Benefit Dance and Auction for Sara Pepper in Garden City
A benefit dance and auction for Sara Pepper of Lakin is set for 3 p.m. Sunday at the Eagles Lodge in Garden City. Pepper has lung cancer with no insurance. Donations are accepted by call numbers or through the Sara Pepper Benefit Fund at Western State Bank in Garden City.
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Sara Pepper
Lakin
Eagles Lodge
Taylor Ave
Garden City
Pepper
Western State Bank
Chorus seeks voices for Summer Fun concert at Stevens Park
The Garden City Chorus invites new singers for the June 24 Stevens Park performance. Rehearsals are held Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. at First Southern Baptist Church under directors Jane Vanderhoff and Dr. Lee Martin.
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Garden City
Stevens Park
First Southern Baptist Church
Jane Vanderhoff
Lee Martin
Judge allows questioning of wife and daughter in death case
In a Kansas capital murder case, Judge John Anderson III refused defense requests to bar prosecutors from using statements from John E. Robinsons wife and daughter. Robinson, 57, of Olathe, faces multiple killings in Kansas and Missouri. The next Kansas hearing is June 11 as four death penalty motions await a Kansas Supreme Court ruling.
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Clathe
John E. Robinson
Robinson
Ron Evans
Mark Manna
Johnson County
John Anderson III
Kansas
Olathe
Linn County
Cass County
Raymore
Kansas Supreme Court
Evans
Supreme Court
Hoisington rebuilds after deadly Kansas tornado
Hoisington Kansas residents begin rebuilding after the April tornado that killed one and caused about 43 million in damage. City officials report plans to move homes, add manufactured housing, and address zoning limits while the school and grocery plans are debated.
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Hosington
Kansas
Allen Dinkel
Dinkel
Duane
Patty Polzin
Hoisington
Randy Evans
Summer survival classes kickoff Kids Kollege in Garden City
Garden City Community College opened its Kids Kollege and Educational Talent Search Summer Academy with a summer survival skills session from 9 am to noon. The program aims to keep students engaged, reduce dropout rates, and demystify college life through hands on activities for third to eighth graders.
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Garden City Community College
Lege
Frankey Schmidt
Schmidt
Finney County
Col
Emily Emick
Elizabeth Emick
Community College
Red Cross seeks donors amid summer blood shortage
The American Red Cross warns of critical shortages in O positive, O negative and A positive blood and boosts donor recruitment. Debbie Kirk notes summer busyness and rising demand strain supply, while 60 percent of people are eligible to donate but only about 5 percent do. Eligible donors 17 and older, 110 pounds+, can donate after 60 days since last donation.
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The
American Red Cross
Debbie Kirk
Kirk
Preservation projects receive $900 000 in funding
Kansas Heritage Trust Fund distributed nearly 900000 for historic restorations across the state. Wichita's Orpheum Theatre and Grainfield Opera House are among recipients, with grants funding mortar repointing, brickwork, and chimney cap reconstruction. orgs include Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review and local backers note long road to full recovery.
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Wichita
Heritage Trust Fund
Orpheum Theatre
Grainfield Opera House
Mary Eves
Orpheum Performing Arts Centre
Eves
Eric Engstrom
Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review
Orpheum
John” Eberson
Kansas
Hays
Franklin
Rush
McPherson County
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Downs
Union Pacific
Topeka
Woodson
Yates Center
Northrup
Iola
Kansas State Heritage Trust Fund
F Lee McCubbin
Grainfield
Nation's first class of child care business graduates
Twenty one Garden City area residents became the nation’s first graduates from a two month course “Developing Your Family Child Care Business.” Sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Kansas groups, the program teaches entrepreneurship for home based day care.
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Garden City
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Kansas Association of Child Care
Rebecca Clancy
Kansas
Clancy
Sublette
Scott City
Ulysses
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
International festival brings world flavors to Garden City
The 19th annual International Festival runs 5 p.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Finney County Fairgrounds Exhibition Building. Michael Quint says the event showcases music and food from many cultures with free admission and most items under $2. Food includes German, Chinese, Mexican dishes and items such as biorocks and egg rolls. This will be the festival’s final year at the fairgrounds before possible moves to venues like local churches or Stevens Park.
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Garden City
Finney County Fairgrounds
Michael Quint
Quint
Stevens Park
Garden City Man In Fair Condition After Highway 50 Crash
A 43-year-old Garden City man, Mark Newsome, was hospitalized in fair condition after a Tuesday afternoon crash on east U.S. Highway 50. He struck a freight truck driven by 55-year-old Michael Gilbert, who was uninjured, as Gilbert attempted a left turn on Anderson Road. Newsome's 1993 Volkswagen was totaled while the truck sustained over $500 in damage.
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Garden City
U.S. Highway 50
Mark Newsome
St. Catherine Hospital
Kansas Highway Patrol
Michael Gilbert
Newsome
Gilbert
Anderson Road
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Red Cross
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Farm Credit
Wichita County Health Center
Laurie Bean
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