Rue Eagles Lodge Monthly Meeting Menu
The Rue Eagles Lodge in Taylor and Mary streets will host a monthly all you can eat dinner starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The menu features calf fries sweetbreads roast beef mashed potatoes gravy beans hot rolls cole slaw dessert coffee and tea. The event runs the second Thursday of the month from September through May to foster community. A separate report notes disposal of old seized property caused a loud blast around 9 p.m Tuesday, with simulator grenades destroyed at the county gun range and a Fort Riley bomb unit delaying the detonation.
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Eagles Lodge
Taylor and Mary Streets
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
West US
Highway 50
Bascue
Fort Riley
Lone Star Restaurants donate proceeds for victims aid nationwide
Lone Star and the American Red Cross join to aid victims on the month anniversary of the America attacks. About 400 Lone Star locations nationwide including Garden City will donate all gross proceeds Thursday. Garden City store opens 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. with free drinks per meal. Proceeds go to the Liberty Fund via the Red Cross. Ten volunteers will assist at Garden City location.
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America
American Red Cross
Lone Star
Garden City
del Fresco
Sullivans
Jamie Coulter
Beth Delaney
The
Liberty Fund
Delaney
Red Cross
Fulton Street south half work shifts Ninth Street reconstruction
The project relocates Ninth Street reconstruction to the Fulton and Ninth streets intersection. Eastbound traffic detours while westbound traffic may pass. Law Enforcement Center access remains via Ninth Street south. Lee Construction Co. carries out concrete work and Myers Ice and Peoples Natural Gas EnergyOne remain accessible from Ninth Street south.
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Ninth Street
Fulton Street
Law ‘Enforcement
Fulton and
Ninth Streets
Statehouse reinforces security after Sept 11 attacks
Kansas officials install concrete barriers under the Capitol steps replacing sawhorses and increase patrols in response to terrorism fears. Joyce Glasscock notes ongoing security upgrades while Shawnee County health officials discuss bioterrorism threats and Anthrax cases in Florida.
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Topeka
Statehouse
Kansas Department of Transportation
Joyce Glasscock
Shawnee County
Larry Rumans
Florida
United States
Courthouse security urged at regional meeting
At the Southwest Kansas Association of Counties gathering in Tribune about 100 county workers explored safer court facilities. Speaker Dave Wood urged metal detectors X-ray machines and trained staff outlining plans for heightened security and evacuation procedures to protect citizens and courthouse employees.
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Tribune
Dave Wood
Southwest Kansas Association of Counties
Wood
Office of Disciplinary Administration
Division of State Supreme Court
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Greeley County
Wade Dixon
Kansas
Kansas City
Finney County
Pete Olsen
Greeley
Wichita
Scott
Lane
Hodgeman
Ness
Haskell
Hamilton
Stanton
Morton
Stevens
Finney
Grant
Ford
Gray
Kearny
Seward
Clark
Meade
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County aid youths through mentoring
Tammy Herlan, executive director, explains the BBBS program serving about 1,400 children annually in Finney County. The agency partners volunteers with children in one-on-one and school based mentoring, focusing on at risk families and improving school attendance and behavior.
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Finney County
Tammy Herlan
Big Brothers Big Sisters
BBBS
Herlan
Eighth St
United Way
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Elevator dust blast triggers large fine for Kansas farmers coop
Federal OSHA cites Farmers Coop Elevator Association for 18 violations after a fatal grain dust explosion at Greenleaf Kansas last April. The death of Max Hubbard and a serious injury prompted a proposed 127400 dollar penalty for willful and serious violations including dust removal and a written housekeeping program. The elevator has 15 days to comply, meet, or contest.
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Kansas City, Mo
Farmers Coop Elevator Association
Greenleaf
Kan
Max Hubbard
Washington
Riously
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Holcomb school enrollment rises after year decline
Holcomb USD 363 reports a Sept 20 enrollment of 931 students, up eight from last year and 17 more with full time status after a 27 full-time drop last year. Superintendent Daryl Prater notes closer to the expected growth, while Garden City USD 457 faced a computer virus delay in finalizing its figures.
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Holcomb Usd 363
Holcomb Usd
Holcomb
Daryl Prater
Garden City Community College
USD 363
ConAgra Beef Co
ConAgra
Prater
Garden City Usd 457
USD 457
Nimda
Ann Goodman
Holcomb to host seminar on alternatives to fighting
Holcomb USD 363 administrators will present a seminar titled Dealing with Bullying Behavior led by Joe Coles of Southwest Plains Regional Service Center. The program targets teachers and students at Holcomb middle and high schools to identify bullying tendencies and promote nonviolent conflict resolution.
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Holcomb Usd
Joe Coles
Southwest Plains Regional Service Center
Coles
Holcomb
Dave Novack
Daryl Prater
Schoolwide seminar on violence addressed across grades
Schedule shows sessions starting 7:30 a.m. in the high school auditorium with 45 minute blocks for teachers. Ninth graders begin at 8:15 a.m and older classes follow with times for tenth through twelfth grades, middle school in the afternoon. Parents welcome.
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Coles
Katt
Pruter
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OFACE
Division OF
State Supreme Court
Scious
Jordan Lang
Ezicio Riojas
Riojas
Buffalo Jones Elementary
Lang
Olathe
the United Way
Big Sisters of
Ing
Holcomb School
Dean Katt
Holcomb High School
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