Jell-O Daze Rumor Flares in Lakin Kansas
Lakin explores a playful Jell-O Daze idea as Chamber of Commerce discusses a festival while mayor Ralph Goodnight preserves the rumor that Lakin hosts the Jell-O capital. He notes local enthusiasm, media trivia, and comparisons to other towns’ foodie celebrations amid hunting season commerce.
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Lakin Chamber of Commerce
Lakin
Ralph Goodnight
Goodnight
Ulysses
Leon
LeRoy
N.Y
Salt Lake City
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Barbara Brackman
Kearny County
Board to discuss tighter district Internet policy at meeting
USD 363 Board of Education plans a 6:30 p.m. meeting in Holcomb High School room 130 to consider a stricter Internet and e mail usage policy after several employees were found in apparent violations. A sixth through 12th grade student was cited for inappropriate e mails as the district reviews student computer use rules for 2004 05. The board will also review a Meal Tracker software package to automate meal accounts and library use, at an estimated 16 500 cost, and discuss ceiling mounted heaters for the north gym at Holcomb Elementary to save energy with a projected 9 600 price tag.
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USD 363 Board of Education
Holcomb High School
Landis
Holcomb Elementary School
Holcomb Recreation Commission
Garden City to install synthetic turf at Memorial Stadium
Garden City High School and Finney County begin a $565,570 project to replace brown dormant sod with a top tier synthetic turf at Memorial Stadium. Work includes field leveling, drainage, lighting trenching, and a ten year turf warranty. The district funds, plus contributions from Garden City Community College and local groups, aim to finish by January with potential April use for girls soccer.
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Memorial Stadium
Garden City
Finney County
Garden City High School
Bill Weatherly
Weatherly
Salina
Foltz Excavating
USD 457
Board of Education
Garden City Community College
Garden City Family Ymca
Finney County revises administrator duties and nuisance rule
Finney County commissioners plan continued talks on the county administrator job duties including oversight of department head evaluations and a potential amendment to the nuisance resolution to cover inoperable and abandoned vehicles on private property. The panel weighs adopting a Sedgwick County style process and reviews current procedures as County Administrator Pete Olson notes possible efficiency differences and County Counselor Tom Burgardt’s involvement.
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Finney County
Roman Halbur
Sedgwick County
Pete Olson
Tom Burgardt
Finney County Commission to hear Horse Thief Reservoir plan
At the Finney County Administrative Center commissioners will review Sedgwick County procedures and meet Pawnee Watershed District officials on the proposed Horse Thief Reservoir west of Jetmore. The multi purpose flood control and recreation site would include a 450 acre lake in a 1100 acre park, eight miles west of Jetmore. The nine county effort seeks a one tenth percent sales tax to fund a 9.5 to 10 million project, with bonds repaid in about 15 years by nine counties includingFord Gray Finney Hodgeman Pawnee Edwards Rush Ness and Lane.
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Sedgwick County
Pawnee
Trol and Recreation
Jetmore
Garden City
Ford, Gray, Finney, Hodgeman
Edwards
Rush
Ness
Lane
Man acquitted of rape and sex crimes in Garden City case
A Finney County jury acquitted 26 year old Matthew Trujillo of multiple sex charges linked to an incident in December 2000. The now 18 year old girl reported the rape in 2002 after drinking at a Southeast Garden City apartment party. Forensic evidence was lacking due to delay, and the defense provided an alibi placing Trujillo in Colorado Springs the night of the alleged assault.
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Garden City
Finney County
Matthew Trujillo
N. Third St
Trujillo
Tamara Hicks
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Colo
Michael Trujillo
Gary Hathaway
Hathaway
Hicks
West Nile cases rise in Kansas with new report
AP reports KDHE tallies 90 human West Nile cases in Kansas for 2003 with five deaths. Private labs add 731 unverified cases and two deaths. The latest verified case is a 51 year old in Douglas County. KDHE counts only serious cases with encephalitis or meningitis.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Douglas County
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Finney County Commission
Finney County Administrative Center
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