GCCC to Close for President's Day observance
Garden City Community College will close all daytime and evening classes on February 17 in observance of President's Day. Campus offices and facilities will be closed with normal hours resuming February 18. The Finney County Community Learning Center and Fort Hays State University office at GCCC will remain open. Holcomb High School hosts a 7 p.m. Homecoming Community Pep Rally honoring basketball players, royalty, alumni, and clubs.
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Garden City Community College
Finney County Community Learning Center
W. Jones Avenue
Fort Hays State University
GCCC
Holcomb High School
Perkins
Finney County Clerk's Office
Ninth St
Garden City High School Show Choir Plans Singing Telegrams
The Garden City High School Modern Show Choir will deliver singing telegrams on February 12 and 14. They will deliver to high school students during first and third hours, and to community members from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. February 14. To schedule, contact Jane Vanderhoff at 276-5170 or email jvanderhoff@gckschools.com.
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Garden City
Demands lowered in snapshot lawsuit at Wal-Mart
Tamie Dragone of Lincoln cut damages in a Salina case after a one hour photo processing incident at Wal-Mart involving topless snapshots of her 3 year old daughter. The amended request seeks 262473 instead of 5 million with 250000 for pain and suffering and 12473 for medical expenses. Trial set for June 3.
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Salina
Wal-Mart
Tamie Dragone
Lincoln
Kansas
Dragone
Forms for ex Future Beef workers delayed
Arkansas City AP report notes state and federal offices have received many complaints from 900 former Future Beef Operations employees who still lack W-2 tax forms. The bankrupted firm’s bankruptcy court is responsible for mailing them, with a February deadline eyed as the vendor completes the task. The company entered Chapter 11 in March and converted to Chapter 7 liquidation on August 16.
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Arkansas City
Future Beef
Joe Shriver
Shriver
Parker
Colo
House weighs repeal of sales tax exemptions in Kansas
A Kansas House Taxation Committee hearing explored repealing roughly 70 sales tax exemptions to cut a projected budget shortfall of 750 million dollars next fiscal year. Broadcasters and advertising agencies warned repeals could raise costs and push ads to Missouri or Oklahoma. proponents cited state revenue gains estimated at 3.5 billion dollars annually.
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Topeka
House
House Taxation Committee
John Edmonds
R-Great Bend
Gary McNair
KSNT
McNair
Kansas
Kansans
Missouri
Oklahoma
Michelle Stubberfield
Topeka Advertising Federation
Florida
Arizona
Iowa
Marlee Carpenter
Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Edmonds
Carpenter
Garden City candidates study government 101 for April ballot
Eight candidates compete for three Garden City Commission seats with a February 25 primary narrowing to six finalists. Incumbents Jim Wharton and Janie Perkins seek a second term. The session covered city structure, advisory boards, and ongoing projects including highway work and the reverse osmosis plant. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm. voter registration closes Monday.
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Garden City Commission
James Douglass
Commission
Bob Halloran
Matt Allen
Jim
Wharton
Janie Perkins
USD 457
Perkins
Jim Douglass
Gary Fuller
Douglass
D.W. Douglass Roofing
Fuller
ARC Real Estate
Kraig Ransonette
TNT Construction
TNT Management
Harold Starr
Joe Brougher
Coldwell Banker
Tommy Austin
St. Catherine Hospital
Tim Cruz
Halloran
Judge orders split of Health Midwest sale proceeds
A Johnson County judge ruled that 20 percent of the proceeds from the Health Midwest sale must stay in a Kansas corporation despite an agreement to place all funds in a Missouri based charitable foundation. The sale to HCA Inc. valued at 700 to 800 million sparked a dispute with state attorneys general.
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Olathe
Johnson County
Health Midwest
Kansas Corporation
Missouri
Thomas E. Foster
Kansas
Phill Kline
Foster
Nashville, Tenn
Jay Nixon
Chris Whitley
Whitley
Nixon
Internet posting bill faces newspaper opposition in Kansas
A Kansas Senate committee heard testimony on a bill to let cities and counties post legal notices only online, ending the newspaper publication requirement. Opponents warn open government and reader reach would suffer while publishers fear lost ad revenue and staff cuts. Local officials claim savings up to 3 million annually while maintaining mailed notices for those affected.
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Topeka
Senate Elections and Local Government Committee
Kansas
Don Moler
League of Kansas Municipalities
Moler
Mike Taylor
Wichita
John Lewis
Kansas Sunshine Coalition For Open Government
Lewis
Olathe Daily News
Dan Simon
Simon
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