Downtown vision group maps 2010 revitalization plan
Garden City organizers form a Downtown Vision committee with Warta Jeanne Stinson Bruce McMillan Barbara Anderson and Sheri Stewart touring the district to map four point strategies. They aim for fully occupied renovated buildings like the State Theater and Windsor Hotel by 2010, build volunteering and donor updates, launch a quarterly newsletter, and fund the effort with diverse revenue. The plan emphasizes economic restructuring, promotions, design and organization with two months of behind the scenes work before a October state visit and a national report. Bruce Glass notes 18 Kansas applicants for a new executive director role with salary 28000 to 38000 plus benefits, interviews planned mid month.
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Bruce Glass
Downtown Vision Board
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Finney County Preservation Alliance
Fighting: US forces suspend late Najaf offensive
U S airstrikes hit Fallujah as fighting waned in Najaf where militants hold positions. Grand Ayatollah al Madaresi urged peace amid protests across Iraq. Iraqi officials report negotiations between Najaf authorities and al Sadr's aides with coalition coordination noted by Rumsfeld. An aide claimed Sadr was wounded but ministry statements deny injuries.
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Karbala
Adnan al-Zurufi
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Mouwaffaq al-Rubaie
Defense
Hazem Shalan
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Partenit
Ukraine
Al-Sadr
Haider al-Tousi
Imam Ali Shrine
Washington
United States
Water rights program eyed to reshape Kansas farming
Kansas water policy discussions at a two day congress examined a state buyout plan for water rights to retire irrigated land and shift to dryland farming. Officials noted a 4.26 million state budget need, while bankers and city leaders warned changes must be gradual to protect livelihoods and tax bases. The Kansas Water Authority and KWC framed grassroots input and private sector partnerships as essential to stabilizing water use and supporting industry, agriculture, and municipal growth.
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Kansas Water Authority
Finney County
Cliff Mayo
Arkansas
Garden City
Jeff Whitham
Western State Bank
Kansas
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Home National Bank
Patty Clark
Department of Commerce
United States
Gary Gillespie
Copeland
Carolyn Armstrong
Colby
Bob Halloran
Wheatland Electric Co-op
KWC
Robin Jennison
U.S
Sam Brownback
Neil Norman
Scott City
Congress
Leo Geyer
John Deere
Leon Green Tech
Julia Child dies at 91 in California home
Veteran chef Julia Child known as The French Chef died at age 91 in an assisted living center in Montecito California. Her public TV lessons popularized French cuisine in America and she urged sharing meals with friends and family. Her death followed kidney failure and a memorial plan was announced by relatives.
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Monte
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Kansas Farmers Forecast Record Cotton Harvest and Yields
Kansas farmers anticipate a record cotton harvest of 160000 bales with a lint yield of 768 pounds per acre and a planted area of 120000 acres, planning to harvest 100000 acres. Soybeans are pegged at 34 bushels per acre while corn and winter wheat outputs are also noted, easing financial strain from the smaller wheat crop.
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