Roundup GCHS Class of 1959 reunion weekend
Garden City High School Class of 1959 marks a 45th reunion with events at Fiesta Courtyard 1810 Buffalo Jones Ave today from 4 to 9 p.m. a downtown Garden City parade Saturday at 10 a.m. a Plaza Hotel social at 5 p.m. Saturday 1911 E. Kansas Ave. and the all school gathering at 9 p.m. Finney County Exhibition Building. A 9 a.m. Sunday Plaza Hotel breakfast closes the weekend. Vic Deaver 276-7517 for details.
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Garden City
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Plaza Hotel
E. Kansas Ave
Finney County Exhibition Building
Finney County Fairgrounds
Vic Deaver
Group forms to connect families with disabled residents
A Garden City group plans to pair host families with disabled people lacking family for holiday gatherings. Holiday Help for the Community Disabled will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday at Mosaic 2708 N 11th St. Hosts are invited for occasions including Halloween Christmas Thanksgiving Easter and the Fourth of July.
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Garden City
Mosaic
11Th St
Diversity breakfast set for Oct 13 in Garden City
The Garden City Cultural Relations Board invites the public to a diversity breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. October 13 at the Plaza Inn. Cost is 7.50 per person or 55 for a reserved eight seat table. Sign up by calling 276-1175 or mailing reservations to City of Garden City Breakfast PO Box 499 Garden City KS 67846.
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Garden City
Father Charged With Capital Murder In Trailer Fire
A Seward County man, Bob Fox of Liberal, is charged with two counts of first degree murder after his two sons Rowdy and Chance Fox died in a burning travel trailer on March 27 during a visit. One count upgraded to capital murder. death penalty decision pending. Fire started inside the 30 foot trailer behind a Liberal mechanic's shop. Fox was arrested in Colorado Springs and returned to Kansas.
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Liberal
Seward County
Rowdy Fox
Chance Fox
Hooker
Okla
Bob Fox
Don Scott
Fox
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kansas
Phill Kline
Finney County seeks new County Engineer as retirement nears
Finney County searches for a new County Engineer to replace Max Morgan who will retire in December after 23 years in office. Only one applicant, John Ellermann, 37, assistant public works director, has applied. salary ranges from 43909 to 70158 with a November hiring target.
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Finney County
Max Morgan
Deb Hays
Kansas
Kansas Association of Counties
Telegram
Wichita Eagle
Careerbuilders.com
John Ellermann
Ellermann
University of Missouri At
Cliff Mayo
Morgan
Rooks County
Gray County
Betty
Jury awards $5 million in Hutchinson gas geysers case
After over three years of litigation the last major suit from the January 2001 Hutchinson gas geysers disaster ended in a federal verdict. ONEOK Inc. 80 percent liable for property devaluation. Mid Continent Market Center 20 percent liable. Western Resources found not at fault. No business losses were awarded.
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Kansas City, Kan
Hutchinson
Reno County
Oklahoma Energy Company
Oneok Inc
Kansas City
Kan
Tulsa
Okla
Oneok
Big Chief
Westar linked to illegal contributions in Texas case
A $25,000 corporate donation by Westar Energy helped trigger a Texas indictment of Westar and seven other firms for illegal contributions to Texans for a Republican Majority. The probe ties the money to efforts to influence energy legislation and reduce SEC oversight amid Westar's restructuring plans and separate campaigns by executives.
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Topeka
Westar Energy Inc
Texas
Congress
Westar
House
Tom DeLay
R-Texas
Protection One
Oklahoma
Oneok Inc
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Jim Zakoura
Overland Park
Zakoura
Company
Karla Olsen
Jim Ludwig
David Wittig
Six injured in Reno County bus crash near Hutchinson
A school bus with six aboard was broadsided by a tractor trailer on Kansas 96 south of Hutchinson while crossing medians in Reno County. Four students, ages 8 to 13, were critical at Via Christi St Francis in Wichita. bus driver Phyllis Bontrager, 69, was in fair condition at Hutchinson Hospital. The truck driver Rick Carr, 24, and passenger Doyle Burns, 51, were uninjured.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas
Regents
Kip Peterson
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Wichita State University
Peterson
YODER
Reno
Hutchinson
Yoder Charter School
Kansas 96
Randy Henderson
Via Christi-St Francis Hospital
Wichita
Kansas Highway Patrol
Phyllis Bontrager
Haven
Hutchinson Hospital
Highway Patrol
Henderson
Rick Carr
Doyle Burns
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GCHS
Roger Syng
King
Garden City Community College
Zac Snyder
Beau Hopkins
Kansas News
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