City to phase in charges and set retreat date
The commission heard plans to shift billing to an average of prior months and prepare an ordinance for next meeting. A February 22 goal-setting retreat will review the capital project list and funding priorities. Garden City is named an Enterprise Zone with a 2500 tax credit per job created. Public forum on Five Points improvements set for February 9. The FCEDC hires interim president Dana Woodbury to aid remote economic development work and TV-televised meetings are contemplated.
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Jeff Whitham
Finney County Economic Development Corporation
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Finney County
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Whitham
Woodbury
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
FCEDC
Reynaldo Mesa
Mesa
Ground Hog Supper draws crowds with home made sausage
Wayne Gross raises hogs near town and supplied about 3 200 pounds of sausage for the annual event. About 200 men helped set up and 500 pounds of potatoes were prepared. Families and neighbors shared meals in the church, with members in Methodist Men aprons serving food and folks taking plates to go.
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Gross
Shrimplin
Fisher
Troy
Justin
Fellowship Hall
Mary Baker
Garden City
Sam
Katie
Chris
Kansas judge dismisses suit over abortion Roe v Wade ties
Judge Bruns dismissed the case brought by Rep. Lance Kinzer and 41 House sponsors seeking to resolve questions under Kansas law about abortion and federal precedence. The ruling cites that state branches must yield to U S law, including Roe v Wade, provoking debate among lawmakers and abortion rights advocates. Spokesman Jan Lunsford said appeal review would follow.
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Bruns
House
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Lance Kinzer
R-Olathe
Kline
Ques
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U.S. Supreme Court
Kinzer
Kansas
Roe
Bush stance on immigration divides GOP in Kansas
Rep Melvin Neufeld supports Bush idea allowing migrants to work but not stay. conservatives push to repeal in state law that grants in state tuition to children of illegal immigrants who graduated Kansas high school after three years. Senate President Morris notes Bush remarks target southwest Kansas amid rising Hispanic population, uncertain district impact.
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Melvin Neufeld
Ringalls
Bush
Neufeld
Kansas
Senate
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Morris
State Faces Medicare Nightmare as Kansas Pours Help
Kansas faces a Medicare funding crunch with pharmacies relying on banks to cover thousands in prescriptions. State officials, including Aging Secretary Kathy Greenlee, mobilize volunteers to enroll seniors and expand the helpline while the governor seeks $500,000 more for enrollment support.
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Association
Steve Smith
East
Hiawatha
Kansas
Kathy Greenlee
Greenlee
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