Legislators lukewarm to proposed agriculture hikes
Adams pushes higher fees for weighing and measuring device inspections at grocery stores and grain elevators. Costardis says inspections improve consumer protection while Downey notes farmers face tough economy and residents fear added costs. Adams warns of reduced services and less oversight if revenue drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Constantine Costardis
Newton
Christine Downey
Agriculture Committee
Downey
Open Meetings Debate Over Zoning Appeal in Finney County
County officials spar over Kansas Open Meetings Act in a zoning appeals case. Commissioners debated whether the board conducted a hearing in secret and if the decision should be voided. Mid States Developers face nuisance concerns and possible remedy depending on Wheeler’s review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halbur
Appeals Board
Mayo
Finney County
John Wheeler
Owen
Wheeler
Zoning Appeals Board
Tim Joyce
Board of
Zoning Appeals
Burgardt
Stephens
Mid States
Owen and Foltz
Davis
Fankhauser
Kansas
Jim Neblett
Zoning Board
U S troops enter combat zone in Basilan Philippines
U S soldiers moved into a Basilan combat zone to aid wounded Filipinos as Abu Sayyaf gunmen fired on a Philippine army patrol. Four Green Berets entered the area to retrieve wounded troops but were repelled. Officials said four Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed and six fled, with at least two Filipino soldiers wounded and evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Manggas
Philippines
U.S
Abu Sayyaf
Basilan
Pave Hawk
Wichita
Kan
Martin and
Gracia Burnham
Ediborah Yap
Basilan Island
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
School board debates adding projects to bond election
USD 457 weighs extending the bond package with items such as an artificial turf field for football and soccer and widening focus on a ninth grade center. Easement rules and Edwards Street needs complicate two proposals. Budget talks, PLAN test results, and staff resignations round out the meeting notes.
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Burr
Edwards Street
Garden Valley Church
Reichmuth
Rocky Welton
Weatherly
GCHS
University of Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
State University
KSU
Gail Dunford
Dennis Perryman
Garden City Community College
Perryman
Harold Perkins
Kelly Glodt
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Karen “Sue” Glodt
Jennie Barker
Barbara Hauschild
Bernadine Sitts
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Duct
Franz Magneto & Electric, Inc
Garden City
Atong Atong
Manila
Lemuel Beduya
Associated Press
Beduya
Philippine Air Force
Lantawan Town
Milt Pippenger
Austin Pools
Dodge City
E. Frontview
Taylor
Unified School District 457
School Service Center
E. Highway 50
Unified School District
Fleming Street
Gerald Bell
Porter’s Flowers Rner
Main Street
Walnut
Homes
Merce Ikea
MPA
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