District to seek bond vote amid budget cuts and staff changes
USD 457 faces a 2 mill levy reduction from refinanced bonds and lower state aid, offset by a 3 percent raise for administrators and classified staff after cuts. Budgets in special education, technology, curriculum and media services drop 2 percent, with eight teaching positions eliminated to save about $300,000. An 75-member bond information committee and a July 23 orientation were planned as a ninth grade center bond effort proceeds.
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Whitley
Gail Dunford
Jim Lentz
Kansas
John Haas
Ransom Municipals Group
Haas
John McArthur
McArthur
John
Garden City
Mike Utz
Jeff Crist
Bush presses Mideast peace via leaders talks
President Bush spoke by phone with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to urge progress toward peace and urge Israel to ease restrictions on Palestinians. He reiterated removal of Yasser Arafat as a condition for a Palestinian state and discussed reform efforts amid ongoing Middle East tensions.
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Bush
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Yasser Arafat
White House
New York
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Ariel Sharon
Ari Fleischer
Middle East
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Abdullah
Sharon
Colin Powell
Mideast
United Nations
Arafat
Europe
West Bank
Gaza
Jerusalem
Palestinian Authority
Jibril Rajoub
State Department
Richard Boucher
County increases levy as budget trimmed by 2 mills
Finney County commissioners approved a budget plan raising the levy by 2 mills while cutting about 900 000 from sheriff road and bridge and other department requests. They kept several agencies at 2002 levels and delayed vehicle purchases, approving multiple hearings for sewer districts and setting a show ring project bid at 132 551 with a Feb 1 completion target.
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Commission
Finney County
Roman Halbur
Sheriff’s Department
Morgan
Kevin Bascue
Fair Board
Sewer District No. 1
Sewer District No. 2
Bud
Western Steel
Finney County Fairgrounds
Garden City
Officer resigns after K-9 Dar death heat incident
Doug Haire, a Scott City officer who left Dar in a flagged vehicle during a heat wave, faced no charges for the K-9’s death. An autopsy cited heat stroke. Haire resigned after local officials questioned his credibility, though colleagues praised his actions and apology.
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Dar
Glenn Anderson
Reggie Ford
Stewart
Scott City
Rochelle Haire
Haires
Oklahoma Christian College
Doug
Shirley
City Hall
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