Ring from Forbes Field pilot returned to widow after 49 years
In Topeka at Family Freedom Day Forbes Field, the black star sapphire worn by Maj. Daniel H. Forbes Jr. was given to his widow Hazel Bartron by 190th Air Refueling Wing officials. Forbes died in the 1948 Mojave crash during a test flight of a Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing. Relatives of crew members joined the presentation.
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Topeka
Mojave Desert
Forbes Field
Maj
Daniel H. Forbes Jr
Hazel Bartron
190Th
Forbes
Northrop
Mojave
Glen Edwards
Edward Swindell
Charles LaFountain
Clare Leser
Bartron
Family Motor Coach Extravaganza Boosts Hutchinson Sales
Motor-home travelers descend on Hutchinson for the FMCA 68th Premier International Extravaganza at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. Up to 6,000 attendees are expected as about 1,000 motor homes go on sale and more than 450 vendors showcase gear and gadgets for travel.
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Hutchinson
Family Motor Coach Association
Kansas State Fairgrounds
FMCA
Middle-schoolers help get new headstone in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas Eisenhower Middle School students funded nearly all the money for a new headstone at Topeka Cemetery for Edward P McCabe the first black state official in Kansas. The marker now reads P McCa and will be replaced likely in October with a headstone listing McCabe his wife and three children. Hutton Monuments supplied the stone and hopes more donations offset costs. The school raised between 1000 and 1200 dollars in 2000 for the cemetery fund.
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Topeka
Kansas
Edward P. McCabe
P McCa
McCabe
Grant Funds Ulysses RISK Project Rape Education Effort
A $26,000 federal grant supports Grant County RISK in USD 214 to continue educating adolescent males aged 11 to 17 on appropriate behavior to prevent sexual violence. The program partners with local role models and the Ministerial Alliance to run monthly game nights, with about 25 boys attending. The grant is part of a $352,151 state total across Kansas for fiscal year 2003 and is funded by the CDC.
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Grant County
Ulysses
Anita Mason
Grant
Carla J. Stovall
Kansas
Stovall
Mason
Ministerial
Wichita
Topeka
RISK
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Attorney General
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Centers For Disease Control
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Illness at FHSU may yield no definite cause
Fort Hays State University football faced a mysterious illness affecting about 30 players and staff the week of Aug 18. Only one case tested positive for mycoplasma pneumonia. health officials warn results may take weeks and possibly never confirm a single cause.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Sharon Watson
Watson
Dan Heater
Fort Hays
Greg Woods
Garden City
Tony Crough
Jason Dechant
Shane Ohlde
Dustin Herrs
Crough
Scott City resident seeks local access video on courthouse work
Scott County residents may view courthouse renovations on Channel 87 after a plan to film a narrative history is discussed with commissioners. Carol Glanville and Scott County Attorney John Shirley appear on the agenda to cover the project and a December delinquent tax sale. Public Works Director Richard Cramer will brief the panel as they meet at the Scott County Courthouse at 1 pm on Tuesday.
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Scott County
Scott
Carol Glanville
Pam Faurot
John Shirley
Faurot
Public Works
Richard Cramer
Police logs summary of multiple city incidents
Police logs list numerous arrests for curfew driving while suspended and domestic incidents across streets such as West Buffalo Jones Avenue East Kansas Avenue and Garden City Avenue. The page also notes burglaries thefts vandalism and vehicle damage with losses totaling hundreds of dollars and several youths processed or released to PATH or parents.
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Allan Rivera
N. 10Th St
West Buffalo Jones Avenue
Elizabeth Ontiveros
E. US. Highway 50
West
Kansas Avenue
Oscar Soltero
Wallace St
Shamrock Street
Anita West
North 11Th Street
Lucia Sanchez
N. 13Th St
North 13Th Street
Sanchez
Juan Fierro
Garden City Ave
Garden City Avenue
Hector Guerra
Ulysses
East
PATH
Clifford Sonnenberg
Sixth St
North Sixth Street
Brock Thomas
N. Sixth St
Robert Dale
W. Thompson St
North 12Th Street
Jose Tula
N. 11Th St
East Kansas Avenue
Jose Contreas-Medrano
Herald
Inge Avenue
Guadalupe Trevino
Seventh St
North Seventh Street
Garden City
Fleming Street
Jeremiah Torres
Mansfield Road
Kaysone Phetdara
Juvenile Detention Center
Vince Asebedo
Conkling Ave
West Buffalo Jones Ave
Gilberto Soriano
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Man
Ulysses News
Brad Nading
Meghan Kells
Graciella Santiago
Garden City Community College
Memorial Stadium
Scott City
Scott County Commission
Court St
Juan Lara
Olive St
North Eighth Street
Aaron Acosta
Monica Garcia
Taylor Avenue
Ronaldo Enriquez
W. Olive St
West Olive Street
Julio Reyes
Conkling Avenue
Gilberto Garcia-Ponce
Buffalo Jones Ave
Campus Drive
North Fourth Street
Emerson Avenue
Labrador Boulevard
York
Savurda
Campbell Street
U.S. Highway 50
B Street
Walker Street
Sloan Street
West Kansas Avenue
Fire Department
West Fulton Street
Benton Street
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