County explores expo building funding plan
County commissioners discussed upgrades to the 87 year old Finney County Exhibition Building at the fairgrounds and directed officials to explore financing options for 2013 and possibly 2014. The plan includes insulation, paint, new unit heaters, lighting, south canopy reconstruction and a new door, with a proposed cost between 400000 and 500000.
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Finney County Exhibition
Randy Partington
Fairgrounds
Angie Clark
School board eyes AYP and Core Standards shift
USD 457 Board discusses district goals including Adequate Yearly Progress, graduation rate, and transition to Common Core. Assistant superintendent Darren Dennis notes potential AYP improvement but cites English learner and special education subgroup limits. He pins hope on a waiver, reports Garden City High nearing 90 percent in math and reading and a National Blue Ribbon nomination with September announcement.
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USC 457 Board of Education
Darren Dennis
USD 457
Learning Services
Dennis
Garden City High School
Downtown Vision board looks ahead in Garden City
The Downtown Vision board laid plans for the coming year at its annual meeting in Garden City. Outgoing members Shawn Myers Martin Nusser and Curt Kinney received awards of distinction after three-year terms, while Janet Doll Matt Kirchoff and Vicki Germann were unanimously chosen as replacements. Myers urged support for the organization, noting strong local growth and downtown strength benefiting Garden City overall. Executive Director Beverly Schmitz Glass highlighted the Incentives Without Walls zero-interest loan program to help businesses upgrade property, products, or technology.
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Garden City Downtown Vision Board
Shawn Myers
Martin Nusser
Curt Kinney
Downtown Vision
Janet Doll
Matt Kirchoff
Vicki Germann
Myers
Garden City
Beverly Schmitz Glass
Food stamp cuts debated in sprawling farm bill
The 1000 page farm bill faces GOP pressure to trim SNAP spending by about 2 billion annually by closing benefit loopholes. Republicans frame SNAP as a moral issue while noting the program grew to 46 million participants as unemployment rose. Democrats warn cuts would hurt about half a million households.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Jeff Sessions
R-Ala
Agriculture Department
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Virgin Island
Guam
Kirsten Gillibrand
New York
Agriculture Committee
Sessions
SNAP
Weather outlook: sunny today with high 98 in warm breeze
Today stays mostly sunny and breezy with a high near 98 and a low around 68. Wednesday turns partly sunny and humid with a high near 95 and a low about 68. Page A8 carries the full forecast.
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