Garden City teachers reach tentative contract extension
Negotiators for Garden City Unified School District 457 and the Garden City Education Association reached a tentative 2001 2002 contract. The package raises teacher pay by 4.16 percent including a $524 base salary boost to $27 370 plus a $50 monthly health premium increase and a $200 step six raise, with each teacher advancing one step. The district reevaluated next year’s budget enabling the higher raise through adjusted local option budget LOB calculations and a lumped special education fund.
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Olson earns Carnegie Hero Medal for saving York’s son
Healy resident Dennis Olson, 37, saves 11-year-old Joshua York from suffocation last June. Olson, the Yorks’ farmhand, is the lone Kansan among 22 medal recipients this year and receives 3500 from the Carnegie Foundation.
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ConAgra closing hits local economy and shops
The ConAgra fire and plant closure left about 2,300 workers out of work and unsettled the area. Robert Martin of East Garden Village/Quicker Mart reports reduced business, rising receivables, and lingering effects as tenants and workers seek new income sources while others adapt. He notes Hispanic workers remain industrious and that the downturn reflects broader economic factors.
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U.S. Highway 50
Time Out Sports Lounge Changes Hands In Local Deal
Butch and Deb Knight sold Time Out Sports Lounge and Grill at 1319 Taylor Ave to Lee and Yong Ki Gallegos Teddy and Chan Gallegos. The group paid 515000 for Time Out and also took over Workman Cafe at 812 E Fulton St after eight years. Gallegos say the investment is large but aimed at building a bigger venture while keeping the Time Out name.
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Windsor Hotel preservation grant denied by KDOT
Windsor Hotel efforts to revive the historic building stall after the Kansas Department of Transportation denied TEA-21 funding, citing weak transportation link. Finney County Preservation Alliance president Eric Keller says the board will meet in July to consider options, including alternate grants and developer interest. A Kansas Heritage grant could have funded structural stabilization, but could not be used since the alliance did not own the building. Keller notes potential tax credits for historic property development and other funding routes from state and federal programs.
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