Garden City hit-and-run left man in hospital
Garden City police investigate a hit-and-run after a vehicle struck 22 year old Nathan Gough at 11 30 p m Saturday in the 1700 block of Campus Drive. He was taken to St Catherine Hospital for leg injuries after witnesses moved him from the street. A champagne colored car with passenger side damage is believed involved. another vehicle fled. Police seek tips at 276 1300 or Crime Stoppers at 275 7807.
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Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Mike Utz
Campus Drive
Utz
Nathan Gough
E. Fair St
Apt. 8
Gough
Police Department
Man shoots himself in leg at Sunflower Electric plant
Finney County Sheriff says Robert Boehringer, 50, an employee of Sunflower Electric, accidentally shot himself in the right leg while holstering a firearm at a private Sunflower Electric property. He fell from wooden pallets, walked to the plant for help, and was treated and released from St. Catherine Hospital.
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Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Sunflower Electric
Robert Boehringer
Cherokee Road
Boehringer
YMCA Lights on Afterschool Rally Set At Local Center
The Garden City Family YMCA Afterschool Program sponsors a Lights on Afterschool rally at 4 p.m. October 12 at 1224 Center St. The event joins more than 7,500 similar rallies nationwide supporting after-school programs. Parents supporters and community members are urged to attend.
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Garden City Family Ymca
YMCA
Center St
Meth Lab Awareness Workshop Planned
Several organizations partner to educate southwest Kansans on recognizing meth lab evidence and lab items. The free seminar for nurses social workers school administrators counselors law enforcement personnel and those working with at risk youth runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Grant County Civic Center in Ulysses. Registration by Monday. Contact Grant County EMS at 620 356 4512 or gtcoemspld.com for details.
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Grant County
W. Patterson Ave
Ulysses
Grant County Ems
Peoples State Bank to open Garden City branch in Kansas
Peoples State Bank of Colby plans a Garden City branch in southwest Kansas with Lena DuVall named branch president. Construction could begin within 30 days pending lease, and the site is targeted in the business district. Open by early 2007, the bank expects 10 to 12 local jobs, with future expansion to two Garden City locations.
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Peoples State Bank
Garden City
Colby
Lena DuVall
Jon Pope
Pope
Kansas
DuVall
Rolling Stones rock Wichita crowds at Cessna Stadium
Area residents describe a rare Wichita stop on the Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour with a 30 foot backstage upgrade for Carly Dale and a roaring crowd of more than 30 000 at Cessna Stadium. Fans praised the stage spectacle and encore fireworks while expressing hope for future appearances.
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Dale
Rolling Stones
Cessna Stadium
Wichita State University
Wichita
Denver
Kansas City
Friesen
Stones
County forms pandemic flu committee in Finney County
Finney County commissioners approved a new committee to study keeping county government operating during a pandemic flu outbreak. Members include County Administrator Pete Olson Commission Chairman Roman Halbur Human Resources Director Deb Hays and Health Department Administrator Kristi Schmitt. The group will draft a plan to maintain operations and may consider closing nonessential offices by year end with CDC and WHO guidance shaping the effort.
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Finney County
Pete Olson
Commission
Roman Halbur
Deb Hays
Health Department
Kristi Schmitt
Olson
Centers For Disease Control
World Health Organization
Motor Vehicle Department
District Aims to Scale Differentiated Instruction Districtwide
USD 457 staff have received basic training on differentiating instruction to meet diverse student needs. Board notes progress toward districtwide use, with principals trained to observe practice and report results. Teachers continue yearlong training while schools study guides by Amy Benjamin. Garden City High School courtyard project also highlighted.
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USD 457
Shelly Schwatken
Board of Education
Rick Atha
Schwatken
Office of Instruction
Kenneth Henderson Middle School
Amy Benjamin
Lori Peister
Stewart Nelson
Garden City High School
GCHS
District boundaries eyed for school board seats and lunch courtyard plan
At an April 3 2007 meeting proposals surfaced to redraw school district boundaries to balance populations and a 300 to 350 seat courtyard is planned to relieve hallway lunch crowding. Officials discussed referendum steps, election timing, and budget for district building upgrades and shop renovations.
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