Finney County Roundup Focuses on Projects and Hearings
Finney County Commissioners set a 7 p.m. Monday meeting at the Administrative Center to review county programs. Public Works will discuss solid waste systems and the county shop expansion, with a public hearing on the Five Mile Road irrigation structure. Todd Humble will review grant applications for the library, and Cheryl Kottke reports on a family planning lab contract with Midwest Cancer Screening. Bids for remodeling the fair grounds office will be reviewed.
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Board of
Finney County Commissioners
Finney County
Public Works Department
Five Mile Road
Todd Humble
Finney County Public Library
Cheryl Kottke
Midwest Cancer Screening
Fairgrounds
Halloween Safe House at Terrace Garden Center
Terrace Garden Care Center invites area children to a Halloween Safe House event with games candy cookies and hot cider from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at 2308 North Third Street.
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Terrace Garden
Terrace Garden Care Center
Third St
Stones site council meets Wednesday
The site council for Charles O Stones Intermediate Center will hold its regular meeting Wednesday at 11 45 a m in room 111.
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Charles O.stones Intermediate Center
State and Guard to issue bonds for armory upgrade
The state and the Kansas Army National Guard will issue 22 million dollars in bonds over five years to fund improvements at armories in Wyandotte Shawnee Phillips Brown and Finney counties. An initial 2 million is issued through the Kansas Development Finance Authority with public sale set for November 6 and subsequent issuances over the next four years to total 22 million, repaid from legislative appropriations.
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Topeka
Kansas Army National Guard
Kansas
Adjutant General's Office
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Phillips
Brown and Finney
Kansas Development Finance Authority
Ex-legislator loses bid to reinstate lawsuit
Former Kansas House member Britt Nichols failed to revive his suit against his political opponents after losing his 1996 reelection. Nichols claimed conspiratorial campaign finance violations by the Kansas National Education Association and allied groups to aid Sue Storm in winning the 22nd District seat. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled unanimously against him.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Britt Nichols
Nichols
Johnson County
Wamego
Sue Storm
Kansas National Education Association
Kansas Political Action Committee
Kansas
Storm Win
Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission
Finney County ED Corp Donation Questioned Over Bond Support
A Friday Telegram story claimed that public funds could not be given to groups supporting a ballot issue. The article notes the Finney County Economic Development Corp donated money to the committee backing the high school bond issue and questions the legality under public funding rules.
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Market Grain Prices at Garden City Co op
Grain prices at Garden City Co op listed Wheat at 2.74 Canuteus 1.97 Mile 3.05 Soybeans 4.15 with prices in cents per bushel or unit. The report records market quotes for major crops and notes recent changes. Prices reflect commodity trading in local markets and provide context for farmers and traders evaluating cash crops.
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Garden City Co-op
Kansas Supreme Court reinstates three charges in underage drinking case
The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously reinstated three charges against David L. Pritchett, reversing a lower court ruling. Agent Jim Wilson, trained to spot underage adults, arrested Pritchett at a University of Kansas fraternity party after noting a 21 wristband and observing signs of youth. Pritchett fled toward Wilson’s van, where officers found two IDs. he admitted being 19. The ruling emphasizes firsthand, articulable suspicions based on training and context.
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Kansas Supreme Court
David Pritchett
Division of Alcohol Beverage Control
University of Kansas
Douglas County
Paula Martin
Jim Wilson
Pritchett
Martin
Wilson
Donald Allegrucci
Allegrucci
Supreme Court
Poisoning nets man 14 years
MINNEAPOLIS Kan AP A man who poisoned his preteen daughters by antifreeze in orange juice was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Donald P Ayres received 168 months on two counts of child abuse and two counts of child endangerment to run consecutively.
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Minneapolis
Kan
Donald P. Ayres
Daniel Hebert
Ayres
Ottawa County
Wichita
Wesley Medical Center
Angela Stanley
Stanley
Kansas gets help In drug fight
Kansas seeks a $2 million federal grant to combat meth production and hire seven narcotics agents and five forensic chemists. The measure forms part of a $39.9 billion Commerce Justice State package approved by Congress with possible veto by President Clinton.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Larry Welch
Departments of Commerce, Justice and State
House
Senate
Clinton
Welch
Great Bend
Ottawa Middle School adopts detention for unfinished homework
Eastern Kansas Ottawa Middle School enforces a policy requiring detentions for late or missing homework with a signed parent notice. If work is turned in before detention, a 40 percent grade penalty applies. Principal Dale Fox says the rule shows enforcement and reduces frustration.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Ottawa Middle School
Dale Fox
Mike McDermott
Weekend Rain Likely Across Kansas With Warm Weekend
The National Weather Service forecasts a rainy weekend across Kansas with highs mainly 60s, more showers and thunderstorms in the south and west, windy conditions in the west, and cooler nights in the 40s to 50s west and 55 to 60 east. Sunday turns windy and partly cloudy with further shower chances west, highs in the 60s, and west lows near 40s. Road condition hotline listed as 1 800 585 7623.
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Topeka
Kansas
National Weather Service
Garden City Area Weather Forecast Today
The Garden City forecast calls for occasional showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall likely. Breezy, highs in the lower 70s and a 100 percent chance of rain. Tonight includes periods of thunderstorms, possibly severe, with locally heavy rainfall likely and a low around 45 to 50.
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Garden City
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Terrance
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Otiny Tits
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Wetita
Myo
Southwest Kansas Research Extension Center
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