County hoteliers push for independent convention bureau
Local hoteliers urge separation from the chamber’s control of the Convention and Tourism Bureau CTB advocating a county run authority to market events including ball tournaments. They cite tax revenue from the hotel motel tax and seek independent budgeting and oversight, while commissioners call for cooperation and caution. The current CTB budget funds salaries and marketing and is supervised by the chamber and county.
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Tourist Bureau
Chamber Board
County Commission
Sports Authority
Don Doll
Commission
Roman Halbur
Convention and Tourist Board
Joseph
Bureau
Flamingo Inn
Chirag Patel
Hampton Inn
Yogi Gandhi
National 9
Convention and Tourism Bureau
Clarion Hotel
Lamy
CTB
Finney County
J&j Drainage Products Co
Hutchinson
Burtis Motor Co
Garden City
District cuts USD 457 budget. personnel post eliminated
USD 457 Board fires the assistant superintendent for personnel saving 113000 yearly. Shellaine Kiblinger, now in the post, will soon lead Hutchinson USD 308. Board cites ongoing need to do less with less while projects like court yard meeting, space naming policy, and several retirements and resignations shape the district’s 2011 agenda.
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Atha
Shellaine
Shelly’ Kiblinger
Kiblinger
Hutchinson Public Schools
Kansas
Mike Utz
Garden City High School
Fleming St
Gchs Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
U.S. Army Cadet Training Command
Jean Clifford
John Scheppner
Clifford
Scheopner
Gloria Hopkins
Lee Construction Inc
Garden City
Abe Hubert
SHI International
Overland Park
Microsoft
Christie Lampe
GCHS
Ann M. Winders
Rebecca Bryant
Sharon Neal
Darcy Pendry
Alta Brown
Ke’olani Addis
Amy Aldrich
KHMS
Daniel Baldwin
Ellesha Brown
Kimberly Casper
Georgia Matthews
Kristen Hart
Charles O. Stones
Jay Josefosky
Buffalo Jones
Juana Pavlis
Fe Quiambao
Chemis
Poll reveals baby boomers fear retirement and work longer
Washington AP poll finds 77 million baby boomers anxious about finances. Only 11% confident they can live in comfort, 55% expect secure retirement, 44% doubt savings, and 25% still working say they will never retire. Social Security seen as retirement keystone amid deficits.
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Washington
Associated Press
Grass fire burns through Stevens Grant and Haskell Counties
Officials say the grass fire started along the Stevens County railroad and spread into Grant and Haskell counties. Wind gusts up to 50 mph and speeds between 25 and 85 mph fueled rapid spread, damaging at least five structures and prompting voluntary evacuations of Satanta residents who later returned home by evening.
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Haskell
Satanta
Haskell County
Stevens County
Mike Schechter
Grant
Sublette High
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