Garden City CC Announces March Spring Break Schedule
Garden City Community College will suspend day and evening classes the week of March 15 through 19. Most main campus offices stay open during regular hours, classes resume March 22. Saffell Library and Mary Jo Williams Center open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Aerobic Super Circuit and Finney County Learning Center closed all week.
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Garden City Community College
Saffell
Mary Jo Williams
Finney County Community Learning Center
Red Cross appeals for blood donors at local center
The American Red Cross seeks new donors as area giving remains low. Garden City Blood Center in St. Catherine Medical Building welcomes eligible volunteers now that restrictions have eased. Eligible cancer free five years, those on medications or with diabetes may donate. Center hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE for details.
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American Red Cross
Garden City
St. Catherine Medical Building
Electric problem briefly closes bank
The Western State Bank branch at 1500 E Kansas Ave shut for repairs from 8 30 a m to noon after a bad underground electrical conduit. City crew fixed the issue and the bank reopened in the afternoon.
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Western State Bank
Kansas Ave
Tom Walker
City of Garden City
Free cultural cooking class at Finney County Office
The Kansas State University Research and Extension Office and Garden Club International Festival co sponsor a free cooking class at 7 p.m. on March 22. Lori Gerber and Cindy Nguyen will demonstrate egg rolls. Donations are appreciated to aid festival costs. Pre-register at 272-3670. Future classes are set for the first Mondays of April and May.
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Kansas State University Research and Extension Office
Garden Club International Festival
Finney County Extension Office
S. Ninth St
Lori Gerber
Cindy Nguyen
Wittig seeks bond during appeal in loan conspiracy case
Former Westar Energy leader David C. Wittig asks to stay free while appealing his conviction for conspiracy money laundering and four counts of false bank entries. The appeal would go to the 10th Circuit in Denver. Wittig received four years and three months in prison plus a 1 million dollar fine for a 1.5 million loan to banker Clinton Weidner after a credit line increase at Capital City Bank. Weidner, once bank president, drew six years and six months and must forfeit an Arizona land interest tied to the loan.
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PEKA
Westar Energy
David C. Wittig
Wittig
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Westar
Topeka
Clinton Odell Weidner II
Weidner
Capital City Bank
Arizona
Julie A. Robinson
Mail ballot set to decide Scott City schools levy increase
Scott City USD 466 will mail ballots April 19 to voters on a local option budget LOB increase from 23.38 to 25 percent, with ballots due May 7 and counting aboard May 7 as election day. turnout could reach 80 to 85 percent per county clerk Pam Faurot, with a $94,000 district boost and a $16.50 tax rise for a $100,000 home.
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Scott County
USD 466
Scott City
Dean Katt
Katt
Gary Eggleston
Eggleston
Pam Faurot
Faurot
Hugoton hires new police chief
Hugoton City Council selected Chuck Allen of Pagosa Springs Colorado as police chief after a lengthy process. Allen previously declined and reapplied following a prior offer to David LaRose from Thornton Colorado. He has extensive law enforcement experience in Arvada Grand Junction and Pagosa Springs.
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Hugoton
Neil Gillespie
Gillespie
Chuck Allen
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Allen
Renga
Tom Hicks
Hicks
Arvada
Grand Junction
Calvin May
Fred Hagman
Stevens County
David LaRose
Thornton
Sheriff’s Office
Kansas House suspends new destination tax until federal rule on Internet sales
The Kansas House approved a moratorium on the destination based sales tax law until Congress enables Internet tax collection. The 95 to 29 vote sends the bill to the Senate. An added 120 to 1 amendment would provide a $1,000 one time income tax credit for small businesses to offset compliance costs, a move critics call merely negotiative. Government officials say the 2003 law imposed high costs, with some estimates of up to 12,000 cash registers or 7,000 computers needing setup, though revenue officials note many firms now find compliance easier.
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Topeka
Kansas
Congress
House
Senate
Nancy Kirk
D-Topeka
Arlen Siegfreid
Rosathe
Kirk
Siegfreid
Tax Committee
Scott Schwab
Rolathe
Schwab
Department of Revenue
Holcomb Students Thrive On Online Tests And Budget Talks
Preliminary state assessments show Holcomb students surpass benchmarks by up to 30 percent in reading and math online tests, with final scores pending written exams. Board members discuss budget reductions, capital allocations, and shifting funds, while a faulty Wiley Elementary floor will be replaced. $500 is approved for The Literacy Council’s Books on the Bus program. The next meeting is 7:30 p.m. April 12 with daylight saving time changes.
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Holcomb
USC
Richard Soetaert
Soetaert
Skip Landis
Landis
McClelland
Allen Fieldhouse
Wiley Elementary School
University of Kansas Athletics
Literacy Council
Leigh Ann Roderick
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