Banda sues Garden City police for gender ethnic discrimination
Isabel Banda a 23 year old Hispanic woman who serves as a Garden City police dispatcher filed March 23 with the Kansas Human Rights Commission accusing the City and the Garden City Police Department of unlawful employment practice based on race sex ancestry and national origin Her three page complaint delivered to city officials Wednesday details her training as a police officer from February 20 to September 29 2000 and cites taunts harassment and a hostile work environment including an incident with a deceased man found with pornographic material at a local home and a supervisor pressuring her to ignore the scene. The complaint also notes her scholarship and education aiding her path into law enforcement.
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Finney County to discuss ConAgra incentives Monday
Finney County commissioners will meet Monday to discuss an incentive package offered to ConAgra Beef Co. officials amid uncertainty on rebuilding the Finney County beef processing plant. County Administrator Pete Olson outlines incentives from the state.
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Garden City Finney County memo cites ConAgra incentive plan
A memo to Finney County and Garden City officials outlines incentives offered to ConAgra to rebuild the beef plant after Christmas night fire. With 2,300 layoffs, city and county budgets face strain. officials hope incentives, including a 50 percent tax break over 10 years on real property, buildings and equipment, will influence a timely decision.
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Daylight Saving Time Reminder
Residents are urged to set their clocks one hour forward as DST begins. The change marks the start of longer evenings and is observed nationwide this season.
Tax guide to school finance in Kansas
The piece compares per pupil funding across Kansas districts, citing $5396 in Augusta and $12914 in Mullinville for 1999 2000, with state average $7447. Gov Graves backs tax increases to address teacher shortages special education costs and at risk student interventions, while noting many Kansans lack finance knowledge.
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Jury convicts Fischer on all charges in Syracuse attack
A Salina jury, after three hours, found Craig Fischer 39 guilty of attempted first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, attempted rape and firearm possession in the September daylight assault on 16 year old Charity Maine on the Tamarisk Golf Course. He faces up to 75 years in prison.
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Colorado family finally sees justice in trial
In Salina a Colorado case concluded as Craig Fischer Davenport was found guilty of attempting to rape and murder a 16-year-old Syracuse girl Charity Maune. The Elmer family, whose daughter Leslie Elmer with roommate Laura Almon was killed in 1976, welcomed the verdict after decades of pursuit for justice.
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