County sees valuation decrease in Wichita County
Southwest Kansas counties show mixed property valuations as Wichita County records a 2.3 percent drop from 32.8 million to 32.1 million. Officials attribute the loss to agricultural land values while warning budgeting will force wage freezes and cuts.
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Finney
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Lane
Scott
Stanton
Stevens
Wichita County
Seot
Wichita
Dan Nickelson
Nickelson
Garden City USD 457 to roll back taxes and add coaches
Garden City USD 457 board reviews proposed budget after state funding increases. Officials aim to cut the local property tax mill levy from 43.33 to 37.39 mills, saving a $100000 home about 68 dollars in taxes. Proposals include adding literacy and math coaches and three Discovery teachers.
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Garden City
USD 457 Board of Education
Kansas Supreme Court
Kathleen Whitley
School board expands brick replacement at Henderson Middle
USD 457 Board of Education approved extending east wall brick work to the southeast corner of Kenneth Henderson Middle School. The added section measures 33 feet by 11 feet and costs $13,867. Officials must still decide repairs for the south end housing band and vocal music rooms as interior brickwork becomes exposed.
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Kenneth Henderson Middle School
USD 457 Board of Education
Gary Dick
Young men buck trend making a go at farming
Sean Feldman, 24, stands at his family farm in Rice County, Kansas, part of a shrinking cohort of young farmers. The farm, now in its fourth generation, faces low commodity prices, high input costs, and an aging farming population as many peers seek city jobs. The green John Deere and equipment debts symbolize financial pressures.
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Lyons
Sean Feldman
John Deere
Feldman
Rice County
John Feldman
Farming's future fades as young growers stint in Kansas
A Kansas farm family hints at a fading lineage of farming as younger generations shrink. Feldman, who enjoys driving the combine and harvesting milo, notes the risk and cost of staying in the trade. Between 1992 and 2002 the number of Kansas farmers under 35 dropped 43 percent. Nationwide, only 5.7 percent of farmers are in Feldman's age group. The average Kansas farmer is in their mid-fifties.
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Feldman
Kansas
Discovery returns humans to space after 2 1/2 year hiatus
Discovery and seven astronauts launched from Cape Canaveral marking NASA's first manned flight since the Columbia disaster. The mission aims to prove shuttle safety with extensive cameras and data while awaiting a final safety verdict at midflight.
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Fla
Discovery
America
Columbia
NASA
U.S
Godspeed
Mike Leinbach
Space Program
Space Agency
Earth
Kennedy Space Center
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