After the latest tornado to roll over Sharon Springs, the community of 751 wasted no time getting together to clean it all up. “I would say it just wasn’t even a second thought,” said Aften Gardner, assistant EMS Director for Wallace County. “Our fire and EMS are already volunteer, completely. And we’ve got amazing responders to begin with. I wasn’t surprised at all.” In October of last year, like the tornado over this weekend, the town was hit by an EF1 twister. And just like six months ago the volunteers found broken windows all over town. They found roofing that collapsed and papers from a local business scattered as well.
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A City of Wichita employee got a big surprise Monday during what he thought was just a work-related meeting. The Wichita city manager, mayor and council members showed up and presented Reginald “Reggie” Davidson with an Excellence in Public Service Award. The awards go to three public service employees each year – a City of Wichita employee, a Sedgwick County employee, and a Wichita Public Schools employee. We will find out the County winner on Wednesday and the WPS winner on Thursday. During a meeting of some Wichita Parks and Recreation personnel, City Manager Robert Layton called Davidson, superintendent of recreation, to the front of the room and shook his hand.
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The people in southeast Garden City may be wondering why they lost their electricity for a couple of hours Sunday afternoon. Police say it is because someone in a pickup crashed into a power pole in the 1500 block of East Fulton Street over the noon hour. The pole was sheared off and suspended in the air by electric cables. Witnesses told police that the driver had fled. With the help of the Kansas Highway Patrol, police identified the driver as a 71-year-old Garden City man.
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