Finney County primary candidates seek votes Tuesday
Voters prepare for Tuesday's primary in Finney County with polls open 7 am to 7 pm and advance ballots due by 7 pm. Republicans include US Senate candidates Brownback and Naramore, US Representative Moran, and state races in Kansas. Democrats list Conroy and Jones for US Senate and Howard Soley for County Commission, plus Elsa Ulrich for County Clerk. Garden City supports continuing a $2 million yearly half cent sales tax for 10 years to fund streets repairs and Talley Trail, first levied in 1994 after 1992 98 winter damage. See Primary, Page AS
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Finney County
Senate
Sam Brownback
Topeka
Arch Naramore
Lawrence
Jerry Moran
Hays
Kansas
Stephen Morris
Hugoton
House of Representatives
Larry R. Powell
Kalvesta
Gary Hayzlett
Lakin
Jeff Crist
Ward Loyd
Garden City
Robert
Bob’ Baker
Jerry
Raylene Dick
Register of Deeds
Rita Alsop
John Wheeler Jr
Kevin Bascue
Robert Becker
Holcomb
U.S. Senate
Robert A. Conroy
Shawnee
Lee Jones
Lenexa
Howard Solley
Elsa Ulrich
Talley Trail
Budget deficit on upswing
The White House projects a record 445 billion dollar federal deficit this year with reductions planned for 331 billion next year and 229 billion by 2009. Commerce notes 3 percent growth this spring, slower than expected, due to consumer spending slowdowns from high gas costs.
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Washington
White House
Bush
Commerce Department
Congressional Budget Office
Joshua Bolton
Cattlemen insurance to restart with changes
Federal agriculture officials plan to restart and expand the Livestock Risk Protection program after a late year suspension due to mad cow disease. The program will start new sales in October with safeguards for catastrophic events and volatile futures markets, according to Shirley Pugh of the Risk Management Agency. Details are being finalized and should be ready in coming weeks.
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Billings
Mont
Federal Agriculture
Shirley Pugh
Risk Management Agency
Federal Crop Insurance Corp. Board
Pugh
Co op promotes ethanol fuel at Corny Corner pump
The Garden City Co op at U S 50 and Campus Drive hosted an ethanol fuel day with E 10 priced about 10 cents lower for 4 hours. Volunteers from Holcomb FFA and Beef Empire Days helped wash windshields while Kansas groups promote corn and sorghum derived ethanol.
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Rod Petty
Garden City
Garden City Co-op
U.S. Highway 50
Campus Drive
Co-Op
Holcomb Ffa
Holcomb High School
Beef Empire Days Rodeo Committee
Kansas Dairymen’s Association
AgriTalk
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Robert White
Chris Grant
Wheatland Electric Co-op
White
Advocates push early education funding in Kansas
Reno County officials await a possible special grant for new early childhood programs not funded by state taxes. Advocates say $1 spent now saves about $7 later by reducing need for special education and juvenile justice, though Kansas lacks state tax dollars for such programs. They urge inclusion in school finance debate when lawmakers convene.
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Topeka
Hns
Reno
Chil
Kansas
Lynette Lacy
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