District reviews crisis plan with cameras at doors
Garden City school officials discuss expanding camera coverage at GCHS Abe Hubert Middle School and four elementary campuses. The district emphasizes trained staff at entrances, visitor sign in, and ID badges while acknowledging budget limits and drills showing procedures in action.
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Atha
GCHS
Abe Hubert
Jennie Wilson
Buffalo Jones
Roy Cessna
Cessna
Weatherly
James Mireles
Garden City Police and Fire Departments
Finney County Ems
Kansas Highway Patrol
Death toll climbs to five in school shooting
A third deadly school shooting this week raises five deaths including two girls ages 9 and 7. The gunman, Charles Carl Roberts IV, died after an attack at a one room schoolhouse as officials plan a national violence summit and local drills to boost safety.
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Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center
GCPD
Mike Utz
Atha
Cessna
GCHS
Weatherly
Linette Quinn
Amy Buehler Stranges
Charles Carl Roberts IV
Meals on Wheels program funds and volunteers sustain local service
The Finney County Meals on Wheels program directed by Joseph Paulson operates from the Senior Center at 907 N. 10th St. It serves about 27,000 meals in 2005 with a 2006 budget of 126,155 dollars assisted by an 8,000 dollar grant from United Way. The program expects 7,000 meals from those who cannot pay, aided by volunteers like Duane Riley and funded by local sources such as Finney County, Finnup Foundation, Garden City Company Partnership, and private donations.
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Finney County
Fleming
Paulson
Joseph Paulson
10Th St
Duane Riley
Garden City
Pershing Manor
Riley
United Way
Meals On Wheels
Finnup Foundation
Garden City Company Partnership
Garden City Area
The
American Red Cross
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Catholic Social Services
Emmaus House
Family Crisis Services
RSVP
Garden City Family Ymca
Girl Scouts of Tumbleweed Council
Kansas Children’s Service League
Russell Child Development Center
Santa Fe Trail Council
Boy Scouts of America
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association
Spirit of the Plains Casa
the Salvation Army
United Methodist Mexican American Ministries
United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas
Weather warms up aiding harvests across Finney County
Temps rise with low humidity and dry ground aiding corn, soybean, sunflower and grain sorghum harvests. Wheat seeding for 2007 progresses as moisture remains adequate for now. Farmers report good yields despite a five to six year drought in western Kansas. Highs may fall to 68 with a chance of rain Wednesday.
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Hutton
Dean Whitehill
Finney County
Whitehill
Kansas
Drought’s toll on Kansas farmers grows across state
Farmers face widespread drought with rising financial strain and emotional stress. Calls to a help line remain steady while winter accounts loom. Weather forecasters predict some improvement for the Great Plains, but moisture remains uncertain. Broadie, a cattleman, details reduced pasture and lower profits as he fences in his herd.
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Kansas
Griffin
National Weather Service
Climate Prediction Center
Great Plains
Texas
Missouri
Broadie
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