City tackles 2006 budget and pool funding options
Garden City commissioners review a 2006 budget with a 33.66 mill levy up from prior year and a $133.9 million valuation. The plan funds a pool upgrade, adds three firefighters, and raises fire department spending 11.4 percent, while seeking grant help and balancing utility and development priorities.
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Garden City
Eighth St
Perkins
Zoo
Municipal Court
Lee Richardson Zoo
Dan Baffa
Fire Department
Department of Homeland Security
Allen Shelton
Jennie Barker Road
Schulman Avenue
Buffalo Dunes
Deane Wiley Park
Education funding boosts aid for area schools in Kansas
Southwest Kansas districts gain per student boosts from new state funding. Montezuma benefits from bilingual education dollars, Deerfield receives support for at risk students, and Lakin Garden City Holcomb see per student increases. Officials call this relief for rising labor costs and repairs, aiding teacher pay and recruitment.
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Philippi
Moscow
Copeland
Kansas
Don Grover
Montezuma
Deerfield
Enhanc
Mike Roth
Lakin
Randy Stein
Steinle
Garden City
Kathleen Whitley
Holcomb Usd
Holcomb
Skip Landis
Landis
Gray County Fair pedal tractor pull winners named
Gray County Fair pedal tractor results list first to third places by age group from 4 to 11 years. Winners include Alex McVhail Hayden Gillum Jocelyn Crum Michaela Stronger Logan Holt Hadley Gillum Wyatt Stanley and others with quotes from competitors. The top two in each category advance to the Kansas State Fair in September with a path to the national pull if they win state.
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North Dakota
Taylor Bleumen
Bleumen
Gray County Fair
Alex McVhail
Justin Fugit
Adam McVhail
Hayden Gillum
Kade Scott
Caissa Smith
Jocelyn Crum
Cantana Pickles
Colton Schmidt
Michaela
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International Association of Firefighters
Firefighters’ Union
Shelton
GCFD
Gray County
Meagan Inguanza
Chamber
Gcnet
Ott City
Magnum Rock
Dennis Agajanian
Heather Shelley
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Country Fever
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Ther Shelley
Hes
Philips
JVC
Zenith
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En Oe
Earl Ee
LOW Price Express
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