House budget cuts could hit close to home
TOPEKA Rep Ward Loyd warns budget cuts threaten local taxes and crime enforcement as the House votes 82 43 to close a 206 million shortfall in state revenues The plan revokes two thirds of the liquor tax hurting Garden City parks and general fund and raises questions about court staff and highway funding while negotiators begin talks with the Senate and governor
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Smokey Hill
Riders Bite the Dust at Bull Blast
A large-eyed black bull charged the rails as riders aimed to stay aboard for eight seconds in the Bull Blast event sponsored by the Mid See Blast. Forty riders sought their match with the unpredictable cattle, hoping for high scores as the bulls bucked and spun.
Costs Force Cancellation of Cinco de Mayo Parade
Garden City will not host the Cinco de Mayo parade or celebrations this year due to rising costs for building rental, security, and insurance. The American GI Forum funds scholarships with about 20 awards of 200 dollars each, but 4000 to 6000 dollars would be needed to cover the event. The group cites higher fairboard requirements and cost factors as decisive, hoping conditions improve next year.
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Lack of diversity at Garden City police department raised concern
A city commission meeting highlighted tensions over police staffing amid a 20 percent shortfall. From 1997 to 2001, 800 people applied for officer jobs, 319 took the test, 38 were hired, and 28 remained on duty, including 18 white men, six white women, two Hispanic men, one Black man, and one Asian man.
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LULAC Scholarships Night Highlights Local Graduates
The sixth annual League of United Latin American Citizens Scholarship Banquet starts at 6 30 p m at Garden City Community College cafeteria honoring Hispanic graduates and presenting scholarships. Keynote Leo Prieto, a Garden City High School alumnus, now a Congressional Hispanic Caucus policy fellow, will speak along with Rep Jerry Moran. Prieto also leads a preevent seminar for students 11th grade and up on education as opportunity, staged 2 to 4 p m in the Endowment Room with support from Educational Talent Search.
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