City weighs pool bond as health costs rise
City commissioners debated funding for a new pool with bonds while also tackling rising health insurance costs for 282 employees. A proposed pool bond died for lack of second, even as the panel approved a $614,000 bond for special assessment work.
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Janie Perkins
Perkins
Gold Capital Management Inc
Kansas City
Kan
Whitham
Bob Halloran
Halloran
Fuller
Matt Allen
Ance
Allen
District eyes overall AYP gains across seven schools
District administrators report seven schools met the states standard of excellence in math while Garden City High School missed AYP in one category by nine students, though reading results show strong proficiency. New leaders emphasize data driven instruction, online assessments, and targeted tutoring to raise math scores and sustain reading gains.
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Shelly Schwatken
GCHS
Schwatken
Michael Brom
Ulysses
Garden City
Garden City High School
James Mireles
Brom
Mireles
Downtown Main Street plan seeks livelier, mixed use vision
Garden City officials and Main Street advocates discussed reviving downtown with live theater, entertainment, more retail, and housing above shops. They stressed diversity, outside seating cafes, and grassroots support while outlining short term goals and long term vacancy reduction. Community input gathered at a Security Savings Bank meeting noted strengths and weaknesses.
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Stinson
Garden City
Gary Fuller
Irv Stephens
Fankhauser
Reynaldo Mesa
Main Street
Security Savings Bank
Main St
Kansas cotton industry eyes growth with new gin and warehouse
The Kansas cotton scene features plans to expand a gin capacity to over 40 000 bales per day and to add a fourth gin in Cullison with a new Liberal warehouse. Stakeholders including state officials and Plains Cotton Cooperative Association executives discuss planting and harvest trends, regional storage aims, and future potential of Kansas cotton versus Texas plains.
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Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
State Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Gin
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Larry Powell
R-Kalvesta
Gary Hazylett
R-Lakin
Bill Light
Rrolla
Dan Johnson
R-Hays
Steve Morris
Rhngoton
Cooper
Texas Plains
Morris
R-Hugoton
Texas
Family gratitude note for Ramona Gonzales benefit
The Gonzales family thanks the community for prayers and cards during the past year. Special thanks go to Aunt Alice and Aunt Lydia and their mother's Wednesday prayer group for coordinating the July benefit. Gratitude is extended to Davita Dialysis Groups, Sunshine Nursing Agency, St. Catherine Hospital, Via Christi St. Francis Hospital staff, and all who called or visited.
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Ramona Gonzales
Alice
Lydia
Davita
Garden City
Wichita
Sunshine Nursing Agency
St. Catherine Hospital
Via Christi St. Francis Hospital
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