GCCC mill levy could rise to fund college budget
GCCC may seek a three mill levy increase to raise about 1.1 million dollars, offset by budget cuts totaling roughly 530 thousand in revenue loss and 530 thousand in expenses for 2003-04. Open positions slated for elimination include dean of continuing education and director of counseling, with other staff reductions and possible additions contingent on voter approval.
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Finney County
Community College
Garden City
State
Career Learning Center
Ballantyne
Mark Eisenbarth
Lauren Welch
Bill Clifford
Steve O’brate
Eisenbarth
Welch
Kansas Association of Community College Trustees
O’brate
Finney County Economic Development Corp
GCCC
Darla Daniels
Ward Loyd
Professional Engineering Services, PA
Hammond
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Dee Wigner
KPERS
Hugoton Doctor Becomes U S Citizen After Sept. 11
Dr Sam Al Hashmi, a Hugoton family physician born in Syria, moved to Hugoton in 1996 after visiting from New York. He gained a green card in 1997, waited five more years, and took the oath in February, joining Stevens County Outpatient Clinic with his Syrian wife and 13 month old Nora, embracing a life in a small Kansas community while praising its caring atmosphere and the freedoms that inspired his citizenship quest.
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New York
Denver
Liberal
Hugoton
Al-Hashmi
Stevens County
Nora
Kinda Al-Hashmi
U.S
America
Kansas
al- Hashmi
Sam
Mary Anne Cook
College Board of Trustees approve contract continued from page
The College Board of Trustees approved a unilateral faculty contract after failed negotiations on salary and sick leave bank. The package increases health insurance by 1.2 percent and base salaries by 1.65 percent, with steps and levels modestly rising. Faculty will review both agreements, sign within 15 days, or continue under the 2001 02 contract with a lump sum raise issued at year end.
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GCCC
HEA
Doris Meng
Meng
Ballantyne
FBI investigates missing cattle or embezzlement case
Authorities probe whether cattle vanished or were misappropriated from a business between Aug 29, 2000 and last week. Sheriff Bascue notes uncertainty if cattle existed, while FBI spokesman Lanza cites possible interstate movement. No suspects named. Finney County Feedyards declines comment.
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Kevin Bascue
Bascue
FBI
Doug Parham
Finney County Feedyards Inc
Officials to probe execution exemptions and costs
Loyd raises concerns over rising costs of financing capital murder defense as a legislative budget panel reviews the issue this summer. Kansas has seven men on death row and the state spent about $2 million last year for indigent defense in three capital cases. Brungardt also questions the state’s ability to fund capital prosecutions, calling the process a boondoggle.
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Mark Green
Schwieterman Inc
Jeff Lanza
Loyd
Kansas
Brungardt
Kansas tax change on remote sales faces slow rollout
Sebelius defends new rule requiring only state sales tax of 5.3 percent for remote deliveries to Victoria as lawmakers acknowledge timing for businesses to adjust. Senate President Kerr notes support from retailers and warns of higher future burdens if the law isn’t solved. House Speaker Mays endorses six month grace period after earlier call for a year delay.
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Victoria
Senate
Dave Kerr
Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Joan Wagnon
Kansas
Doug Mays
Ropeka
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