City Budget Fails to Fund Major Pool and Cemetery Additions
City commissioners vote to devote 80,000 from the cemetery maintenance fund for an 80,000 addition to Valley View Cemetery. They allocate 110,000 for a future pool project and commit 20,000 from a 2003 bond for a berm grass and shade structure at the pool.
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Gary Fuller
Jim Hahn
Valley View Cemetery
Steve Cottrell
Fuller
Garden City Recreation Commission
John Washington
Recreation Commission
Whitham
Reynaldo Mesa
Tommy Austin
Janie Perkins
Haskell Fair Obstacle Event Winners Named
Micah Hibbard and her father Vern won the overall title at the fair. They also placed first in the obstacle course and bale stacking and tied for first in dizzy bat with Jeff and Carla Nemecek. Stone and Brent Howie won the egg toss and wheelbarrow race. Micah praised their teamwork and hinted at competing again next year.
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Vern
Vern Hibbard
Hibbards
Jeff
Carla Nemecek
Stone
Brent Howie
Fair Board
Voters forum draws small crowd for Finney County sheriff race
In Garden City a voter forum drew a small turnout with candidates Incumbent Kevin Bascue Robert Becker and others present. Krist Crist was absent. Attendees included unopposed Republicans John Wheeler Rita Alsop Raylene Dick and Democrat Elsa Ulrich for various county offices. Community members spoke on taxes economic development and education.
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Rita Alsop
County Register of Deeds
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Elsa Ulrich
Alsop
Incumbent Bascue seeks re election as sheriff
Finney County sheriff Craig Bascue runs for another term facing Republican challenger Robert Becker in the August 3 primary. He touts a positive public record, a 10 Commandments code of conduct, and a drug task force that logs heavy overtime while stressing direct help to residents. Becker accuses wasteful spending on donuts but Bascue defends them as event refreshments. Bascue highlights community service, youth coaching, and charity work with Salvation Army and Big Brothers Big Sisters. He and his wife Norma have two children, Aubrey and Alex.
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