Garden City teen arrested on rape charge
Tomas Acevedo, 17, of 2002 Pawnee Road Apt. 2, was arrested at 10:19 a.m. at Youth Services on a rape warrant. The offense allegedly occurred between December 23 and 24, 2005 at a party in east Garden City involving a 14-year-old girl. The report was filed January 12. witnesses were scarce and Acevedo was away during most of the investigation. The case was sent to Finney County Attorney.
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Garden City
Tomas Acevedo
Pawnee Road
Apt. 2
Zero Road
Mike Utz
Acevedo
Utz
Finney County Attorney’s Office
Jefferson portrayed in Constitution Day talk at GCCC
Clay Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson will give a Constitution Day presentation at Garden City Community College. The 7:30 p.m. event in the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex will feature in character discussion on Jefferson era issues and present concerns with audience Q&A. Admission is 6 dollars, free for GCCC students and children 12 and under. Tickets sold at door or in advance at Downtown Vision office Saffell Library and The Garden City Telegram.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Clay Jenkinson
Jefferson
National Public Radio
Dennis Perryman
Garden City Community College
Jenkinson
GCCC
Vision
N. Main St
Saffell
Campus Drive
Garden City Telegram
N. Seventh St
Library to host four part book discussion series
The Finney County Public Library at 605 E Walnut St will offer a free four part reading series titled Community The Way We Live. Sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council under Talk About Literature in Kansas the sessions begin at 10 a.m. on Sept 30 with Tom Lewis leading Cannery Row by John Steinbeck and continue Oct 14 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fanny Flagg Oct 28 The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols and Nov 11 Bailey's Café by Gloria Naylor.
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Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Kansas Humanities Council
Kansas
Tom Lewis
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
John Steinbeck
Whistle Stop
Fanny Flagg
John Nichols
Kline cites few complaints against Kansas nonprofits
Washington AP reports Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline says nonprofit hospitals in Kansas have generated relatively few complaints about mission focus. He formed a task force to study billing and collection practices and is working with nonprofits to develop a best practices model to protect charity care.
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Washington
Kansas
Phill Kline
Senate
Kline
Woods to lobby for cancer research in Washington
Nancy Woods of Garden City travels to Washington D C to meet Kansas Senators Brownback and Roberts and Rep. Moran. She aims to urge renewed funding for cancer research and a Congressional Cancer Promise to end suffering and death from cancer by 2015. Woods, diagnosed with a rare vascular cancer in 1999, speaks for 30 Kansans and about 4 000 ambassadors nationwide lobbying Congress.
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American Cancer Society
Congress
Nancy Woods
Garden City
Washington D.C
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Pat Roberts
Jerry Moran
National Institutes of Health
NIH
National Cancer Institute
Woods
Roberts
Brownback
Moran
Ing
Mexican Fiesta and Arts Weekend in Southwest Kansas
Southwest Kansans can enjoy a weekend of arts and events across Montezuma and Garden City. The Stauth Memorial Museum showcases 32 self portrait quilts and hosts a toy car show and Hot Wheels race from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a community quilt project. Garden City hosts the 80th annual Mexican Fiesta with a queen pageant, downtown parade, multiple performances by Mariachi Estrella Ritmo Latino and others, and community dances at the fairgrounds. Registration for car show is 9 to 10 a.m. with a $10 fee benefitting the museum. The Sarah Brisendine exhibit opens Friday at Garden City Community College and runs to Oct. 11.
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Southwest
Kansans
Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Kansas
Stauth Museum
Aztec Road
Garden City Community College
Sarah Brisendine
Garden City
Beth Tedrow
Clifford Hope
Garden City High School
N. Main St
Stevens Park
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Ritmo Latino
Angel Musical
Conjunto Amanger
Tusion de Durango
Finney County
Fairgrounds
Grupo Lenz
Xpresion
Mariachi Estrella
Tax reform talks touch untaxed services in Kansas
A Wichita State University study highlighted pressures from taxes on low income Kansans as legislators debated fairer tax structures at the Statehouse. The committee warned proposals could expand the tax base and alter rates while balancing income, sales, and property taxes amid concerns about revenue impacts.
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Topeka
Hns
Statehouse
Wichita State University
Hugo Wall
Kansas Public Finance Center
WSU
Regents
Wichita State
John Wong
Wong
Lee
Inci
Kansas
Garden City Community College reviews programs and parking
Garden City Community College trustees discussed the Judent and Community Services Center nearing completion with a grand opening planned for Oct 27 and 28. Parking concerns were raised about 76 spaces used by the center, while five lots remain for staff and visitors. The board commended para medic and nursing programs and noted strong Kids’ College enrollment and summer activity results. An annual 75000 advertising contract with The Garden City Telegram was approved, along with a joint vehicle maintenance center with USD 457 and related utility arrangements.
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Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
GCCC
Carol Belentyne
Judent and Community Services Center
Bill Clifford
Steve Quakenbush
Ballantyne
Quakenbush
Kids’ College
USD 457
Board of Education
Garden City Telegram
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G.C
David Fuentes
Deane Wiley Park
Fuentes
Garden City Recreation Commission
Sen. Janis Lee
D-Kensington
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