Our View on Arden City's Outreach by Mayor Whitham
Arden City's new mayor Jeff Whitham aims to reach local businesses to show the City Commission cares about their situation. He proposes occasional commissioner visits to gather feedback on city services and infrastructure while ensuring open meetings and broad public access to encourage community input.
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Arden City
Jeff Whitham
City Commission
Whitham
Ture
Gary Fuller
Downtown Vision funding rejected by local merchants
Duane West of Garden City reports no Yes replies to a measure funding Buxton report and a Downtown Vision Inc. executive director, urging local action with public funds limited to non outsider guidance. Merchants call for incentives and in-house efforts to fill vacant downtown stores.
Downtown plan critique argues against tax funds for development
A community letter questions use of one cent of city or county tax money for economic development projects in Garden City. It condemns Buxton Research and the Downtown Vision Project as government funded, calls for no tax dollars to support economic initiatives, and urges Main Street to stand on its own amid changing shopping patterns and parking preferences. The writer also objects to special access for the chamber of commerce in influencing city and county commissions.
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Buxton
Downtown Vision
Economic Development Organization
Garden City
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
Electric and Water Department
Downtown Vision Inc
Kansas Main Street
Big Sisters
CASA
Scouting
Salvation Army
Passage Asserting Fundamental Rights
A constraint on government power is described, listing freedoms of religion speech press assembly and petition. It emphasizes limits on establishing religion and protecting civil liberties. The text underscores the core protections of individual rights within a constitutional framework.
Garden City mayor reflects on past growth and future plans
Garden City’s leader discusses post 1970s growth from IBP and Sunflower plant, the 2001 recession impact, and 2003 tax and job trends. He cites 17,200 Finney County workers, 3.6 percent statewide unemployment, and cost controls, grants, and reserve-f funded projects to weather decline while boosting downtown and community programs like YMCA, chamber, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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Garden City
IBP
Sunflower
Con Agra
Finney County
Kansas
Learning Tree praised for care under Mary Clare Halloran
A reader extols The Learning Tree day care and preschool led by Mary Clare Halloran for ten years. She greets children each morning, offers parental guidance, and provides a nurturing “hands on” approach. The letter lauds staff, child illness tips, and Mrs Halloran as a beloved figure, likening her to Santa and a Pied Piper.
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Y Family
Learning Tree
Mary Clare Halloran
Mary Clare
Tanta Aeene
Santa Claus
Tooth Fairy
Pied Piper
Clare
Enslow Tackett
Deerfield
Photos remind us of the cost of war and loss
Leonard Pitts argues that casualty photos preserve the names and memories of fallen soldiers, countering claims that a photo ban protects privacy. He asserts such images keep the public aware of individual lives lost, despite government fears of fueling opposition to war.
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Afghanistan
Pentagon
Tucson
Defense Department
Kuwait
Iraq
Vietnam
Matthew Brady
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Main Street Kansas
Downtown Vision Committee
DVC
Jeanne Stinson
Manhattan
Duane West
Iagtaetucus
Jwhitham
Wsbks
Millenangeles
ELE
Sy Levy Parc
EL Garden City
Dodge City
Emporia
Liberal
Hutchinson
Newton
Pittsburg
Salina
Junction City
Leavenworth
Leonard Pitts
Miami Herald
The
Spitts
Herald
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