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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 2002
Page
3
Wichita Mayor Bob Knight will speak at 2 30 p m at Garden City Regional Airport as his campaign changes time due to flight schedules. He will formally announce his candidacy for governor tonight and kick off events in Pittsburg Olathe Colby and Garden City on Saturday.
U S Senator Sam Brownback will visit Sharon Springs Tribune Syracuse Lakin and Seots on Monday with town halls and a school visit. Stops include Wallace County Senior Center Greeley County High School Law Enforcement Center and the Fairgrounds Community Building with supper tickets available by phone through Stephanie Huser at 620 375 2327.
A free Family Fun Night is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in the gym at Garden City Recreation Commission. The event is made possible by Good News Fellowship.
The Wyandotte County district attorney began deposition-style testimony from Piper High School figures, with teacher Christine Pelton to testify first. Subpoenas target school board members and administrators amid questions under the Kansas Open Meetings Act and potential private discussions on grading changes.
TOPEKA AP The state 13.5 billion transportation program created in 1999 could be trimmed as a six member House committee, chaired by Gary Hayzlett and Jeff Peterson, reviews options to rewrite or scale back the plan. Financing could fall 1.6 billion short. options include aligning funding with expectations or fully funding with a heavy tax increase. Transportation Secretary Dean Carlson and Gov. Graves urge caution as lawmakers weigh motor fuel tax and vehicle registration fee hikes to bolster funding. The program underpins highways, shortline rail, airports and public transit and ties to a 426 million gap in the 2003 budget. Removing or reducing the sales tax set aside could worsen the shortfall by up to 1.1 billion beginning 2004.
Garden City seeks a new aviation director as the post remains open since December after Andy Perry left for a Dubuque airport. City officials expand outreach, with Jim Berry noting broader internet and professional group advertising and a plan to interview 12 to 15 top applicants before narrowing to five, followed by background checks. Meanwhile former Garden City resident Matt Allen, Oakley city administrator, will become assistant city manager starting March 4, while his wife delivered a baby girl early this week.
Gov Bill Graves says Kansas faces a 426 million budget gap for fiscal 2003 and expects legislators to seek more revenue. He backs a 228 million tax increase to shield education and social services and notes the budget must be sold to lawmakers amid questions about his public-advocacy role.
In Washington, Democratic Rep. Dennis Moore was the sole Kansan backing campaign spending reforms in a key House vote. The state's three Republicans joined opponents who argue the measures trample free speech protections. The bill would ban soft money and curb late attack ads, moving to the Senate after passing 240 to 189.
A Kansas judge ruled that Olathe North High School teacher Barbara Fossati need not identify the videotaper or hand over the tape. The ruling preserves her First Amendment rights while allowing access to copy counts and delivery timing of the tape. The O'Connors sue for privacy invasion after a female neighbor sought recall signatures and a video captured the exchange.
Farmland Industries and Archer Daniels Midland co operate in grain handling and marketing, expanding access to markets including a Cuba winter wheat sale. The deal aided debt reduction of 268 million in 2001 and opened West Coast port access. Farmland, Kansas City based, reshaped finances via layoffs, cost cuts, and a 350 million revolving credit plus 150 million term loan, while pursuing sale of the Coffeyville oil refinery and maintaining plants in Liberal and Dodge City.
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