Picture This Scott Dunagan Rally Supports Red Cross Cleanup
Scott Dunagan raises 227 in donations for the American Red Cross hurricane relief effort. Local supporters note strong turnout and quick response funds to aid recovery, with volunteers organizing additional drives and outreach to affected communities.
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Scott Dunagan
American Red Cross
Garden City airport studies new funding options amid EAS uncertainty
A 2005 study funded by Garden City Liberal and Dodge City airports suggests exploring alternative funding sources as Essential Air Service funds may not always be available. Great Lakes and Air Midwest operate at Garden City Regional and rely on EAS, created in 1978 to ensure service to small communities. Speake notes the goal of letting airlines operate profitably without EAS.
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Garden City
Boyd Group
Evergreen
Colo
George Speake
EAS
Speake
District safeguards arts as core subjects press on
Finney County schools face budget pressure as core reading and math goals consume time. Fine arts programs art drama band and choir risk cuts though Garden City High School teachers report growing security from a state graduation requirement mandating at least one fine arts course.
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Finney County
Garden City High School
Jane Vanderhoff
GCHS
Jenny Regier
Lyndzi Pepera
Memorial Stadium
Pepera
Agencies discuss re entry issues for ex felons in Kansas
A coalition from United Support Agency Inc and Community Support Services gathered in southwest Kansas to map offender re entry. They emphasized housing quick access, birth certificates and Social Security numbers, and early family interventions to aid successful reintegration.
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Marsha Oursler
United Support Agency Inc
Kansas
Oursler
Lori Fleming
Area Mental Health Center
Clyde Jackson
Finney County
Greeley County Seeks Faster Government Consolidation
Tribune and Greeley County officials monitor the Kansas Legislature for Senate Bill 379 the O Neal Kerr Bill aiming to ease consolidations by removing state approval and cutting red tape two year inquiry led by Dan Epp advocates saving money through efficiency with opposition from the Kansas Farm Bureau areas noted.
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Tribune
Greeley County
Dan Epp
Epp
O’neal-Kerr
Associated Press
Kansas Farm Bureau
Panel backs bill to streamline local government consolidation
Kansas legislators and local officials testified to a committee Wednesday in Topeka in support of a bill to remove state involvement in voluntary local government consolidation. Proponents said the current system is costly and inefficient, noting Kansas has 3,887 local government units and high per capi ta costs. They argued the status quo hinders competitiveness and that streamlining is needed.
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Topeka
Hns
Hutchinson
Dave Kerr
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Kansas
U.S. Census Bureau
Kerr
Sunflower
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