Flower Aviation FBO Plan Prompts Pilot Debate at City Hall
City commissioners weigh Flower Aviation lease terms at the airport including a 20 year agreement with a 10 year option, free land rent five years, and Flower building its own building and fuel farm, while concerns rise about Central Plains Aviation surviving and competition risks.
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Flower Aviation
Central Plains Aviation
Whitham
Flower
Central
Plains
Crofts
Dean Ryan
Luke Schwieterman
Randy Grisell
City weighs sales tax incentives and band funding in Garden City
City staff revise an incentive guideline drafted by the FCEDC to assess how new or expanding retailers would grow sales and property tax bases, aid Garden City as a regional hub, and extend infrastructure. The Home Depot was granted 1.5 million in sales tax incentives for nearby improvements, while Kohl’s previously declined a 900 thousand incentive for the same site.
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Airport Advisory Board
City Commission
Jim Douglass
Reynaldo Mesa
Flower Aviation
Home Depot
Commission
Mesa
Applebee’s
Kansas Avenue
Kohl's
Jim Wharton
Wharton
Iraqi forces move toward Kut as sandstorms hinder allied attacks
Reports say Republican Guards or Iraqi forces advanced from Baghdad toward Kut along Highway 7 with 2000 more to the south, while coalition aircraft face grounding due to sandstorms. The 101st and 3rd Infantry Division neared Baghdad, weather delaying air assaults. Bush vows direct, intense action as Iraqi officials report hits in Baghdad.
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Can Guard
Baghdad
Kut
Navy
Frank Thorp
U.S. Central Command
Qatar
Thorp
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
101St Airborne Division
Michael Linnington
101St
US. Army
3Rd Infantry
Republican Guard
U.S
Bush
Central Command
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Saddam Hussein
Republican Guards
Saddam
Al-Shaab
Associated Press
Health insurance premiums rise with higher claims in Kansas
Kansas health plans face higher premiums as medical visits and drug costs climb. Bailey notes 201,000 more doctor visits in 2001 than 2000, adding about 40 million in claims. Counties budget for increases, explore alternatives, and stress generic drugs to curb costs.
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Kansas
Bailey
Swank
Kearny County
Stevens County
Gary Baker
Blue Cross
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Bob Halloran
Spiller
Windsor Hotel
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Beth Tedrow
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Stasch
Kansas Dental Association
Kansas Mission of Mercy
Garden City
Virginia
Wyandotte County
Finney County
PLC
Chanic
Dan Linton
Linton
Gcccks
Ums
Scott County
Faurot
Austin Peters
Kansas Association of Counties
Jana Swank
Apria Healthcare
Oxygen & Wheelchairs
Everane
GCCC
Saffell Library
Garden City Community College
Campus Drive
Gcccks.edu
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