Garden City mourns longtime city manager Deane Wiley at 82
Deane Wiley, who shaped Garden City’s growth as city manager from the 1950s to 1980s, died at 82. He oversaw water, sewage, electrical grids, parks, and infrastructure, and his leadership left a lasting legacy including Deane Wiley Park opened in 1982. His personal life bore tragedy with two sons’ deaths, but his public service continued through later consulting work.
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Taylor & Associates
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St. Joseph
Robert Pearl
Halloran
Robert Moses
New York City
Campus Drive
Mary Street
Deane Wiley
Pat Fishback
Wileys
John Page
Hugh Deane
Ted Sonnenberg
Santa Fe
Wharton
William Dale
Wiley’s Legacy Noted In Garden City City Manager Era
Deane Wiley, a Garden City city manager and civic leader, earned the 1989 Distinguished Service Award from the International City Managers Association and was named one of Kansas’ top five city managers in 1992. A mentor to Halloran, Wiley remained connected to city affairs and his wife’s nursing home, receiving weekly packets until his death.
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Deane Wiley
International City Manager's Association
The
Presbyterian Church of
Taylor
Halloran
Wiley
Garden City
Garden Valley
John Collins Vocational
Garden City Community College
Kansas
Summit discusses FCEDC direction at regional development summit
At the Wheat Lands Convention Center a Tuesday summit gathered FCEDC members and county and city officials to define the group’s goals and authority. Rich Harp noted the need for clarity on the commission’s real power while city and county budgets fund 110000 for the FCEDC. Steve McGinley outlined basics of economic development focusing on existing businesses and the long lead times for growth.
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Wheat Lands Convention Center
FCEDC
Rich Harp
Garden City Community College
USD 457
Start, Inc
Economic Development Corporation Board
Garden City City Commission
Finney County Commission
Holcomb City Council
Carol Meyer
Holcomb
Garden City Commission
Finney County
Marty Nusser
Hunn
County Commission
Commission
Reynaldo Mesa
Mesa
Selves
Steve McGinley
Peoples’ Natural Gas
McGinley
City Commission reviews grants and zoning items in meeting
The commission discussed hiring grant writers or consultants to maximize grant funds, noting Stehlik’s prior nearly $500,000 train depot grant and proposing various funding methods. They also denied a stop sign request, added a no-Uturn rule, lowered Ninth Street speed, and approved truck parking proposals. A temporary 10 by 42 foot structure was approved with mixed neighbor support, and a front yard setback waiver was granted. Officials set March 12 for the next meeting.
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GCRC
City Commission
Historical Museum
County Commission
Regan
Burnside
Kent Stehlik
Dodge City
Finney County
Stehlik
Traffic Advisory Board
Anderson Street
Mikes Drive
Ninth Street
St. John Street
Fulton Street
Chestnut Street
van Salyer
Honey Bee Court
National 9
Red Baron
Lot Taylor
Sixth St
John Lindner
Taylor
Tara Drive
Planning Commission
Lee Richardson Zoo
Wehkamp
Bucher, Willis & Ratliff
Jennie Barker
U.S. seeks DNA from bin Laden family to verify remains
U S officials are pursuing DNA samples from Osama bin Laden’s Saudi family to confirm whether remains found in Afghanistan belong to him. The effort follows a February 4 Predator strike that targeted suspected al Qaida leaders and produced several remains. timing and sources remain unclear.
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U.S
Osama bin Laden
Afghanistan
al-Qaida
bin Laden
Saudi Arabia
Tim Metz
New York
Bers
Metz
United States
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National College of Chiropractic of
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Illinois
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Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
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