Armory proposals on city meeting agenda in Garden City
Garden City commissioners will hear proposals on the empty National Guard armory at 405 S. Main St and review rural housing incentive districts at a 1 p.m. meeting Tuesday with a pre-meeting at 11 a.m. The panel may approve selling the armory, or back the Garden City Recreation Commission civic and teen center plan. A lease with Tek Vet Technologies Co. near the Garden City Airport is expected to be finalized, with a $25,000 cash incentive and up to 60 jobs in 2012.
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National Guard
S. Main St
Council Chambers
N. Eighth St
Capital Improvement Planning Committee
Garden City Recreation Commission
Tek Vet Technologies Co
Finney County
Garden City
Literacy night at Florence Wilson Elementary School
Florence Wilson Elementary School hosts a family literacy night for second through fourth graders from 6 to 7 30 p m on Thursday at 1709 Labrador Blvd. The program opens in the gym with a group activity and parent meeting then parents join discussing state testing while students stay for literacy center activities. Books by Robert Munsch will be given away. USD 457 notes the event helps families work on literacy skills at home.
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Florence Wilson
Labrador Blvd
Robert Munsch
USD 457
Spruce Up With Specialty Painting Techniques
Knowledge at Noon week presents Tina Robertson and Julie Martinez of J&M Paint and Wallcovering detailing interior basics and current specialty painting techniques for a designer look. Finney County Extension Office sponsors this 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. Thursday session at Finney County Public Library. Coffee and tea provided. bring a lunch. Call Linda Beech at 272 3670 for more info.
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Tina Robertson
Julie Martinez
J&m
Finney County Extension Office
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Linda Beech
Finney County Extension
Kansas budget fixes take alternate routes TO PEKA
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback unveiled a plan to freeze spending through June 30 aiming for a $35 million 2012 ending balance. House seeks further cuts while Senate adds education and disaster relief, narrowing the 2011 balance toward zero amid a $550 million projected shortfall. The split path heightens urgency to reach a compromise before mid February.
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PEKA
Kansas
Sam Brownback
House
Senate
Brownback
Mike O’neal
Bill Feuerborn
Feuerborn
Kansas Day event brings history to life in Finney County
Re enactors marked Kansas statehood anniversary at a joint Finney County Senior Center and Museum celebration. Buffalo Bill portrayed by Kirk Shapland shared his origin tale while Ken Weidner and Keith Foster demonstrated Cheyenne history and flintknapping. The event drew steady crowds, with meals, raffles, and a silent auction raising funds for both organizations. Proceeds benefit the museum and senior center, aided by Golden Plains Credit Union as main sponsor.
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Kansas
Finney County
Kirk Shapland
Dighton
William Frederick Cody
Buffalo Bill
Shapland
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Rodger
Vivian Funk
Rod
Weidner
Mary Regan
Regan
Kansas Day
Barbara Jensen
Senior Center
Jensen
Golden Plains Credit Union
GPCU
Keith Foster
Holcomb
Ken Weidner
Copeland
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Armory
Doctors On Call
Smoky Hills
Roger C. Trotter
Family Practice Associates of
Western
PRIC
House Appropriations Committee
Board of Regents
Pete DeGraaf
Mulvane
DeGraaf
O’neal
Hutchinson
State
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Ways and Means
Carolyn McGinn
Sedgwick
McGinn
John Wratil
Leawood
Foster
Sony
Brad Nadin
Brad Nading
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