Roundup Knock Out group meeting Sunday
The Knock Out Committee will meet at 5 30 p m Sunday at St James Lutheran Church 1608 Belmont Place. Committee Chairman Duane West urges all people with property in the proposed flood plain along Drainage Ditch Nos 1 and 2 to attend. West said other interested citizens are invited. The committee opposes FEMA changes to flood insurance rate maps which could add more than 1800 properties in Garden City and Finney County to the flood plain. For more information contact West at 276 6754.
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St. James Lutheran Church
Belmont Place
Duane West
West
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Garden City
Finney County
U S Highway 50 closings ahead of summer work
Construction on the U S Highway 50 four lane project will close Third Street south of the highway for about three weeks weather permitting. Detours use Campus Drive with alternate south side road closings between Big Lowe Road and U S 83 for about two weeks each. Questions to Craig Schlott at 276 3241 or Gary Bennett at 620 384 7821.
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Third Street
Kansas Department of Transportation
Campus Drive
Big Lowe Road
Craig Schlott
Gary Bennett
Black Named Grant County Attorney as Local Judge Resigns
Stanton County Attorney David Black is named Grant County Attorney to replace Robin Hathaway who left in April for a Kansas AG role and a U.S. Attorney assignment in Wichita. Black will divide time between Ulysses and Johnson, maintains Stanton County post, and has hired Jessica Akers as assistant. He moved back after 22 years in Stanton County and holds degrees from Washburn and KU.
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Stanton County
David Black
Grant County
Black
Robin Hathaway
Kansas
Ulysses
Jessica Akers
Johnson
Syracuse
Topeka
Washburn University
University of Kansas
Stanton
First Garden City early childhood graduates celebrate
Emma Smith and more than 100 young students received diplomas and white ribbons at Garden City USD 457 early childhood ceremony held in Jennie Wilson Elementary gym. The event drew over 300 attendees and will become an annual district tradition led by Karen Johnson.
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USD 457
Jennie Wilson
Emma Smith
Edith Scheuerman
Garden City Usd 457
Smith
Brian Smith
Karen Johnson
Nikki Spanier
Spanier
Alta Brown
Florence Wilson
Garfield
Gertrude Walker
Georgia Matthews
Victor Ornelas
Johnson
FEMA to provide specifics on flood plain maps to city and county
Officials said FEMA plans to specify technical information needed to advance proposed flood plain maps. City planners hope for the most accurate maps with minimal community impact as talks continue after a 2009 map expansion was paused. City commissioners will discuss flood plain developments and court service fees at an upcoming 1 p.m. meeting, with a 11 a.m. pre-meeting to review quarterly goals.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Kaleb Kentner
Friday
Kentner
Beth Freeman
N. Eighth St
Gctelegram
EMS officials seek extra crew for rising 911 responses
Finney County EMS Director Bob Prewitt says the increase in simultaneous public calls requires adding six EMS crew members at a projected county cost of $272,000 for 2011. He noted five status zero days from March to December 2009 and two such days since January, including a February stabbing victim awaiting nine minutes for an ambulance. The county commission meets at 8:30 a.m. at the Finney County Administrative Center to discuss the issue, with full agenda at gctelegram.com.
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Finney County Ems
Bob Prewitt
Prewitt
County Commission
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Gctelegram. Com
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Scott City
Karma Crouse
Jim Mathews
Amy Warfield
David Mendoza
Dick Erskin
McCallum
Brad Nading
Phoenix Anderson
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