Friends of Finney County Library win state award
The Friends of Finney County Public Library received the annual Friends of Kansas Libraries Award at a Wichita luncheon during a library tri conference. They earned a $100 cash prize a framed certificate and one year membership to Friends of the Library USA for outstanding community impact fundraising book sales and volunteer efforts supporting library services and a $500 scholarship program.
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Friends of Finney County Library
Friends of Finney County Public Library
Friends of Kansas Libraries
Wichita
Friends of the Library USA
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Garden City offers country dance and parenting classes
The Garden City Recreation Commission hosts multiple spring sessions at 310 N Sixth St. Beginning Western line dancing runs Tuesdays 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. for 15 dollars, and couples country dance 7:45 to 9:15 p.m. for 40 dollars per couple. A babysitting safety class on April 17 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. costs 12 dollars, limited to 12 participants. A barbecue workshop April 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. costs 15 dollars with alumni Covington teaching. For details call 276-1200.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
GCRC
N. Sixth St
Nancy Swanson
Linda Miller
Anna Roth
Free day-long boating course at Garden City Recreation Commission
Kansas Wildlife and Parks sponsors a nine to six day event on April 24 for youths aged 12 to 15 to learn legal operation of a personal watercraft. Participants should bring a sack lunch and pre-registration is required at 310 N Seventh St. For more information call 276 1200.
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Kansas City Barbeque Society
Garden City Recreation Commission
N. Sixth St
Leighman Covington
GCRC
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Seventh St
County to save on radio tower and road funds
Finney County commissioners favor a $41,408 bid from Allied Tower Co for a 180 foot radio tower to improve garbled countywide radio traffic near highways 156 and 23. They also approved a five year KDOT plan funding road and bridge projects and a future $972,000 revenue goal for 2009, plus purchases for Youth Services and changes to Jones Avenue and Six Mile Road funding.
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Dave Jones
Finney County
Jones
Allied Tower Co
Houston
Vinita
Okla
Kansas
Brad Murray
Kansas Department of Transportation
Holcomb
Max Morgan
Morgan
Jones Avenue
Six Mile Road
Jennie Barker Road
Mennonite Road
Jerry Davis
Sunflower
John Ellermann
Ellermann
Cliff Mayo
KDOT
Roman Halbur
Halbur
U.S. 83
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Stephens
St Catherine prints PET project using mobile scanner
St Catherine Hospital unveils its first PET scanner via a Alliance Imaging trailer, offering bone and organ metabolism imaging for cancer and other conditions. The service runs Mondays biweekly, with up to eight scans per day and open access for regional physicians, as part of a Anaheim-based partnership.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Alliance Imaging Inc
June Jenn
Jenn
St. Catherine
St. Catherine’s
Alliance Out of
Jim Powell
Jeannie St. Pierre
Alliance
PET
Bruce Melin
Melin
St. Pierre
Omaha
Neb
Kansas
Nebraska
Jim Herbert
Walnut
Powell
Wichita
County approves oil and gas reappraisal plan with Visual Lease Services
Finney County hires Visual Lease Services to review oil and gas reporting with the goal of uncovering omitted or undervalued property. Wisdom cites potential gains of hundreds of thousands or millions, noting current estimates of at least $300,000 in omitted value. If successful, the county could recover funds for next year’s budget while evaluating ongoing cost, with a typical city cost range from $10,000 to $45,000 annually.
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Wisdom
Reagan
Finney County
Cliff Mayo
Roop
Kansas
Visual Lease
Oklahoma
Seward County
Hugoton
County considers nuisance rules and building fund stance
County commissioners debated a nuisance resolution that would curb inoperable vehicles near rights of way while preserving agricultural land rules. The plan proposed a five member appeals board and new enforcement avenues, sparking criticism over privacy and cost. Separately, voters rejected a 1 mill building fund levy, with turnout at 13 percent and commissioners urged to delay further action and build a supporter database.
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Alan Fankhauser
Gary Embree
Embree
Irv Stephens
Fankhauser
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Finney County Commission
Garden City
Eighth St
Julie Wright
Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority
Wright
Dre
Alliance Imaging
Cancer Center
County Oil
Commission
County
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