Station KIUL Faces Temporary Outage From Equipment Failure
Gordon Bassham of the Western Kansas Broadcast Center said KIUL 1240 AM was off air from about 5:15 to 8:15 a.m. due to tower equipment problems, switching to a telephone link while repairs proceed. Nine other stations remained unaffected. KIAL expected back on air before Friday’s Garden City High School game against Liberal.
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Kiul 1240
Gordon Bassham
Western Kansas Broadcast Center
Bassham
KIAL
Garden City
Liberal
Garden City CC to observe fall break on Oct 10 11
Garden City Community College will not hold classes on October 10 and 11 as students take a fall break. Faculty will have a work day October 10 and offices remain open with regular daytime hours. Classes resume October 14. Saffell Library and learning centers stay open until 4 30 p m Thursday and rebound October 14. The Aerobic Super Circuit will be closed for the break. Finney County Community Learning Center remains unaffected.
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Garden City Community College
Saffell Library
Mary Jo Williams Comprehensive Learning Center
Finney County Community Learning Center
Library board to meet Monday in Finnup Room
Finney County Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 4 30 p m Monday in the Finnup Room at 605 E Walnut St The agenda includes review of the 2003 budget and discussion of the search for a new library director.
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Finney County Public Library Board of Trustees
Finnup
Walnut St
Graves creates Kansas energy council to draft plan
Gov Bill Graves establishes the State Energy Resources Coordination Council by executive order to draft a state energy plan and provide annual policy recommendations. The 13 member panel is chaired by Lee Allison, state geologist, with environmentalists noting heavy oil and gas industry representation.
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Lawrence
Bill Graves
Graves
State Energy Resources Coordination Council
Lee Allison
Kansas Geological Survey
Charles Benjamin
The
Sierra Club
Kansas
Garden City police unveil simpler new patrol car design
Garden City's police department introduces six Ford Crown Victorias with a minimalist maroon lettering scheme and a smaller badge behind the front wheels. The redesign costs about 670 dollars for decals, halves lettering, and pleases budget-conscious maintenance staff while preserving traditional policing imagery.
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Garden City
James Hawkins
Hawkins
Papier maché clowns and elephant visit Finney museum scene
Norton artists Ruby Meyer and daughter Melissa Nelson bring life size papier maché figures from Bungling Brother's Circus to Garden City's Finney County Historical Society Museum for a month. The display features a towering pink trousers wearing elephant and clowns, with local teachers planning field trips and student art projects.
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Phillip Buntin
Garden City High School
Finney County Historical Society Museum
S. Fourth St
Finney County
Norton
Ruby Meyer
Melissa Nelson
Nelson
Norton Daily Telegraph
Meyer
McCauliffe Named Finney County Maintenance Director
Tim McCauliffe of Garden City will start November 4 as Finney County maintenance director, replacing retiring Louis Mendoza who has held the post since 1977. The job oversees 13 staff and maintenance across county buildings including the Health Department and Law Enforcement Center. Mendoza will retire December 13 and will mentor McCauliffe through a transition. McCauliffe, previously Buffalo Dunes Golf Course assistant superintendent, will earn 33 000 dollars annually.
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Finney County
Tim McCauliffe
Garden City
Louis Mendoza
Deb Hays
McCauliffe
Buffalo Dunes
YMCA
Hays
Louis
Mendoza
Garden City founders graves marked at Valley View Cemetery
Mary Regan of the Finney County Historical Society says a 2 by 3 foot bronze memorial plaque will be built west of the Valley View Cemetery office at 2901 N Third St. The plaque honors John and Ciddie Stevens James Fulton William and Lettie Fulton and Charles Jesse Buffalo Jones and his wife Martha as town founders buried there. The plaque and base cost 2300 dollars and will be installed by year end weather permitting as part of a joint project with Southwestern Bell employees and the city of Garden City.
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Garden City
Valley View Cemetery
Mary Regan
Finney County Historical Society
Valley View
Third St
John
Ciddie Stevens
James Fulton
William and Lettie Fulton
Charles Jesse
Buffalo” Jones
Martha
Regan
the Historical Society
Southwestern Bell
Society
SBC
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