Emmaus House Cruise-In at Western State Bank
The Emmaus House of Garden City hosts its sixth annual Cruise-In from 7 to 10 p.m. at Western State Bank on E. Kansas Ave. Cars and bikes can enter for 5 dollars or a case of nonperishable food. A 1999 Ford Mustang Convertible will be shown and given away November 2 at the Finney County Fairgrounds. Proceeds aid the Emmaus House homeless shelter food pantry and soup kitchen.
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Emmaus House
Garden City
Western State Bank
Kansas Ave
Finney County Fairgrounds
Junior Duck Stamp art on display at Finnup Center
Top 36 entries from the 2007 Kansas Junior Duck Stamp art contest will be shown at the Lee Richardson Zoo Finnup Center for Conservation Education from now until August 18. The exhibit is open weekdays 8 am to noon and 1 to 5 pm.
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Kansas
Lee Richardson Zoo
Finnup Center For Conservation Education
Finnup Center
East Finnup Drive
Garden City Recreation Commission
Garden City Recreation
Fws
Six on death row at Leavenworth
AP reports six inmates sit under death sentence at Fort Leavenworth after President Bush signed Ronald A. Gray’s execution order for multiple murders and rapes in Fayetteville. Hasan Kbar, convicted in 2005 at Fort Bragg for attempted murder of a 16 year old in Kuwait, is among the six. All are housed in the sole DoD maximum security facility.
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Iraq
Department of Defense
Scott City progresses on 7000-square-foot library expansion
Groundbreaking for the Scott County Library addition opens next week. The project doubles the library size to add a children's area a young adult zone a multi purpose and media room and a genealogy section. Construction of the $1.1 million project should finish by March with the library staying open throughout. The plan funds come from donations a 3 mill property tax levy the Kansas Community Service Program and the Kansas Department of Commerce.
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Scott City
Scott County Library
Julie O’brien
O’brien
Hutton Construction
Wichita
Architecture Plus LLC
Garden City
Eighth St
Scott County
Kansas
Kansas Department of Commerce
District budget to be published by USD 457 board
USD 457 board unanimously approved publishing the 2008-09 budget with a levy of 36.14 mills, down from 36.54 in 2007-08. Homeowners would pay 36.14 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, about $415.61 on a $100,000 home. A public hearing is set for Aug. 11 before a final budget decision. The district expects higher state funding, boosting the general fund to $49,352,146, and a $2.5 million spending rise next year. Salaries rise 5 percent, with full family health insurance continued and Blue Cross rates up.
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USD 457
Board of Education
Kathleen Whitley
Whitley
Garden City USD 457 proposes 2008-09 budget and tax rate
USD 457 Garden City proposes a 49.35 million general fund and 8.18 million supplemental general fund budget for 2008-09 with a tax rate of 36.14 mills down from 36.54. The owner of a 100000 dollar home would pay about 415.61 annually. A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. August 11 at the Educational Support Center.
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General Fund
Supplemental General Fund
Fleming St
USD
Board of Education
Garden City
Rick Atha
USD 457 Board approves Plymell name change and district purchases
USD 457 board unanimously approves removing Pierceville from Pierceville Plymell Elementary School name to reflect Plymell location. The motion cites identity reasons. Additional actions include multiple equipment purchases totaling over $610,000, roof work district wide, several new hires at Garden City schools, and the retirement of a special education aide.
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Pierceville
Pierceville-Plymell
Plymell
Rick Atha
Ruth Towles
Garden City
Mike Utz
Central Power Systems & Services
Liberal
Epson
Electronic Video Systems
Springfield
SmartDesks Inc
Columbia
D.W. Douglass Roofing Inc
Paige Alexander
Garden City High School
Dominick Dingle
GCHS
Charles Glass
New Outlook
Buffalo Jones
Thomas Hudson
Jay Josetosky
Vibha Misra
Abe Hubert
Melissa Morris
Carolyn Nix
Amit Yavantikar
Linda Stary
Bernadine Sitts
Roy Cessna
Garfield
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Leavenworth
Wis
Don Cotton
Library Board
Cotton
Raiders
Pride of Texas Carnival
USD 457 Board of Education
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