Lake Scott drains yet water persists on east edge stakes
Lake Scott remains wet on the lakebed after draining for a renovation. Private and public funds totaling 750000 backed federal money, but bids closed February 28 without any submission due to soggy, silty bottom conditions. Springs keep supporting shallow flows up to eight inches deep, threatening drying the bed.
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Scott City
Lake Scott
Scott
Rick Stevens
Stevens
Scott Park
Scott City officials to attend Topeka hearing in $1.5 million suit
Four Scott City officials travel to Topeka on March 28 for a federal hearing in a $1.5 million lawsuit filed by Wayne Neese against city and county officials and local publishers. Neese, ex-sheriff and ex-police chief, seeks damages and reinstatement, naming Mayor Weides and several council members, county commissioners, and Boyer publishers.
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Scott City
Topeka
Wayne Neese
Neese
Scott County
U.S. District Court
Dan Weides
James Krebbiel
Charles Rowton
Floyd Krebs
David Grothusen
Scott News Chronicle
Bill
Lucy Boyer
Scott City Council
Weides
Krehbiel
Garden City plans study on ninth graders and school layouts
Garden City School Board forms a facilities committee to decide how grades nine through twelve will be organized, weighing options for one or two senior high schools. The district plans two new elementary schools opening 1986 and 1987 to ease growth and crowding at middle and high levels.
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Garden City
Chuck Stones
Stones
Jim Phifer
Jennie Barker Road
Spruce
Pappas
Pappas Estate
George Pappas
Evangelina Bates
Mary Ann Kosan
Magadelene Dodd
Westside
Eastside
No-man's land dispute over Rolling Hills subdivision sanitation
At a Finney County commission meeting residents of Pierceville township urged action on the Rolling Hills Estates subdivision north of Pierceville. Officials said the county lacks zoning authority beyond a three mile limit, while sanitation code adoption could allow enforcement. Residents report sewage dumping, trash, and livestock issues, with some demanding stricter oversight or legal action.
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Pierceville
County Commission
Rolling Hills Estates
Lyle Schmaus
Rolling Hills
Schmaus
Kelly Beltz
Beltz
Sheriff’s Department
Russ Sevner
Colorado Springs
Colo
Commission
Mike Merrill
Finney County
Susan Jones
South Side
Bronx
Burnout ends long-time Garden City science teacher tenure
Burnout led Brian Bergmeier to resign after 11 years as GCHS chemistry teacher and JETS Club sponsor. He and wife Cheri plan to move to Sublette to work for Farm Bureau Insurance, citing pay and certification costs. Bergmeier valued student impact but called teaching financially unsustainable for his family.
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Garden City
Brian Bergmeier
Bergmeier
JETS
Cheri
Patrick
Raymond
Sublette
Farm Bureau Insurance Co
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Lake Scott State Park
Kansas Fish and Game Department
Kansas Park Authority
Harold Galdner
Syracuse
Fish and Game and Park Authority
Galdner
Ren
Rts
Rowton
J.D. Muench
Pierceville Township
No Man’s Land
GCHS
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