City to Consider Water Supply Revenue Bonds
City commissioners meet Tuesday to consider approving eight million dollars in water supply revenue bonds. Funds will acquire construct and equip wells transmission lines and related facilities for Wheatland water supply. Meeting 1 p.m. at City Administrative Center Garden City Manager Matt Allen notes the city is a primary Wheatland customer.
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GCHS Hosts Western Kansas Math Conference on Monday
Southwest Plains Regional Service Center will host the Western Kansas Math Conference at Garden City High School, drawing over 600 educators from 27 western Kansas districts. Kay Toliver, subject of Good Morning Miss Toliver, will speak on applied thinking and communication in math. A McREL representative will present research-based math instruction ideas, with 38 presenters and 15 exhibitors featured.
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Garden City High School
Kay Toliver
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Florence Wilson teachers host McTeacher night fundraiser
Florence Wilson Elementary School staff will work two 90 minute shifts at McDonald's 1613 E Kansas Ave from 5 to 8 pm on Tuesday. Nineteen teachers greet customers and assist the crew as part of the national McTeacher's Night. A portion of sales funds the school.
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Florence Wilson
McDonald’s
Kansas Ave
Garden City Dig Pink Rally set for Thursday
Garden City High School hosts the third annual Dig Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Rally on Thursday at 4 p.m. at 1412 N. Main Street. Varsity and junior varsity players wear pink, raise donations for the Side-Out Foundation, and compete against Ulysses, Scott City, and Dodge City with raffles, survivor recognitions, and pink-themed events.
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Dig Pink
N. Main St
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Ulysses
Scott City
Dodge City
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Rschmitz
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Karen Thornton
Kthornton
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Regional economic summit lets area chambers discuss alliance
Southwest Kansas Chambers of Commerce hosts a first of its kind regional summit at the Clarion Inn Garden City with chambers from Garden City Dodge City Liberal and Ulysses. Officials including State Sen Steve Morris and speakers from Rural Policy Research Institute USDA Rural Development Advanced Manufacturing Institute and Kansas Leadership Center outline regional cooperation and potential alliance.
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Garden City Area
Clarion Inn
E. Kansas Ave
Steve Morris
Ringoton
Charles W. Flaharty
Rural Policy Research Institute
Columbia
Patty Clark
Usda Rural Development
Bradley A. Kramer
Advanced Manufacturing Institute
Manhattan
Ed O'Malley
Kansas Leadership Center
Stan Ahlerich
Kansas, Inc
Hugoton
Kansas
Joe Peters
Dodge City Area
Clark
Kramer
Ed O’malley
Wichita
Cindy Malek
Finney County weighs nuisance policy tweaks and home truck parking
Finney County commissioners meet Monday to discuss possible changes to nuisance abatement rules prompted by resident complaints about enforcement. The agenda includes a Planning Commission proposal for conditional use permits letting truck drivers park semi trailers at homes, a zoning issue not currently allowed in residential areas. The discussion aims to address growing neighborhood blight from trash abandoned vehicles and overgrown properties, with further details at GCTelegram.com.
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Finney County
Areawide Planning Commission
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Body found in Dodge City identified as Mississippi man
A decomposed body found in a Dodge City drainage ditch has been identified as Clifton Cleveland Kimble, 49, of Kiln, Mississippi. Investigators say they do not suspect foul play though the cause of death is unknown and an autopsy in Wichita is pending toxology results.
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Hutchinson News
Clifton Cleveland Kimble
Kiln
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Kimble
Wichita
Man guilty in grocery store stabbing
Hutchinson, AP. Jonathan Robertson, 20, found guilty of two counts of aggravated robbery, aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after stabbing Dillons manager John Beavers who confronted him over shoplifting a magazine in August 2009. Beavers needed two surgeries to repair a ruptured colon and kidney.
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Jonathan Robertson
Dillons
John Beavers
Robertson
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