Azalea Blooms Transform Tulsa Park Scene
Azalea blossoms fill Woodward Park in Tulsa Oklahoma creating a vibrant display. Visitors stroll along winding paths admiring pink and white flowers while gardeners tend beds and note peak bloom timing. The scene captures springtime renewal and local park beauty.
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Woodward Park
Tulsa, Okla
Garden City approves phased water rate hike
Garden City Commissioners vote to raise residential water rates by about 26 cents per 1000 gallons, phased in over three years with bills rising after April 1. The increase targets a roughly 15 percent rise to help offset losses from Wheatland Electric Co op related to the reverse osmosis project, with new tiers set at 1.40, 1.50, and 1.55 per 1000 gallons across monthly usage brackets.
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Garden City
City Public Utilities
Joel Mahnken
Wheatland Electric Co-op
Wheatland
Community volunteers push Honor Flight in central Kansas
Verne Wilson recalls the Honor Flight experience that honored World War II veterans in Garden City as volunteers expand efforts to fund trips to the Washington memorial. Paul Sanford of the American Legion leads fundraising for 500 to 600 local veterans who want to participate, with guardians covering travel and care for $500 per veteran.
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Garden City
Verne Wilson
Wilson
Kansas
Bob Dole
Washington, D.C
Paul Sanford
American Legion
U.S
Sanford
Funding unlikely for transportation plan
In Topeka AP reports lawmakers debate a new state transportation program to cover a decade of road and bridge needs totaling about 17.7 billion dollars. Senate and House panels consider raising taxes and fees, but funding remains uncertain and no immediate votes are planned.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate Transportation Committee
Dwayne Umbarger
Thayer
Gary Hayzlett
Lakin
Hayzlett
Umbarger
Senate
City considers flood plain map dispute with FEMA
Garden City Holcomb and Finney County staff have battled FEMA over revised flood maps while seeking removal of properties from the flood plain. The maps label Drainage Districts 1 and 2 as tributaries of the Arkansas River, sparking resident and former official concerns about overreach and the legitimacy of a nonflow drainage ditch in the mapped area.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Finney County
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Femas
FEMA
Arkansas River
Tim Hamilton
Duane West
al Towles
Gary Fuller
Martin Huschka
Kansas Avenue
West
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