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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 2012
Page
3
The Blue Notes will entertain at a 7 30 p m dance Wednesday at the Senior Center of Finney County 907 N 10th St The public is invited to attend the event.
First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp will address the Garden City Farm and Ranch Show luncheon, outlining the next Farm Bill, trade issues, and overregulation. He will discuss his FARM Act aiming to curb farm dust rules, redefine navigable waters, stop livestock emission taxes, permit CDLless tractor operation, and block White House Rural Council funding.
The American Red Cross will run February courses through the Garden City Chapter covering Adult First Aid CPR AED on Feb 4, Adult CPR AED on Feb 11, and Adult and Pediatric CPR AED Review on Feb 21. Courses meet OSHA guidelines, provide two year certifications, digital materials, and skill refreshers. Register at redcross.org/training or call (800) RED-CROSS.
An 1890 painting of Kansas senator Wild Jim Lane will be unveiled at the Lecompton Historical Society next month. Lane, a Civil War resident and famed orator who fought to keep Kansas a free state, earned the nickname for critics. The portrait was donated by Lane's descendant James Shaler of Massachusetts and will inaugurate a Bleeding Kansas history lecture series on February 5.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach will address two legislative committees this week about the new voter photo ID requirement that took effect January 1. He argues it curbs fraud while critics fear turnout suppression. He will speak to the House Elections Committee and the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee. A separate proof of U.S. citizenship requirement for first-time voters takes effect January 2013, with Kobach seeking a June 15 start.
USD 457 Board of Education denied a grievance appeal at a 7:30 a.m. meeting and approved a consent agenda before a 45-minute closed session on personnel issues. The board discussed legal matters with attorney Randall Grisell in a separate session and later a 10-minute session on personnel. In other business, Traci Linder Maloney seeks a waiver of a $1000 liquidated damages fee upon release from a 2011-12 contract, with a decision expected next meeting. Diane Elliott was appointed Title I Interventionist at Alta Brown Elementary, effective Jan 23 2012. New addenda include assistant band director and prorated salary adjustments, plus several tuition reimbursements and staff resignations and transfers. Next meeting is Feb 6 at 6 p.m.
An outside audit faulted former KBA president Tom Thornton for destroying computer files misusing agency funds and misleading the board about a relationship with two female assistants he later married. It cites $1.87 million in pay over 4.5 years and questions around a 2011 trip to Cleveland Clinic while noting no major findings on expenditures. Brownback urged spending halt until legislators decide KBA’s future.
Kansas lawmakers hear proposals to allow full strength beer wine and liquor in grocery and convenience stores a move backed by chains but opposed by independent liquor stores. A Senate hearing on the expanded sales bill is set while sponsors push for a broad change to store offerings and tastings at liquor shops.
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