Senator Roberts visits St Catherine Hospital during Kansas trip
Senator Pat Roberts visited St Catherine Hospital in eastern Kansas to view $34 million in renovations and discuss issues facing specialty hospitals and Medicare reimbursements. CEO Mark Steadham outlined funding needs while Roberts supported a Medicare reform amendment to bring $230 million to Kansas over a decade.
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Pat Roberts
St. Catherine Hospital
Roberts
Garden City
Hospital
Mark Steadham
St. Catherine
Kansas
Wichita
Steadham
U.S
Bypass Interchange Nears Opening in Garden City
After more than a year of restrictions on US 50 83 the $8 million project to widen Mary Street and build an interchange at the bypass enters final phase. Officials expect traffic to use the new interchange as early as Thursday with final cleanup and seeding pending. Dobson Brothers Construction began the work in July 2002. The city’s share is about $300 000 while state and federal funds cover the rest. commission members note the Mary Street bypass will replace the old at grade intersection with a stop light.
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Kansas Avenue
Mary Street
City Commission
Garden City Public Works
Sam Curran
Garden City
Steve Cottrell
Dobson Brothers Construction
Lincoln
Neb
Janie Perkins
City alters employee pay ranges and benefits
Garden City Commission approved changes to the city employee benefits and salary schedule after weeks of discussion. Commissioner Gary Fuller dissented on two votes, urging staff to compare local business bonuses and benefits to ensure fiscal responsibility.
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Garden City
Gary Fuller
Fuller
Finney County Health Director resigns to join VA center
Cheryl Kottke steps down after nearly seven years as Finney County Health Department administrator to become social services director at the Veterans Administration Center in Fort Sill Lawton Oklahoma. She made the decision August 20 with last day September 8. County officials scheduled a special Finney County Commission session to accept the resignation.
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Finney County Health Department
Garden City
Guymon
Okla
Kottke
Oklahoma
Veterans Administration Center
Fort Sill/Lawton
University of Oklahoma
Pete Olson
Finney County Commission
Garden City area eyes law enforcement consolidation
Local officials from Garden City Finney County and Holcomb move to form a committee to study consolidating the Finney County Sheriff's Office Garden City Police Department and Holcomb Police Department A facilitator will oversee a budget split with Garden City and Finney County funding most costs Holcomb paying about 5 percent The panel will have 11 members from human resources finance retail a major employer the county attorney and two at large members from each community and report its findings to the three governing bodies.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Finney County
Finney County Sheriff’s Office
Garden City Police Department
Holcomb Police Department
Garden
Cliff Mayo
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