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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2003
Page
3
Kansas House Speaker Doug Mays and colleagues will tour the state Tuesday to explain a July effective bill on sales tax collection. A Garden City town hall at Wheat Lands Convention Center from 8 to 9 30 a m will discuss taxing where purchased rather than where sold.
The Finney County Health Department and the Southwest Kansas WIC Program at 919 Zero Road will be closed all day Tuesday to sponsor a Head Start clinic. The shutdown affects access to routine services but supports the community health event.
Indiana seeks custody of Donna Walker a Topeka jailed fugitive facing felony identity deception in Indiana and a separate Iowa firearm warrant. Kansas and Indiana officials say extradition not required but Indiana seeks to secure Walker’s return. Walker’s attorney has not advised surrender and planned talks with Gov. Sebelius. Carter said they do not expect Sebelius to order extradition. Also: former Kansas City Kansas fire captain David Bortka sentenced to over eight years for attempted meth manufacture at Fire Station No. 16 near Turner Middle School.
The USDA report shows average farm real estate values up 5 percent nationwide to 1270 per acre, with Kansas the sole state not increasing from 2002 to 2003 at 620 per acre. Cropland 1720 and pasture 618 per acre nationwide, while regional gains range from 3.4 to 7.6 percent.
The GCCC Board of Trustees will meet at 8 a.m. Saturday in the small dining room of the GCCC Student Center located at 801 Campus Drive. The session will discuss campus governance and administrative matters.
Garden City Community College faces a looming budget increase despite cuts and layoffs. A public hearing at 8 Saturday morning in the student center dining room precedes the regular board meeting. Trustees favor a 2 mill increase, below the administration’s 2.5 mill proposal, yet under the published 3 mill plan.
More than 600 volunteers signed up to provide free dental care at Kansas Speedway later this month for the Kansas Mission of Mercy project. Organizers expect about 2,000 patients over Aug 21 to 24, with 624 volunteers in Kansas City including 109 dentists and 78 hygienists.
Scott County officials discussed jail improvements to prevent escapes including hourly inmate checks and all doors secured at all times. Sheriff candidate Anderson outlined past escapes by Shock and noted proposals to renovate or replace the aging jail, with a committee to study inmate space and regional needs.
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