GCCC faces 1 mill levy boost for Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration
Garden City Community College trustees propose a 1 mill levy increase and a 13.21 million budget for 2001 2002 to fund 23 items including student work study programs evening receptionist positions and parking lot repairs While Ballantyne views the plan as grassroots and necessary to modernize infrastructure the board may adjust the total after the August 8 hearing The college expects property taxes to fund about 58 percent of its budget and notes possible reductions in other levies meanwhile carryover funds could finance a new phone system a training system and equipment upgrades
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Ed Rutter
David Bronn
Rutter
Ed Nickalls
Bill Clifford
Carol Ballantyne
Stulents
Ballantyne
Bronn
GCCC
Auullius
Dallas Babcock
Garden City
Robert Graves
Hutchison
Winchester Foods
IBP
Winchester
Marvin Wipperling
Iowa
Bil-Mar Foods
Children struggle with health and insurance gaps amid progress
A report on 70.4 million American children shows better living conditions and higher high school completion rates since 1980, yet many families lack adequate health coverage. Margaret Simms of the Joint Center cautions economic gains do not lift all families equally.
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Margaret Simms
Joint Center For Political
Economic Studies
Eco
Protest stalls as ministers meet Benham near Wichita clinic
Two ministers from an anti abortion group approached Benham during a parade in front of a Wichita abortion clinic. Police surrounded the men as they preached and prayed, with Benham urging repentance. He stated there can be no common ground while abortions continue. Tiller’s clinic had been bombed in 1985 and he was shot in 1993.
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Benham
Wichita
Tiller
Upbeat Chandra Levy seen before disappearance
A health club worker said Chandra Levy appeared upbeat and certain she would return to California before her disappearance. He recalled her saying she would not use her membership and planned to go home, while police question a lie detector test related to Rep. Gary Condit. Levy, 24, vanished after April 30, with authorities treating it as a missing person case.
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Washington
Chandra Levy
California
Levy
ABC
Good Morning America
Modesto
Calif
Gary Condit
Charles Ramsey
Washington Post
Washington Times
Condit
Abbe Lowell
Ry Gilgert
PrePass to allow trucks to bypass weigh stations in Kansas
An electronic PrePass program may let Kansas regulate commercial trucks without stopping. Scales in roadways weigh vehicles as drivers use a transponder to decide to continue or stop for inspection. Operators pay 99 cents per bypass, maxing at $3.96 daily, with six weigh stations on I 35 and I 70 to be equipped by Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate Inc.
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Topeka
Interstate 35
Interstate 70
Kansas
Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate Inc
Phoenix
Arrest in Atlanta area package bombings
Federal agents arrested a suspect in connection with two package bomb blasts at Apex Supply Co locations in Norcross and Lawrenceville. Two employees were injured but released from hospital. no other injuries reported. A phony threat at Home Depot headquarters prompted evacuations of about 4000 workers.
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Norcross
Texas
Home Depot
Apex Supply Co
Apex
Lawrenceville
Home Improvement Grant
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Sheryl Dick
Gccc Endowment Association
America
Forum
Garden City Plaza
Cass
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Iose
N. Main
Royal
Yuly Zlet
Gary
Mee
Gary Hang
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Porter
Main St
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