Local resident coordinates Operation Christmas Child drive
Garden City resident Kopper leads Finney County as drop-off center coordinator for Samaritan's Purse program. Volunteers at Garden Valley Church helped pack shoe boxes destined for Mexico, South America and Thailand as part of a southwest Kansas effort aiming for 900 to 1,000 boxes. By Saturday afternoon about 600 boxes were donated locally, with more expected on Sunday and Monday at drop-off sites including Scott City UMC and Sublette Christ Church.
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Kopper
Aeet
Garden City
Finney County Relay Center
Samaritan’s Purse
Franklin Graham
Mexico
South America
Thailand
Garden Valley Church
Garden Valley
Kansas
United Methodist Church
Scott City
Patterson Avenue
Church of God
Ulysses
Christ Church
Haskell County
Sublette
John Booker Jr. and FBI plot to imprison him
A two year transformation from a shy Topeka high schooler to a would-be bomber is detailed as John Booker Jr. becomes the focus of an FBI sting. An informant posing as an Iraqi man shuttles Booker in a rental car while documenting his path toward violence. Booker, now in Leavenworth, faces a three decade prison term for a planned Fort Riley attack.
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John Booker Jr
FBI
Omar
Dillons
Topeka
Booker
Red Lobster
Topeka West High School
Fort Riley
CCA Leavenworth
Towns Ready to Take GCRC Core Fitness to Level
Garden City native Athena Towns aims to elevate Core Fitness at the Garden City Recreation Commission at 941 Laren Road. The new fitness director has taught group spinning classes and studied nutrition and dietary supplementation.
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GCRC
Garden City
Athena Towns
Core Fitness
Laren Road
Garden City Recreation Commission
Core
Neighbors resident finds fitness path after a scare
A Towns cousin led her to a 5K four years ago triggering a fitness journey. Motivated by family health issues she transformed her life, ran several races, moved to Wichita for an associate degree and cosmetology license, and found determination.
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Towns
Wichita
Midweek Clouds Bring Cooler Highs in the 50s and 60s
The forecast calls for today partly cloudy with a high near 61 and a low around 39. Tuesday turns mostly cloudy with a high of about 53 and a low near 26.
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