Health department to reopen Wednesday
Finney County Health Department near 919 Zero Road closed Monday after a mercury leak prompted precautionary evacuation. Officials reported limited contamination and subsequent follow up by Haz-Mat responders. building to reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday with no public exposure detected.
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Finney County
Pete Olson
Zero Road
Olson
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Health Department
KDHE
Haz-Mat Response Inc
Environmental Protection Agency
Open Records exemptions reviewed by Kansas committee
A legislative study panel began evaluating exemptions to the Kansas Open Records Act, deeming elimination decisions too large a task. The Special Committee on Local Government spent two hours examining 46 exemptions including personnel files and security documents, a process tied to a 2000 law phasing out exemptions after five years unless renewed.
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Topeka
Board OKs 20 percent rent discount for full fairgrounds use
Finney County commissioners approved a 20 percent discount for for profit renters using the entire Finney County Fairgrounds facility. Angie Clark cited a two day, full-site booking with a dance inflating a quoted price from 4350 to 7850 dollars, prompting the discount discussion. Security, cancellation, and holiday fee changes were also approved along with other county actions.
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Finney County
Fairgrounds
Angie Clark
Jerry Davis
Roman Halbur
Irv Stephens
Cliff Mayo
Alan Fankhauser
Clark
West Pavilion
Grandstand
Halbur
Pete Olson
Tim Joyce
Steve Krehbiel
Garden City
Holcomb
Holcomb City Council
Garden City Commission
Doug Keller
Dan Dalke
Holcomb City
Ron Schreibvogel
Steve
Wichita man pleads guilty in two Kansas securities cases
Kirk McNab aged 47 pleaded guilty in Sherman County to securities fraud sale of unregistered broker-dealer and conspiracy and in Sedgwick County to securities fraud and sale of unregistered broker-dealer. Sentences set for Oct 16 in Wichita and unspecified in Sherman County. He and stepfather Phil McGuckin ran Ponzi oil and gas ventures Triton Exploration and Cambrian Oil. about 1.2 million from 52 investors in Triton and 558,000 from 39 in Cambrian.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Securities Commissioner
Kirk McNab
Sherman County
Goodland
Sedgwick
Sedgwick County
McNab
Triton Exploration Inc
Hamilton
Gove
Sumner
Office of the
Phil McGuckin
Triton
Cambrian Oil Inc
Office of
The
McGuckin
Cambrian
State fair revenue up but budget remains tight
Kansas State Fair reports a 4.1 percent rise in ticket revenue from 2002, yet officials warn budgets will stay tight. Management projects 2004 revenue at 4.4 million with 3.9 million in expenses, leaving about 156000 to start 2005 after taxes and the capital fund allocations. The board considers raising parking fees, ticket prices, and exhibitor costs to boost revenue.
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Detty
Finney County Attorney's Office
Olson
Halloran
Garden City Community College
Jim Tangeman
Fairgrounds
Arkansas
Ninth Street
Garden City
Steve Cottrell
Tom Burgardt
North Carolina
Hutchinson
Denny Stoecklein
Kansas State Fair Board
Fair Administration
Stoecklein
KDHE fines two Garden City restaurants
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment fined Taco Express at 1110 Fleming St for two violations and the Continental Inn Restaurant at 1408 Buffalo Jones Ave for improper handling and bare hand contact. Taco Express faced 1750 dollars and Continental Inn 2000 dollars.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Garden City
Taco Express
Fleming St
Joaquin Najera
Continental Inn
Buffalo Jones Ave
Sharon Watson
KDHE
Watson
Najera
Brent Colvin
Colvin
Office of Administrative Hearings
Topeka
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Lane Marit Ehmke
Healy
Cory Triplett
Dighton
Emma P. Anderson
Woodcraft
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Scoti
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Lane County
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