Garden City USD 457 weighs bond add-ons for ninth-grade center
Garden City school board, after a closed session, leans toward a stand-alone ninth-grade center funded under a 19 million bond. They consider adding items from the district capital plan such as artificial turf, auditorium seating, and a stadium press box to secure 30 percent state aid, with a proposed indoor pool discussed at about 1.3 million. Several members support the pool for community use, while others remain cautious about passing the 30 percent incentive.
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Garden City High School
Memorial Stadium
Clifford Hope
Jeff Crist
Gail Dunford
Drought taking toll on Kansas wheat fields
In western Kansas drought cripples dryland wheat while irrigated crops fare better. Farmers like Bob Parsons and Larry Kepley describe widespread losses, with KASS rating nearly half of the crop in very poor or poor condition and many acres abandoned or left to summer fallow.
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Kansas
Wichita
Hugoton
Bob Parsons
Parsons
Salina
McPherson
Great Bend
Ulysses
Larry Kepley
Kepley
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
KASS
Voters Slow to Start In Garden City Tax Vote
Local polls opened at 7 am and slow turnout marked the day as Garden City voters weighing a yes or no on renewing a half cent sales tax due to expire in 2005. At the 16th Ward First Southern Baptist Church only 11 ballots cast by 8 am, with 800 expected, projecting about 132 by 7 pm. The levy funds debt payments and city programs, with $2.1 million annual intake and $1.35 million to debt. In the 13th Ward Bible Christian Church only seven votes by 8 am amid a single-issue ballot touting low turnout.
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Finney County
Darlene Wallace
Gertrude Walker
Garden City
16Th Ward
First Southern Baptist Church
Third St
Janet Haflich
Haflich
Bible Christian Church
W. Mary St
Elizabeth Rome
Rome
Elaine Joyce
Police Bust Alleged Fencing Operation In Garden City
Garden City investigators say a home at 320 Karen served as a fencing operation trading stolen property for drugs. Police found 40 grams of cocaine, drug paraphernalia, two guns and $1,500 in stolen electronics. Albert Mejia, 44, was arrested for cocaine possession with intent to distribute and related charges. Stolen TVs, VCRs, DVDs and stereos were recovered. A 29-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl were also arrested on unrelated warrants at the same residence.
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Albert Mejia
Mejia
Mike Utz
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Finnup Park
Maryland
Jennifer Chick Chick
USD 457
Harold Perkins
John Scheopner
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Ulysses Farmer
Brad Nading
Omalley
Gctelegram
Ann Landers
Inspiring Minds
T.B. Macaulay
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