Garden City projects win state grants on street realignments
Garden City and Finney County win local partnership grants from KDOT as 19 state street projects share $7 million. The Kansas Highway 156 Jen n ie Barker Road Mary Street realignment will cost 4.4 million with 2 million from local sources, funding a new single intersection west of current skewed junctions to improve safety. Leoti also gains 395000 from the program for curbs gutters and storm sewer upgrades on Kansas Highway 25.
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Garden City
Mary Street
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Steve Cottrell
Kansas Highway Advisory Commission
Kirk Hutchinson
Finney County
Cottrell
Leoti
Kansas Highway 25
South Street
Local residents file for school board seats in two districts
Four Finney County residents including Garden City USD 457 president Mike Utz seek new terms on April 3. Utz emphasizes district focus on No Child Left Behind goals, school safety, and high school facility needs while other candidates file in Holcomb USD 363 and Garden City Commission races. Primary will be Feb 27 with general election April 3.
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Finney County
Garden City
Mike Utz
USD 457 Board of Education
Utz
Harold Orosco
USD 457
Jeff Crist
Bruce Reichmuth
Gail Dunford
Scott City considers graduated water rate increase
Scott City Council discussed a potential graduated water rate increase after reviewing the EBH & Associates 2005 report. Public Works Manager Mike Todd noted recent usage of about 388 million gallons last year and 350 million the year before, with higher summer consumption. The plan would affect high users more than low users and would require data from Kansas Rural Water Association on rates in comparable cities.
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Scott City
Steve Schmitt
EBH & Associates
Schmitt
Mike Todd
Scott City Public Works
Todd
Fred Kuntzsch
Hays
Kansas Rural Water Association
Junior Strecker
EBH
Dan Goodman
Strecker
Former teacher in diversion agreement after arrest
Sheila Draper of Holcomb entered a diversion agreement filed Friday in court requiring 60 hours of community service a substance abuse program random urine testing and other conditions She admitted possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia endangered her 3 year old son falsely reported a crime and failed to pay drug tax on suspected methamphetamine Draper was arrested Aug 29 on felony methamphetamine use in a child presence possession of opioids and drug taxation plus two class A misdemeanors The USD 457 Board of Education plans to terminate her employment and she has 15 days to appeal She remains on paid leave Draper must also complete a parenting class be evaluated for group counseling contribute 425 to a Garden City nonprofit pay a 225 diversion fee 400 KBI lab testing fee and court costs The diversion agreement can be revoked if she uses controlled substances or violates laws.
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Alta Brown
Sheila Draper
Holcomb
State of Kansas
Draper
USD 457 Board of Education
Kansas
Roy Cessna
Garden City
Kansas Bureau of Investigations
Community colleges seek $150 million for repairs
A state report finds nearly 150 million dollars in deferred maintenance across 18 community colleges and one technical school, adding to a 727 million backlog at state universities. Hutchinson and Garden City campuses face the heftiest bills as officials push for funding, while ownership of college buildings rests with local boards.
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Topeka
Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
Dennis Perryman
Saffell
GCCC
Carol Ballantyne
Kansas Association of Community College Trustees
Sheila Frahm
Hutchinson Community College
Ed Berger
Senate Education Committee
Jean Schodorf
Wichita
Schodorf
Senate
Ucation
Frahm
Berger
State Board of Regents
Kathleen Sebelius
Kip Peterson
Board of Regents
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