a sealed indictment charging abuse and death of 2 year old Constance S Porter on February 12. Court set May 31. bond posted at 10000. Autopsy calls homicide with retinal brain and deep scalp hemorrhages.
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Clay County
Tina K. Clayton
Kearney
Constance S. Porter
Clayton
Shavna Porter
Constance
Missouri Division of Family Services
Youth In Excellence honors area students at Garden City
The seventh annual Youth In Excellence event at the Plaza Inn recognized 56 area youths from 12 districts in 10 southwest Kansas counties. 36 earned spots on three teams for academics activities and citizenship. keynote George Hopkins urged continued community service and compassion beyond high school.
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Plaza Inn
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Garden City
Area Mental Health Center marks 40th anniversary in community
The Area Mental Health Center celebrates four decades of service expanding from two WWII era apartments with a $7,300 budget to 12 counties and about $7 million in operating funds. Executive Director Rick Gray notes a shift from federal to state and county funding, growth in child and adolescent programs, new partnerships with United Methodist Youth Center and Dodge City School District, and a stronger focus on geriatric care. The center emphasizes treatable conditions like low mood and anxiety, aided by newer medications with fewer side effects.
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Area Mental Health Center
Rick Gray
Garden City City Commission
Gray
United Methodist Youth Center
Dodge City
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Western Resources asks Kansas regulator to reconsider jurisdiction
Western Resources Inc asks the Kansas Corporation Commission to reconsider its probe of the Westar spin off during a sixth day of hearings on proposed 151 million in electric rate increases. The company argues the KCC lacks authority to regulate Westar since it is not a public utility.
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Authors signings come to Hastings in Garden City
Kathy Hanks signs Woven on the Wind from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Hastings Books in Garden City with a chapter on hog farming and Kansas women. Janice Grimes signs A Different World and Hidden Scandals from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with roots in Norton County and a multi state tour through Kansas and Nebraska ending June 2.
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Lane County
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Norton County
Almena
Norton
Ethel Brown
Mrs. Rule
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