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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 2002
Page
5
Garden City announces the 2002 Spring Cleanup by the Public Works Department running April 1 to April 12. Areas 1 to 11 are assigned specific days from April 1 through April 11 with Area 8 on April 8, Area 9 on April 9, and Area 10 on April 10.
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce beautification committee will host the Great Community Clean-Up from 6 to 8 am on April 6. Volunteers meet at the chamber parking lot to cover Fulton Street Fleming to Main, Taylor Avenue Five Points to bypass, and Kansas Avenue VFW Road to Five Points. About 50 volunteers are hoped for with trash bags safety vests provided. Call 276-3264 to help. Finney Game Refuge also will hold Adopt-a-Highway on April 6.
Officials say renewal will keep the levy down with 6.65 percent from multiple sources and sales tax easing the burden. Dodge City, Liberal at 6.9 percent. Hays and Great Bend at 6.4. Halloran cites out-of-county shoppers funding over half of sales tax. Commission visits to Rotary Lions Kiwanis groups planned and a public meeting set for 7 PM Monday at the Senior Center ahead of the April 2 vote.
Sublette businessmen plan a change in ownership for a local feedyard. New owners will increase jobs, with Santa Fe currently holding about 20 percent cattle occupancy. National Farms sits in the Ft. Worth Bass Brothers empire, part of a billionaire family portfolio.
Michael Vaught of Leawood admitted aggravated battery after poisoning his wife with arsenic-containing weed killer and he too was briefly hospitalized. Prosecutors dropped a charge of attempted first-degree murder. Sentencing set for May 10 in Johnson County District Court. potential prison term around four years.
In Topeka Salina Senator Pete Brungardt proposes shifting school extracurricular costs to local districts to save state funds amid a 698 million shortfall. The plan would cut salaries and expenses for activities totaling about 80 million, drawing concern from rural reps over potential pay to play and impact on well rounded education.
Governor Bill Graves proposed a 364 million dollar tax increase paired with 366 million dollars in spending cuts to close a 700 million dollar gap. The plan raises sales taxes to 5.2 percent and income taxes by five percent, doubles corporate fees, and supports estate tax increases while trimming social services and closing five minimum security prisons. State employees would not face unpaid leave but receive no pay raise, and the legislative session could be shortened to 80 days.
In its 26th year the annual home show expects 12 000 to 15 000 visitors across 90 exhibitors. Organizers note many attendees buy rather than merely tour and half of displays, 54, are local businesses. Curtains removed between booths encourage exhibitors to actively showcase offerings.
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