Writein candidates fail to topple sheriff candidates in three counties
In three southwest Kansas counties voters kept on the ballot leaders in sheriff races while write-in hopefuls trailed. Greeley County Sheriff Mark Rine defeated write-in Jay Reynolds 444 to 255, Stevens County/ Hugoton Detective Ted Heaton won 78 percent over Delton Brown Jr, and Haskell County Sheriff Larry Phoenix held 63 percent against write-in Carl Osbon. Endorsements cited youth programs and drug issues, with pay and budget talks ongoing.
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Kansas
Greeley County
Mark Rine
Haskell County
Larry Phoenix
Stevens County
Hugoton
Ted Heaton
Rine
Jay Reynolds
Delton Brown Jr
Heaton
Russ DeWitt
Brown
Phoenix
Carl Osbon
Osbon
Garden City
Finney County
Sublette
Satanta
Kramer keeps sheriff position in Gray County
Gray County voters with 82 percent turnout chose incumbent Sheriff Bill Kramer over Baltazar Pena 1130 to 984 in a close race. Kramer, 55, has held the post for 19 years and plans no major changes, while Pena touted more community liaison and officer training ideas. Pena may run again in four years.
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Kramer
Gray County
Bill Kramer
Baltazar “Balta” Pena
Penn
Sheriff’s Office
Cimarron
Pena
Newcomer Keith Puckett unseats write-in incumbent in Hamilton
Keith Puckett a 47 year old Syracuse rancher defeated Republican incumbent Jamie Cheatum 130 48 in the Hamilton County District 2 race gaining about 73 percent of the vote He pledged an open door policy accountability and public accessibility as he takes office in January He said he aims to learn quickly plan no agenda yet and asked for more detailed meeting minutes in the newspaper
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Hamilton County
Keith Puckett
Jamie Cheatum
Puckett
Syracuse
Mors
Commission
Shoppers Flock to Buy Uncirculated Two Dollar Bills
Hoards rush to secure $2 bills at face value via the National Hotline. Dealers may sell in packs of five. limited vault stock prompts calls to 1-800-242-8038 for Dept. DB1794. Historic bills from 1928 feature Jefferson with a Declaration engraving on the back.
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John Thomas White
United States Monetary Exchange
U.S
Federal Reserve
White
Thomas Jefferson
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
U.S. Department of Treasury
John W. Snow
U.S. Monetary Exchange
Pope John Paul II Prayer Card Free Distribution
A Vatican authorized release offers a free large color prayer card showing Pope John Paul II. Readers send five first class stamps to Universal Museum Collections for a protective carton and shipping. Limited to one per household with no money accepted.
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Vatican
Universal Museum Collections
Kathy Tedeschi
Rome
Universal Museum Collections Dept
National Distribution Center
U.S. Postal
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By Rachel Davis
Reavis
Gctelegram
Cheatum
Gilbert Stuart
States OF America
National Treasures
John Trumbull
National Portrait Gallery
Washington D.C
Pope
Pope John Paul
Lord Tesus
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