Front Door project trimmed at Garden City C C C
Garden City Community College trims the Front Door project to under 3.1 million by removing a third above ground floor and finishing a basement. Trustees endorsed cost cuts over tapping cash reserves though final bids and total figures remain unsettled. Ballantyne and architect Nelson say more savings possible while maintaining campus plans.
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Garden City Community College
Board of Trustees
GCCC
Carol Ballantyne
Stewart Nelson
Ballantyne
Bill Clifford
Steve O’brate
Winter wheat acreage rises in Kansas in 2005
Kansas farmers planted 10.1 million acres of winter wheat in 2005, the state leads the nation in wheat production. Nationwide, winter wheat seeding for 2005 is expected at 41.6 million acres, down 4 percent from last year. The season began September with dry conditions before showers boosted growth.
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Wichita
Kansas
National Agricultural Statistics Service
David Frey
Kansas Wheat Commission
Frey
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Ulysses hospital CEO resigns amid board changes
Asa Wilson resigned as CEO of Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital at the December 22 board meeting. Steve Alford stepped down as board president. Mike Brewer was elected president. Wilson served about three years and is praised for a strong turnaround, with a capable executive team remaining.
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Bob Wilson Memorial
Grant County Hospital
Asa Wilson
Steve Alford
Mike Brewer
Alford
Teri Christian
Wilson
Christian
Ulysses Hospital
Bob Wilson
Sebelius backs tax plan for education funding
Gov Kathleen Sebelius reiterates support for a 300 million tax plan aimed at boosting education spending. She advocates adding all day kindergarten, extending state funded early education, and urges lawmakers to locate funds this session. She defends last year's plan to raise sales income and property taxes for schools.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Senate
Dwayne Umbarger
Thayer
Umbarger
Japan market seen vital to Kansas beef industry
Kansas Agriculture Secretary Adrian Polansky urged lawmakers that Japan will not lift its ban on U S beef unless science supports it, stressing trade with Japan is essential for the long term survival of Kansas cattle farmers amid a new mad cow case and a push to reopen Canada’s border. House and Senate committees heard the remarks as U S Rep Jerry Moran spoke at a soybean commission gathering and noted the evolving beef news.
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Kansas
Adrian Polansky
Japan
United States
Canada
Polansky
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Capitol
U.S
Jerry Moran
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