Community Preparedness Grows After Sept 11 Attacks
Finney County health officials and local agencies describe a shift to broader community disaster planning and heightened security. Bio-terrorism readiness, training, and interjurisdiction cooperation expand across health, law enforcement, emergency management, and airport security while maintaining day to day services for residents.
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Olson
Finney County
Kottke
Health Department
New York
Holcomb
Jeff Sharp
Sharp
Dave Jones
Finney County Emergency Management
Jones
Garden City
Kansas National Guard
Garden City Police Department
Transportation Security Administration
Bob Halloran
Garden City City
Halloran
Community remembers 9 11 with services and flags in Garden City
Events mark the anniversary with a Sept 11 flag presentation at Garden City High School and a 11 45 a m ceremony at the American Legion Veterans Memorial in Stevens Park. Churches host Masses and memorials, Red Cross honors, and a Cimarron art show titled Reflections of 9 11.
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Sam Brownback
Garden City High School
U.S. Capitol
N. Main St
American Legion Post No. 9 Veterans Color Guard
Post
Garden City
Kansas Ave
Finney County Sheriff's Office
St. Mary Catholic School
St. John St
U.S
Kansas
State Capitol
First Christian Church
Seventh St
First Southern Baptist Church
Third St
Church of Christ
Pioneer Road
Cimarron
Cimarron City
Virus West Nile confirmed in Kansas areas
The Kansas outbreak report notes 63 confirmed cases in horses, mules, birds, and mosquitoes across Kansas counties from the KS State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Six Kansans tested by CDC for West Nile Virus were negative. no human cases confirmed. West Nile typically causes mild illness in humans, with rare encephalitis or death. Transmission occurs via mosquito bites from infected birds.
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Kansas
Kansas State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Watson
KDHE
Centers For Disease Control
Rundell write-in bid gains broad school support
Supporters rally around candidate Rundell to remain on the school board with a grassroots write-in effort led by Leticia Porter, Alta Brown Elementary principal. They warn against denying education to any child and plan outreach across District 5 while Rundell attends a Fiesta Parade in Garden City and a state board meeting in Topeka.
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Leticia Porter
Alta Brown Elementary School
Rundell
Porter
Garden City
Main
Dowtown
Topeka
Kevin Burr
Burr
America
Supreme Court
Finney County
Carol Brown
Morris
Brown
Colorado
Clark
Ford
Rush
Smith
Ty Register of Deeds Post
Colby
Hays
Oberlin
Goodland
Dodge City
Ulysses
Syracuse
Liberal
Sonny
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St. Dominic Catholic Church
JC St
Garden Valley Retirement Village
E. Spruce Street
Grace Bible Church
Jennie Barker Road
Church of the Nazarene
Wils, Loot, Lloyd
Linda DeRemus
Garden City, K
Stevens County Fairgrounds
Hugoton
Mary Kay
Avon
Osborne Books
Amsticana
Discovery
Golden Plains Credit Union
En Plains Dit Union
E. Kansas Ave
Gpcu.org
Mempeh Ncua
Garden City, KS
Stevens Park
Red Cross
City of
The
EMS, Fire, Police and Sheriffs Departments
Catholic Health In
St. Catherine Hospital
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