GCCC weighs cuts to thirteen programs in budget plan
Garden City Community College faces a tight 2010 2011 budget as oil and gas revenue and state aid shrink. President Carol Ballantyne emailed staff that possible cuts could exceed 1.2 million, though final targets depend on revenue and aid losses. Programs under review include the Bryan Education Center Scott City athletic staff and sports information.
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Carol Ballantyne
GCCC
Ballantyne
Bryan Education Center
Scott
Garden City Eyes Citizen Committee for Comprehensive Plan
Garden City officials consider creating a citizen based committee to oversee the new 10 year comprehensive plan. Mayor Nancy officials and Development Director Kaleb Kentner say the panel could include residents and city advisory board representatives to analyze issues and ensure progress on goals such as downtown revitalization quality of life economic development parks and gateway beautification.
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Garden City
Nancy
Kaleb Kentner
Darness
SeeCom
Local Exhibit Showcases Lance Wadlow Sculpture
Katelyn Allenbaugh views a bronze retinaed airplane sculpture titled Zero by Lance Wadlow in Mercer Gallery at Garden City Community College. The display is part of a current exhibition featuring Wadlow’s works.
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Katelyn Allenbaugh
Lance Wadlow
Garden City Community College
Mercer
State faces lawsuit over cuts to social services
Advocates for the mentally disabled ask Kansas Supreme Court to reverse about 10 million dollars in social service cuts by Gov. Mark Parkinson and lawmakers. The suit targets cuts as the state seeks to balance its budget and could affect next year’s shortfall. The court also announced three extra court closings for funding shortfalls.
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Topeka
Kansas
Judicial Branch
Kansas Supreme Court
InterHab Inc
Mark Parkinson
Supreme Court
Statehouse
Nancy Spano
Heather
Spano
Ethanol plant plans carbon sequestration for oil recovery
Conestoga Energy Partners and Petro Santander Inc. propose a $17 to $20 million project at the Stewart oil field near Garden City to bury 150000 metric tons of CO2 annually from ethanol production for enhanced oil recovery. The scheme would pipe CO2 northeast to the site, potentially starting next year, with aims to boost oil recovery by 10 to 15 percent.
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Bonanza Energy
Garden City
Texas Oil Company
Kansas
Conestoga Energy Partners
Petro Santander Inc
Aspinwall
Kansas Geological Survey
Conestoga
Willis
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