Budget squeeze across counties hits local offices
Southwest Kansas counties cope with more than $1 million loss in state transfers as budgets tighten. Grant County cuts include a deputy loss and 20 percent reductions across departments with a 0.30 mill hike. Hospital and road department cuts, staff reductions, and higher taxes affect homeowners and raise questions about fiscal restraint. Stevens County faces a 36.746 mill levy for 2004, up from 32.015 last year, with a $36 increase on a $100,000 home.
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Grant
Kansas
Grant County
Linda McHenry
McHenry
Grant County Road Department
Stevens County
Pam Benesel
4 H ers bring home the bacon at Finney County Fair
Finney County youths showcase pigs at the Finney County Fairgrounds. Eric Collier, 12, entered Miss Bacon a pink and black pig and discussed the challenge and responsibility of raising livestock. Russell Goss, 13, spoke about pigs being easy to show and their farm background.
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Finney County
Eric Collier
Finney County Fairgrounds
Miss Bacon
Collier
Russell Goss
Garden City
Finney County Fair tasting and judging brighten Garden City visit
In Garden City the author tours the Finney County Exhibition Building during the Finney County Fair. 4 H participants Valerie Paxson and others create baked goods judged by Dorothy Hutchins Scott City advising on texture and appearance. Hutchins notes air bubbles and even dough handling as key factors for ribbon potential.
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Brad Nading
Randal Long
Lori Erskin
Johnson City
Finney County Fair
Dorothy Hutchins
Scott City
Hutchins
Valerie Paxson
Paxson
Teen pleads no contest to murder in Kansas case
Kendall teen 18-year-old Larry L. Huebner Jr. pleaded no contest in Hamilton County District Court to unintentional second-degree murder and abuse of a child in the death of his girlfriend’s 16 month old daughter Ash Lynn Lchole Wyoral. The Feb 24 incident preceded a fatal March 1 transfer to Via Christi Wichita.
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Syracuse
Kendall
Hamilton County
Larry L. Huebner Jr
Huebner
Ash Lynn L
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
St. Francis
Wichita
Rob Gale
Stacy Wyoral
Shirley St
Gale
AshLynn
Ash Lynn
Tyson Holcomb plant fined by OSHA over $120000 in violations
OSHA cited Tyson Fresh Meats at the Holcomb plant for 24 violations totaling 74,500 dollars plus five separate citations. The inspection covered dates from February to May at the IBP site, now Tyson Fresh Meats. Tyson disputes the findings and plans to contest, while OSHA filed the action under the U S Department of Labor.
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Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Holcomb
OSHA
Judy Freeman
Wichita Osha
IBP Inc
Ibp Road
U.S. Department of Labor
Springfield
Ark
Tyson
IBP
Tyson Fresh Meats
Gary Mickelson
Mickelson
Freeman
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