Developer Eyes Windsor Hotel Revival In Garden City
Denver developer Tom Klein Omaha contractor Fauss Contractors and a Denver engineer will tour The Windsor Hotel in Garden City to assess structural issues and the feasibility of converting the historic 1889 building into a restaurant and hotel. The visit follows a June 2004 Heritage Trust Grant funded site review and aims to spot problems like floor sway water intrusion and beam integrity before moving forward.
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Tom Klein
Omaha
Fauss Contractors
J.G. Johnson
Garden City
Windsor
Alliance
Don Harness
The
Heritage Trust
Klein
Pioneer Group
Topeka
Preserva
Harness
Wyoming
New Mexico
Windsor Hotel
Melting Ice Ahead of Finney County Exhibition
After a winter storm, water droplets melt on the ground as icicles shrink in sunshine near Finney County Exhibition Building. Temperatures linger below 40 in the region since December 28 with a high near 38 expected Friday. Saturday may bring snow.
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Finney County Exhibition
Farmers hopeful moisture after winter storms in Kansas
Farmers in southwest Kansas praise recent moisture despite downed power poles and ice damage. Wheat prospects look brighter if snow and ice melt. Curtis Thompson of Kansas State University notes last year was very dry and warm, harming the crop. National Weather Service records show Garden City airport with 3.09 inches from November 2005 to May 2006.
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Curtis Thompson
Kansas State University Extension
Kansas
National Weather Service
Garden City
Georgia Matthews School Named National Title I Distinguished
Georgia Matthews Elementary School in Garden City earned national recognition as a National Title I Distinguished School for closing the achievement gap. The district cited 84.7 percent of fourth graders meeting reading standards and 91.3 percent meeting or exceeding math standards in spring 2006 assessments, with AYP met for at least two consecutive years.
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Jo Schmidt
Georgia Matthews
Yvonne Mota
Natasha Covarrubias
Javyn Contreras
Zachary Mild
Juan Guzman
Georgia Matthews School
Garden City
Kansas
Storm costliest in Kansas history described by governor
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius said the late December ice and snow likely create the costliest storm in state history with FEMA utility losses estimated at 350 to 500 million dollars. More than 9,000 power poles and hundreds of miles of lines were down, with widespread livestock and property damage across western Kansas.
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Wheatland Electric
U.S. Highway 50
Farmland Road
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Wichita
FEMA
Sebelius
Steve Irsik
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Logan Stoppel
Yoda
Kristen Waggener
Finney County Preservation Alliance
John Stevens
Brad Nading
Ie Siek
Nimanne
Laurie Sisk
Inspiring Minds
Sara Orne Jewett
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