City Accepts Grant to Add Fluoride to Water in Garden City
Garden City commissioners unanimously accepted a grant to start fluoridation in the municipal water system. The vote included some concern from Commissioner Gary Fuller about fluoride toxicity, but officials noted current levels would rise from .28 to between .7 and 1.2 milligrams per liter. The ADA supports fluoridation as a cavity preventive. critics cited health risks. The project could begin in five to six months after grant approval.
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Garden City
Gary Fuller
Fuller
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Environmental Protection Agency
ADA
Jeff Stasch
Stasch
Mike Richard
DDS
Richard
Bob Halloran
Garden City Telegram
Fire Department
Halloran
Kids carve pumpkins at city recreation center event
Tenyearold Ty Wyckoff and peers attended a pumpkin carving session at the Garden City Recreation Commission Activity Center. They removed gourds tops and scooped guts before shaping ghosts cats skulls and teeth filled faces while mentor Joan Sherman noted the activity is inexpensive and mess stays there.
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Ty Wyckoff
Wyckoff
Garden City Recreation Commission Activity Center
Juan Herrera
Herrera
Joan Sherman
Amanda
Sherman
Colton Clark
Jacinto Martinez
Clark
Amanda Herrera
Timothie Harris
Harris
Brother From Thailand Aims to Save Sister’s Life
A Thai brother traveled to the United States to donate a kidney to his sister Morn Vilaysing of Garden City who suffers renal failure. Visa hurdles delayed the transplant plan as brothers in Thailand faced medical and bureaucratic obstacles, with the story highlighting family urgency and cross border medical care.
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Panya Dukham
Thailand
United States
Morn Vilaysing
Garden City
Roger
Morn
Dukam
Dukham
Kearny County approves 9.2 million bond for hospital and retirement village
Kearny County voters approve a 9.2 million general obligation bond for renovation of Kearny Hospital and construction at the High Plains Retirement Village. The issue carries 3.25 percent interest, retirement in seven years, with 677 of 2,196 registered voters casting ballots in a 386 to 291 victory.
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Brad Nading
Kearny County
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Kansas
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