Five more candidates file for office in local elections
Finney County Clerk Elsa Ulrich reports four bodies of candidacy across USD 363 Board of Education Holcomb City Council Garden City Community College Board of Trustees and Garden City Commission. Incumbents Reynaldo Mesa John Doll and Mayor David Crase seek re election while Ron Schwartz marks the first bid for the GCCC Trustees. 23 fields open and primary rules loom with voter registration deadlines February 16 for a potential primary and April 23 for the general election.
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USD 363 Board of Education
Holcomb City Council
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Garden City Commission
Finney County
Elsa Ulrich
Reynaldo Mesa
John Doll
David Crase
Ron Schwartz
Gccc Board of
City Commission
Holcomb
USD 457 Board of Education
Holcomb City
Stephanie Tafoya Matheson
USD 457
Trent Armstrong
Jim Welch
Gary Newman
Katy Pauley
Holcomb School Board
Jered Salas
Tom Schuetz
Jon Becker
Ike Pfeifer
Janet
USD
BOE
Tom Blackburn
George Ipkins
John Scheppner
Ulrich
Garden City
GCCC
Alliance eyes future for Windsor project in 2009
Finney County Preservation Alliance, led by Don Harness, recounts a rocky 2008 with New Communities LLC and Tom Klein. After a failed $10.5 million hotel plan and a July dissolution, the group regrouped to seek National Register based Historic Trust Fund grants, meet in January and March with Finnup Foundation and Kansas Historical Society, and plan a possible mixed use redevelopment with hotelier focus still alive despite funding hurdles and a sluggish economy.
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Finney County Preservation Alliance
Don Harness
Tom Klein
New Communities LLC
Denver
Alliance
Klein
Windsor
Harness
Wyoming
New Mexico
Finnup Foundation
Addi
Finney County Historical Society
Historical Society
Kent Stehlik
Kansas State Historical Society
Historic Trust Fund
Register of Historic Kansas Places
Patrick Zollner
Stehlik
Barack Obama
Tet celebration lights up Garden City weekend
Garden City Vietnamese community gathers for Tet at Fiesta Courtyard starting 5 p.m. Saturday. Celebration features dragon dance, singing, prayers, and lucky money for children with officials invited. Contacts for attendance are Robert La and Mitch Young. Also up are Plymell and Pierceville youth soup supper, a "Born in a Barn" concert, silent auction, and a Knights of Columbus groundhog roast with menu and pricing.
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TheGarden City
Robert la
Garden City
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Mitch Young
Young
Plymell
Pierceville
U.S. Highway 83
Knights of Columbus
Knights of Columbus Hall
Eighth St
Knights
Housing shortfall eyed as Garden City rents rise
Garden City faces low vacancy rates across Trails of Garden City Sabine House and Mosaic projects. Trails and Sabine House offer limited units with income and student restrictions while Mira Vista and Pershing Manor provide income based options. HUD Sec. 811 grants funding two five plexes behind C D World on Wheels and a 15 unit Mental Health Center facility to expand affordable housing and rent subsidies.
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Garden City
Nimor
Campus Drive
Vicki Barb
Trails
Sabine
Buffalo Jones Ave
Shears Pope
Barb
Tyson
Sabine House
Mira Vista
Harding Ave
Pedro Asebedo
Asebedo
Pershing Manor
Redwood Place
Pershing Ave
Garden City Housing Authority
Mosaic
Debbie Reynolds
HUD
World On Wheels
E. Schulman Ave
Area Mental Health Center
Campusview Street
Campusview Court
Drill simulates high school shooter at Garden City High
A planned safety drill at Garden City High School involved an unloaded firearm scenario to test response. Fifty law enforcement personnel from GCPD, Finney County Sheriff, and Kansas Highway Patrol participated, with officers coordinating to lock down, locate mock victims, and secure the scene while keeping students unaware until briefed.
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Garden City Police Department
Garden City High School
N. Main St
USD 457
Roy Cessna
Public Information Officer
GCPD
North Sixth Street
Olive Street
Michael Reagle
Cessna
Reagle
St. Catherine Hospital
Spruce St
Finney County Sheriff's Office
Kansas Highway Patrol
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St. Dominic’s Parish
GCHS
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