Welcome home benefit for Phyllis Holland
A welcome home benefit for Phyllis Holland of Garden City is set for Sunday from 3 to 11 p.m. at the American Legion 125 W Pine St. Louie Beery will prepare burgers and brats from 5 to 7 p.m. at $10 per person with a silent auction and cash bar. Proceeds aid medical expenses incurred during her illness. Music by Moonshiners Smokin Hott and Leon Friends. Tickets via Century 21 Roark Realty Co Inc 276 8217.
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Phyllis Holland
Garden City
American Legion
W. Pine St
Louie Beery
Orlin
Smokin’ Hott and
Leon & Friends
Call Century 21 Roark Realty Co. Inc
Electric Car Club to race this weekend at Deerfield High
The Deerfield High School Electric Car Club will race this weekend with events at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday on campus. The public is invited free of charge to watch the electric car races at the school. There is no mention of further events in the provided text.
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Electric Car Club
Deerfield High School
Health Department Opens Appointment Scheduling for Sick Children
Finney County Health Department at 919 Zero Road will take sick child appointments from 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday starting next week. Free immunizations for those 18 and younger run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday. Flu and pneumonia vaccines for adults are $10 each and billable by insurance. Call 272-3600 for details or to schedule.
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Finney County Health Department
Zero Road
Snowball Christmas Dance Hosted for Disabled and All Ages
The Snowball Christmas dance invites handicapped and all ages on December 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. at 2708 N 11th St. A disc jockey and refreshments will be provided, with a $1 admission. Sponsored by the Self-Advocacy Group and REACH Group.
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11Th St
USDA commodities to be distributed at Finney County Senior Center
USDA commodities will be distributed at the Senior Center of Finney County located at 907 N. 10th St. from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday. Distribution will not be conducted this month at the Salvation Army. Available items include great northern beans corn trail mix potato flakes instant milk tomato sauce juice applesauce and macaroni. A 2001 commodity card must be presented and cards are issued with proof of total monthly income Social Security numbers for all household members and proof of residency in Finney County. For details call 272-3620.
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USDA
Finney County
10Th St
Salvation Army
Great Northern
Two teens sentenced for pizza delivery robbery
In Manhattan, Danny Lee Hagan and Dorian Stewart, both 19, were convicted of aggravated robbery after a Gumby’s Pizza driver was targeted at gunpoint for an $11 pizza. Judge David Stutzman gave Hagan six years, rejecting probation. Stewart received 9 1/2 years, noting his juvenile prior convictions.
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Manhattan
Danny Lee Hagan
Dorian Stewart
Gumby’s
Hagan
Stewart
David Stutzman
Wilson
Lane County history author vows final volume
Ellen May Stanley, Dighton historian and writer, declares Golden Age, Great Dust Bowl her last Lane County history volume covering 1914 to 1939. The book relies on local newspapers and museum loans, with 100 illustrations, and is sold at Hastings, Garden City, the Lane County Historical Museum gift shop, and Stanley’s Dighton office.
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Ellen May Stanley
Lane County
United States
Stanley
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas Heritage Center
Dodge City
Jane Robison
Fort Hays State University
Delmar Durr
Kansas
Hastings
Garden City
Lane County Historical Museum
Dighton
Ellen May Stanley, Dighton
Residents aid 1st District service academy nominations
Area residents helped select candidates for four military institutions. The District Service Academy Selection Board met November 16 and 17 in Hutchinson to interview and recommend nominees to Rep. Jerry Moran for the Air Force Academy West Point Merchant Marines and Naval Academy. Members included Garden City figures Jean Clifford Jesse Bernal and Sen. Steve Morris along with Ulysses and Hugoton reps.
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List District Service Academy Selection Board
Hutchinson
Jerry Moran
Air Force Academy
West Point
Merchant Marines
Naval Academy
Garden City
Ulysses
Hugoton
Jean Clifford
U.S. Air Force Reserves
Jesse Bernal
Jose Olivas
G.I. Forum
Steve Morris
U.S. Air Force
Service Academy
Moran
Bernal
Garden City High School
St. Catherine Hospital
U.S. Army
Clifford
US Air Force
Air Force Reserves
1St District Service Academy Selection Board
Bascue departs Garden City Recreation Commission
Brian Bascue leaves after five years as Garden City Recreation Commission superintendent to take the same post in Newton. He cites family reasons, praises the department and its growth, while interim director John Washington and City Manager Bob Halloran acknowledge his leadership and ongoing search for a successor. Applications are being accepted, with interviews to begin late December.
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Garden City
Recreation Commission
Brian Bascue
Bascue
Newton
Newton Recreation Commission
Garden City Recreation
John Washington
Topeka
Bob Halloran
Bascue Bascue
Brian
Tangeman Field
Commission
Halloran
Kansas State University
Holcomb
Prosecutor: troopers justified in I-70 fatal shooting
Sherman County Attorney Bonnie Selby ruled that Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers Brian Horney and David Albers acted properly in the Oct. 26 chase and fatal shooting of Mark Christopher Palmer who, while fleeing with stolen vehicles, attempted to grab a trooper's gun on Interstate 70 near Goodland. Palmer, a Carmel Indiana native and former Colorado State University student, led a 30 mile pursuit as bystanders watched, with no injuries among about 50 motorists onboard.
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Goodland
Indiana
Mark Christopher Palmer
Colorado
Kansas
Sherman County
Bonnie Selby
Kansas Highway Patrol
Brian Horney
David Albers
Palmer
Selby
Carmel
Ind
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Colo
Burlington
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Buffalo Jones
Cliff Hope Sr
Knights of Pythias
S. Fourth St
Health Department
Josh
Waham
K. J
1St District Service Academy Board
Laurie Bean Chapman
Graham K. J
McDonald's
Lures
Washington
Interstate
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