Cupola raffle drawing set for Thursday
Finney County Preservation Alliance will hold a Cupola Campaign raffle at the Downtown Farmers Market in Stevens Park to fund Windsor Hotel cupola renovations. Prizes include $1,000 cash, a Green Mountain grill, a Yeti cooler, and movie tickets. Tickets available at the FCPA office and sponsor locations.
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Downtown Garden City Farmers Market lands Thursday in Stevens Park
The Downtown Garden City Farmers Market runs 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Stevens Park offering fresh produce baked goods crafts and peach offerings from Champlin Farms. Vendors may contact Sherri Johnston by phone or email for selling details while a separate session at Fort Hays State University's Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science invites juniors seniors and parents to an information meeting at 6 p.m. September 1 at the FHSU Higher Education Opportunity Center.
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Holcomb school board approves 2015 16 budget plan
Holcomb USD 363 board votes on the 2015 16 budget delaying final action to August 10 over recreation commission employee benefit mills. The total mill levy for the recreation commission is 4.442 mills with 0.842 mills for benefits, 3.6 for the general fund, generating about 481 896 dollars. The district total mill rate is 43.665 with a home valued at 100 000 dollars paying around 502 15 in district taxes next year. Capital outlay is planned at 3 75 million funded by 8 mills, though spending may be lower. The next meeting is September 14.
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Garden City accepts $12.5 million TIGER grant for Southwest Chief route
Garden City commission formally accepts a $12.5 million TIGER grant to replace the worst 54.9 miles of track on the Southwest Chief route from Newton to the Colorado state line. BNSF will perform the construction this fall with a plan to weld and re lay 50 miles of rail, aiding Amtrak service and local freight.
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Central figures in Kansas secretary of state legal drama
Courtney Canfield sues Eric Rucker for wrongful termination claiming he fired her for not attending church. Kris Kobach defends Rucker amid past ethics findings and earlier lawsuits involving Rucker and Canfield. The case ties into prior actions by Rucker and Kobach in state government and party leadership.
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