Garden City board meeting slated for Monday evening
A board meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in the Board Meeting Room at the Educational Support Center located at 1205 Fleming Street in Garden City. The session will cover agenda items relevant to district operations and programs.
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Fleming St
Garden City
Board weighs cutting low enrollment classes at Henderson Middle
The USD 457 Board of Education will consider dropping several Kenneth Henderson Middle School electives next year due to persistently low enrollment. Art II, Clothing, For the Future, Spanish for Spanish Speakers, and Weight Lifting/Conditioning may be eliminated, preventing off schedule enrollments. The meeting also covers elementary reports, a dual language program, and bids on ceiling material, PA systems, gym floor refinishing, and a service list.
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Kenneth Henderson
USD 457 Board of Education
Steve Karlin
Jennie Barker
Buffalo Jones
United Building Centers
Garden City
Electronic Contracting Co
Wichita
von Lintels Refinishing Inc
Hays
Heftec Industries LLC
Oregon, Ill
Girl Scout Europe Patrol Hosts Baked Potato Bar
The Girl Scout Europe Patrol will host a baked potato bar and chili supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Bible Christian Church Family Life Center. Located at 1501 E. Mary St., tickets are 5 dollars with free entry for children age three and under.
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Girl Scout Europe Patrol
Bible Christian Church Family Life Center
E. Mary St
Apparent arson fires damage Kickapoo reservation
Tribal police boosted night patrols on the Kickapoo reservation west of Horton after three fires Tuesday damaged a barn, vehicles and grassland, totaling more than 500000 dollars. No injuries were reported as residents grew jittery and Damon Williams, the tribe's general counsel, described the unsettled mood among about 800 to 900 members.
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Horton
Kickapoo
Damon Williams
Republicans restore funds to budget amid criticism
Stung by criticism from Democrats, Republicans restored pay raises and funds for state universities and social services in a 12.2 billion fiscal 2008 budget package. The House Appropriations Committee approved three bills on a single voice vote, adding 199 million back to spending and aligning toward Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’s goals, while Senate leaders prepare their own plan for March 16 debate.
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Topeka
House Appropriations Committee
House
GOP
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Joe McLeland
Wichita
Bob Bethell
Ralden
Bethell
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Appropriations Committee
Nicole Corcoran
Conestoga commission to discuss road funding
Conestoga Energy Partners plans to request 150000 dollars from Finney County Commission for road access upgrades to the Bonanza Bio energy ethanol plant near Wind River Grain LLC. Dusty Turner says the amount reflects a prior agreement with Garden City Commission tied to a federal Economic Development Administration grant. The panel will also review bid letting for the road work and an insurance program for county employees. The plant aims to run water trials by July 31 and produce 55 million gallons of ethanol and 480000 tons of distiller grain from 19 million bushels of corn annually.
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Dusty Turner
Conestoga
Commission
Garden City Commission
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
Turner
Bonanza
Doug Keller
Keller-Leopold Insurance
Conestoga Energy Partners LLC
Bonanza Bio-energy
Wind River Grain LLC
E. U.S. Highway 50
Finney County Commission
US Department of Commerce
City to ask help for 1.5 million road project near plant
Conestoga Energy Partners plans to request 150000 from the Garden City commission for road improvements around the Bonanza Bio energy ethanol plant near Wind River Grain LLC. The project totals 1.5 million with city and Finney County share 300000 and 500000 hoped from the federal Commerce Department. remaining 700000 would be funded by Conestoga. The meeting is at 1 p.m. Tuesday in City Administrative Center.
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US Department of Commerce
Turner
Conestoga
School board to pick superintendent for Holcomb
USD 363 plans to announce the chosen superintendent at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Holcomb from four candidates: Robert Kiblinger, Phil Keidel, Robert O'Connor, and Kelly Arnberger. The district seeks a successor to Skip Landis who will resign at year's end. Landis also heads USD 459 Bucklin. The meeting covers capital outlay spending about 427000 and a language arts text replacement. The board will also select a new Holcomb Recreation Commission member among Scott Pfeifer Scott Smythe and Tim Matheson.
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Holcomb
USD 363 Board of Education
Robert Kiblinger
USD 397
Centre
Phil Keidel
Wiley
Robert O’connor
Columbus
Texas
Kelly Arnberger
Beloit
Skip Landis
USD 459
Bucklin
Landis
McPherson and Jacobson LLC
American Digital Security
Liberty
Holcomb Recreation Commission
Colleen Lauer
Scott Pfeifer
Scott Smythe
Tim Matheson
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