Police deputy sheriff found dead in Colby home
A former Tribune resident Cory Wang, 23, was found dead by a coworker at about 12 40 a.m. Friday in Colby. Colby Police Chief Randy Jones said Wang died of a personal safety related gunshot wound. Wang served as a Thomas County deputy sheriff K 9 service officer and deputy marshal for Brewster.
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Tribune
Colby
Randy Jones
Jones
Cory Wang
Wang
Thomas County
Brewster
GCCC Homecoming Activities Highlight Parade and Bonfire
Garden City Community College invites the community to fall homecoming events Thursday through Saturday with a bonfire after a Gene Keady talk at Perryman Athletic Complex. A Saturday parade begins at 9 a.m. at Finney County Exhibition Building, followed by a tailgate at Memorial Stadium and a 7 p.m. game versus Highland Community College. The king and queen will be crowned at halftime.
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Garden City Community College
Garden City
Gene Keady
Purdue University
Broacbuster
Katherine Jones
Keady
Perryman Athletic Complex
Finney County Exhibition Building
Finney County Fairgrounds
Main Street
Memorial Stadium
N. Main St
Highland Community College
YMCA opens facilities for World Day of Play
The Garden City Family YMCA invites children under 18 to free admission at 1224 Center St from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. Open gym, racquetball courts, and the Attic recreation room are available with a 30 minute game limit. Youth Fitness Center hours are 10 a.m. to noon or all day with an adult. Swimming is 1 to 4 p.m. Call Connie Williams at 275-1199 for details.
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Garden City Family Ymca
YMCA
Center St
Connie Williams
Garden City Class of 1950 Reunion This Weekend
The Garden City high school class of 1950 marks its 55th reunion at Plaza Inn located at 1911 E. Kansas Ave. from Friday through Sunday starting 10 a.m. Patt Irwin, organizer, seeks help locating Marvin Nicholas Dayleen Jones Turner and Vonda Smith and provides a contact number 276-6684.
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Garden City
Plaza Inn
E. Kansas Ave
Patt Irwin
Marvin Nicholas
Dayleen Jones Turner
Vonda Smith
Irwin
Former Dole Institute director urges more funding
Lawrence Kansas AP reports that Richard Norton Smith the institute's first director says the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas needs more money to secure long term survival. Smith who led the institute 2001 to 2004 will lecture there Wednesday and preview his forthcoming book on Nelson Rockefeller.
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Institute
Lawrence
Robert J. Dole
Garden City set to review fluoridation study and road project
City commissioners meet Thursday to review a MEEC Engineering Consultants feasibility study on adding fluoride to Garden City's water with Utilities Director Joel Mahnken. The agenda also includes FCEDC budget revisions, an interlocal sales tax agreement for economic development, and widening Jennie Barker Road from U S 50 400 to Schulman Avenue.
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City Commission
FCEDC
Jennie Barker
Garden City
Meec Engineering Consultants Inc
Joel Mahnken
Mahnken
United Methodist Health Ministry
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Jennie Barker Road
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Fcedc Board
Finney
Boy Scouts Shape Leaders Through Real World Service
Adam Hoffman, 15, recalls a Colorado Scout camp rescue where peers built a stretcher to carry a leader six miles after she broke her ankle. The Santa Fe Trail Council serves 19 counties with leadership, ethics training, and community service. United Way funds 25,000 annually for volunteer training and a 600,000 dollar budget supports troop leaders, camps, and youth programs across Garden City and Finney County.
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Adam Hoffman
Hoffman
Colorado
Boy Scouts
Bob Beck
Santa Fe Trail Boy Scouts of America
Bock
Garden City
Santa Fe Trail Council
United Way
United Way Money
Curtis Bernnecke
Ballwin, Mo
Finney County
Kansas
The
American Red Cross
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Spirit of the Plains
Catholic Social Services
Kansas Children’s Service League
Family Crisis Services
Girl Scouts of Tumbleweed Council
Meals On Wheels
United Methodist Mexican- American
United Way drives aim for 500000 from Tyson meat drive
United Way campaigns across Garden City run through Oct 31 with a mid November extension. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. backs the drive. The goal is to raise 500000. Santa Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts of America and the Garden City Family YMCA coordinate community support. Contact 275-5162 for details at 1513 1/2 E Fulton St. Hours are 8 am to 5 pm weekdays. Bob Bock directs the outreach.
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Denton Tankersley
Finnup Park
Santa Fe Trail
Boy Scouts of America
United Way
Garden City Family Ymca
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
WSU to add forensics major to train crime lab analysts
Wichita State University will offer a bachelor’s degree in forensics starting next spring. The program blends biology and chemistry with psychology anthropology and criminal justice to prepare students for work in forensic laboratories.
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WSU
Wichita
Wichita State University
Horatio Cane
Brian Withrow
Wichita State Criminal Justice
Withrow
Kansas Board of Regents
Evolution must be taught, KU chancellor says
University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway urged faculty and staff that evolution must be taught amid board debates over science standards. He defended fact based research and dismissed claims linking faith and science as incompatible, noting creationism belongs in religion or philosophy courses, not science. The board faces October finalization after outside reviews.
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State Board of Education
America
University of Kansas
Robert Hemenway
U.S. News & World Report
Hemenway
Steve Abrams
State Board
Independence
Abrams
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Eighth St
Brad Nading
E. Fulton St
Bob Bock
Tim Rohrig
Sedgwick County
Science Standards
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