Habitat for Humanity dedicates seventh project house in Garden City
Luis and Victoria Jimenez and their seven boys received a new home at 503 N. Fifth St after more than two years of volunteer labor. The house, donated by Habitat, replaced a crowded trailer with two beds and a yard ditch. Families qualify by credit, income, and sweat equity hours, which count toward the down payment.
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Garden City
Habitat For Humanity
N. Fifth St
Luis
Victoria Jimenez
Jimenez
Luis Jimenez
Legislators list regional interests as top priorities
Southwest Kansas lawmakers push rural needs as budget questions loom. Freshman Rep Shannon Francis says focus remains on rural Kansas and constituent feedback. Rep Russ Jennings worries over KDOT fund transfers KPERS cuts and tax plans amid a $280 million current deficit and a $4.386 billion next-year gap. See Legislature, Page A5.
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Topeka
Southwestern Kansas
Statehouse
Shannon Francis
Kansas
Francis
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
State General Fund
Russ Jennings
R-Lakin
Kansas Public Employee Retirement System
KPERS
Jennings
Sam Brownback
Teen Scout to honor Native American men with Valley View monument
Garden City teenager Logan Coghill, 17, pursues a community project to memorialize 13 Native American men who lived near Garden City and worked in sugar beet fields. After their deaths in the 1918 1920 influenza epidemic, he aims to raise funds for a Valley View Cemetery monument, turning a path to Eagle Scout into a lasting remembrance.
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Garden City
Logan Coghill
Valley View Cemetery
Valley View
Coghill
Eagle Scout fundraiser for valley view veterans monument
Coghill, an aspiring Eagle Scout and Cherokee youth, leads a fundraising drive to honor 13 neighbors buried in unmarked graves at Valley View Cemetery between December 1918 and February 1920. He aims for a $4000 goal to cover a monument and dedication, with local support expected through carries and landscaping efforts. The project seeks July completion.
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James M. Dobson
Brad Nading
Annie
Schwieterman Inc
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Garden City Co-op
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