Garden City Telegram (Newspaper) - July 10, 2007, Garden City, Kansas What's inside Pennsylvania hammers out budget A8 Picture This Angus Reeb Smith shows off his new Photo contributed by Dorothy Bonds loves All-Star TUESDAY July 10, 2007 THE GARDEN Telegram Volume 78, No. 161 16 Pages 2 Sections SO CENTS County won't fund new animal shelter By SCOTT BERSHOF After settling on a 2008 budget that will require an increase to the mill the Finney County Commission decided on Monday not to dedicate any funding toward a proposed new animal shelter that recently has been discussed among local County Administrator Pete Olson asked commissioners if they would like to set aside for the with the city of Garden City possibly matching it for a total of The proposal never even made it to a with commissioners citing an already tight budget as reason for not supporting funds for the animal just something that on a tight year like this we're not able to Commissioner Roman Halbur Even if the money had been Chairman Don Doll he still may not have agreed to set aside any we don't have the Doll we See Page A5 V Associated Press Coffeyville residents displaced by the recent flood await their turn Monday to board buses for a tour of the restricted area in Residents get first glimpse of damage WICHITA - Floodwater receded from most sodden neighborhoods in giving many residents Monday their first glimpse of the devastation left behind by an oil spill amid the torrential rains that flooded their City officials gave residents bus tours into but kept people on the buses because of fears about health hazards left behind by the contaminated flood can pose more human health hazards than a tornado because floodwaters carry contaminants and Fecal coliform levels is just one example of the said Sharon spokeswoman for Kansas Emergency Two floodwater samples from Coffeyville showed the level of fecal coliform bacteria was more than 130 times the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The bacteria can cause vomiting and A cut or a wound at the point of Page A5 ill levy jump proposed By SCOTT BERSHOF Unanimously agreeing on a 0.83-mill Finney County commissioners on Monday proposed a 2008 budget of about which will require a slight tax increase to raise million in local property tax The proposed 36.271 mill based on a total county property valuation of is up from this year's levy of 35.445. A mill levy is the amount of money a taxpayer must pay for every of assessed property Under the proposed mill the owner of a home would pay a county property tax of about up from last With all of the county department budget including outside the Commission originally began with a total budget of requiring a total of million in property which would have needed a 39.732 mill See Page A5 Laurie Cold feet Mike Scheiman takes a splash to the face from his Savian 2. The pair attended the first night of the second summer session of Parents and Tots Red Cross Swimming Lessons Monday led by pool manager Jennifer Norman at the Garden City Municipal Savian Scheiman exhibits a little apprehension when first wading into the water with his Mike Federal flood aid varies with each case Cyclists ride for disabled By SARAH KESSINGER TOPEKA - Southeast Kansans who qualify for federal individual assistance for homes destroyed or damaged in recent floods can expect three types of aid for temporary home repair and replacement of household Each resident's case so it's hard to say exactly the amount or kind of aid each household might said Sandy public information officer in the Federal Emergency Management Association's Wichita are so many individual types of situations that come Jasmund are a variety of grants and loans available so it's hard to put a single dollar amount on In other developments Kansas social service officials announced that disaster food assistance is now available to people in flooded counties that Disaster recovery centers are now open during the day in each of the counties hardest hit by the late June See Page AS By JULIAN ORTIZ Riding into town on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 50 in 95-degree sun burnt and tired and followed by numerous it was obvious the cyclists in yellow and blue bike suits weren't from Garden They were college students from different chapters of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Todd cyclist and student from Washington State and Geren a student from Texas Christian were some of the first riders out of 18 to arrive in Garden City Wright and other team members of the Trans America team of Journey of Hope rode into completing a 105-mile leg of their trip from Colo. Journey of Hope is an event put on by Push a nonprofit organization run and owned by the Pi Kappa Phi said Rodney on-road public relations He said it is one of the main events they have throughout the year The cyclists are on a 4,000-mile bike ride from Seattle to See Page A5 Laurie Brent of and Marc Saint Virginia Tech student from ride onto Kansas Avenue at the U.S. Highway 83/50 exit on Monday The two are part of the Journey of which raises awareness for people with Inside Annie's Afi Obituaries A2 State A3 TV Comics BS Sports Bl Weather AS Check us out online at think they make but history makes i j statesmen Minds - Will American humorist Wednesday's weather a Low of 62. partly High of 88, low of 66. Details on Page 0672472000507