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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 2006
Page
3
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office probes the unattended death of 39 year old Jeffrey Portluck found in his home at 302 S. Johnson. Undersheriff Richard Garza says it appears to be a self-inflicted death but an autopsy by deputy district coroner Fred Ayers is pending. Portluck had a pending misdemeanor disorderly conduct case.
Wendy Dunagan resigned as deputy appraiser of Finney County, with Mark Low hired Friday as the new county appraiser to replace Alan Roop who left in May for health reasons. Dunagan moved to the Kansas Property Valuation Division, while she had served as interim department administrator after Roop's departure. County officials could not be reached for comment on the deputy appraiser search status.
Downtown Marketfest runs 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 7 with games prizes entertainment and street vendors. Highlights include mural dedication on Grant Street by David Loewenstein Thunder on the Tundra Nasduck 500 duck races for 10 dollars each with 300 150 and 50 Downtown Dollars prizes. Races start at 1 30 p.m. and performances feature Ritmo Latino Humdingers Tigerific Sign Choir GCHS drum line Not Worthy GCHS show choir and more. WA puppet show at 11 a.m. and two 250 scholarships drawn for Garden City Community College students. Finney County Humane Society flea market held in Windsor Hotel.
The Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma seeks 20 exhibitors for its Christmas Traditions of Southwest Kansas exhibit running Oct 22 to Dec 3. Individuals clubs and merchants can display holiday decorations with no selling. Deadline to notify is Oct 6. call (620) 846-2527 to reserve space.
A Kansas House committee continues examining a lunch talk between Senate President Morris Justice Lawton Nuss and Sen. Brungardt about education funding. The panel aims to report by October end, while evaluating whether the discussion influenced a $541 million school aid plan and whether more contacts occurred.
The Board of Regents reports state support for Kansas six public universities dropped to 29 percent of operating funds, with tuition and fees rising from 15 percent in 1985 to 23 percent in 2005. Regents urge higher education funding to compete in a global economy.
After 16 years at the Clutter residence four family members were murdered in 1959. Donna and Leonard Mader plan to sell the Holcomb house with a private auction open until October 17. Faulkner Real Estate reports limited bids so far the highest at 100000, with interest from across Kansas and even Toronto. The property sits near the Arkansas River where Herb Clutter Bonnie Nancy and Kenyon Clutter were killed by Richard Hickock and Perry Smith in a famous 1959 crime later popularized by In Cold Blood.
In Salina Kansas a high school science teacher was suspended with pay after reports that about 50 juniors and seniors in two Salina High School South classes used the same lancet to prick fingers for a class project. District officials said students may have been exposed to blood and testing for HIV and hepatitis would be conducted.
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