Front Door project wins in Garden City Community College
Finney County Commissioners canvassed Tuesday’s special election results finalizing a 3.12 million Front Door project at Garden City Community College by a 1,341 to 1,216 vote, 52 percent in favor. The project adds an admin building with eight new classrooms and space for five more, while bids for motor grader blades and snow plow edges were awarded to Berry Tractor & Equipment for 12,372 dollars and 7,815 dollars respectively. Next meeting is at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 4 at the Finney County Administrative Center.
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Garden City Community College
Finney County
Berry Tractor & Equipment
Garden City
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Back to School Bash Set for Saturday
Garden City YMCA Salvation Army and Family Resource Center host a Back to School Bash on Oct 2 at 1224 Center St. Activities include a fear factor game with $100 Staples prize, a tricycle race with $50 and $25 Staples prizes, inflatable games, pools and courts, a youth dance, and free watermelon. Contact Chad Knight at 275-1199 for details or registration.
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Garden City Family Ymca
Salvation Army
The
Family Resource Center
YMCA
Center St
Chad Knight
Autumn Leaves Crafts Fair Booths Available
Kappa EtaSorority sponsors the Autumn Leaves Crafts Fair on Oct 9 at Stevens County Fairgrounds Hugoton. The nonprofit will donate proceeds to needy organizations and scholarships for high school seniors. Contact Michelle Heger at 620-544-2067 for booth details.
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Kappa Eta Sorority
Stevens County
Hugoton
Kappa Era Sorority
Michelle Heger
Miles of Smiles Auction Night Set in Garden City
The Miles of Smiles Therapeutic Riding Program hosts a Walk and Whoaaa! Benefit Dance and Auction on Oct. 16 at Fiesta Courtyard Garden City. Doors open 6 p.m. viewing. steak dinner 6:30 p.m. live auction dance ends with Smokin' Hot. Silent auction and dollar drawings plus a $1,000 shopping spree drawing. Advance tickets $15 single $25 couple. at door $20 each. All proceeds fund local horseback riding facility for disabled participants.
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Miles of Smiles
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Garden City
Furniture Mart
Out West
Campus Drive
Garden True Value
Taylor Plaza
U.S. Highway 50
Audra
Kansas
Phillip Sroufe remembered for Holcomb service and public role
Phillip Sroufe, a longtime Holcomb public servant and businessman, died at 74 after a cancer battle. A former Holcomb mayor and city council member, he was known for his ready humor and wide social circle. Visitation is at Garland Funeral Home in Garden City, with a 10 a.m. funeral service at Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Phillip Sroufe
Holcomb
Opal Sroufe
Garden City
U.S. Air Force
Ron Schwartz
Burtis Motors
Sroufe
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
Phil
Mary Ann Bennett
Holcomb School Board
Holcomb Recreation Board
Janelle Robins-Gaede
Fort Collins
Colo
Betsy D. Glant
Robert D. Sroufe
Holdrege
Neb
D.E
Bill” Sroufe
Colby
Richard Sroufe
Grand Junction
Garland Funeral Home
Seventh St
Three jail escapees captured in Kansas City Kansas
Three minimum custody inmates missing from Lansing Correctional Facility were captured late Saturday in Kansas City Kansas. Identified as Gary LeRoy Ross 28 Todd J. Lloyd 22 and Jeremiah Joseph Harvey 20 all considered dangerous. Ross 48 months burglary Stevens County Lloyd 55 months aggravated assault burglary and other charges Reno Sedgwick Harvey 29 months burglary theft Atchison County.
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Lansing
Gary LeRoy Ross
Todd J. Lloyd
Jeremiah Joseph Harvey
Ing
Kansas City
Kaw
Brett Peterson
Ross
Stevens County
Lloyd
Reno
Sedgwick
Harvey
Atchison County
Hutchinson Girl Dies After School Bus Crash
Ariel Turner 13 died from injuries after a school bus and a semitrailer collided near Hutchinson Kansas on Kansas 96. Four other children were hospitalized and two remained critical while the 69 year old bus driver was in fair condition as investigators probe the crash.
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Wichita
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ariel
Hutchinson
Kansas 96
Reno County
Randy
Henderson
Yoder Charter School
Hutchinson Hospital
Highway Patrol
Kansas Guard soldiers ready for third deployment
In Great Bend Kansas National Guard Battery E 161st Field Artillery prepares for a 545 day mission in Iraq marking the unit's third overseas tour in eight years. Sgts Richard Wahlmeier Joseph Shuey and Michael Potter discuss duties in radar driven target acquisition Humvee roles and family readiness plans led by Darla Shuey while Kosovars mistook the unit for snipers.
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Great Bend
Richard Wahlmeier
Iraq
Kansas National Guard
Ellis
Wahlmeier
Joseph Shuey
Michael Potter
Hoisington
Bosnia
Kosovo
Carla Shuey
Joseph
161St Field Artillery
Shuey
Potter
Persian Gulf
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Gctelegram
Terry Stoppel
Studebaker
Emmaus House
Stevens Park
Kansas Guard
Jahrika Johnson
Femi Olagoke
Memorial Stadium
Johnson
Victoria
Texas
Olagoke
New York City
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