Finney County considers stricter mobile home zoning rules
Finney County commissioners heard three mobile home use issues and advanced two while delaying one to allow county attorney review. Enforcements target 2 acre lots and septic and well standards within three miles of Garden City and Holcomb, with variances possible. A separate push seeks allowing mobile homes on permanent foundations in R-1 zones with a Wednesday decision pending county attorney study.
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Finney County Commission
Lyle Schmaus
Garden City
Holcomb
Schmaus
Dave McDonald
Kells
John Lindner
Delmer
Lindner
Riverview South
Linder
County Commission
School Board Tours Florence Wilson Construction Progress
Garden City School Board reviewed Florence Wilson Elementary and the high school gym addition Monday night. The $1.5 million project aims for fall completion, ahead of the March target, with August 10 for Florence Wilson. Architect Vince Mancini noted crews are pushing hard, while a $200 daily penalty applies if delayed. The district will host preview tours Sunday at 1 30 p.m. to avoid mud and provide a look inside.
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Garden City
Garden City School Board
Florence Wilson
Vince Mancini
Lauri Jammers-Murdoch
Garden City Board OKs Architect for Pierceville Plymell Addition
The Garden City School Board votes Monday to hire an architect to design a classroom and media center addition for the Pierceville Plymell rural school. The project, about 50000 dollars, aims to ease crowding next year with Lyman Cobb and Benson as top candidates. if delayed, an aide will be hired and furniture may be sourced from Hutchison School.
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Garden City
Pierceville-Plymell
Lyman Cobb
Benson
Horace Good
Hutchison School
Good
Reagan and Saudi Prince Meet on Lebanese Crisis
Washington AP report notes President Reagan held a secret Saturday Oval Office meeting with Saudi Prince Turkiel Faisal. Delegations included Richard V. Allen and other officials. Discussion likely touched Syrian-Israeli tensions and possible Saudi subsidies to Syria to influence Lebanon, amid broader calls for Israel arms aid and restraint against terrorism.
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Washington
White House
Reagan
U.S
Lebanon
Larry Speakes
Oval Office
Turkiel Faisal
Time
Speakes
Saudi Arabia
Richard V. Allen
Syria
Israel
ABC News
Prince
Kuwait
Palestine Liberation Organization
Fred C. Ikle
Defense
Ikle
Fire department manpower and equipment overview chart
City commissioners reviewed a chart of fire department data from departments visited last weekend. Garden City uses paid per call volunteer staffing, while others rely on full-time employees and some volunteers. Dodge City declined to provide dollar losses. state data were unavailable. Longest response times, aerial truck types, and Insurance Services Office fire ratings are noted to explain fire insurance impacts.
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Garden City
Salina’s
Dodge City
G. Daeschner
Salina
Great Bend
el Dorado
Dave Robertson
Robertson
Daeschner
West denies refusing city funds for firemen trip
Garden City Mayor Duane West stated he did not refuse city money to firemen who joined city commissioners on a Kansas fire station tour. He said funding decisions were for the city manager and noted firemen paid their own trip costs from donations, traveling separately in a Burtis Motors car.
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Garden City
Duane West
Kansas
West
Wiley
Burtis Motors
Joint Commission
Garden City man injured as cave-in traps leg at coal pit
A 20-year-old Garden City man, Steve Freeman, was pinned when a trench at the Sunflower Electric power plant site near Holcomb caved in on his leg. He was taken to St. Catherine Hospital after EMS response. condition not immediately available. The cave-in occurred about 10:40 a.m. as Freeman operated a bulldozer around a 20-foot deep pit, with a second remotely controlled machine behind him.
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Garden City
Sunflower Electric
Holcomb
Steve Freeman
St. Catherine Hospital
Finney County Emergency Medical Service
Freeman
Ralph Freeman
Sunflower First Aid
Market Report: Slaughter Heifers Prices at 64.50
At 1 p.m. buyers offered prices for slaughter heifers in mixed lots. Most animals weighed 950 pounds with 2-4 grading mostly choice to good. Bids ranged around 64.50 per hundredweight, with some 950-1025 lb heifers at 64.00.
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Cig Allied Corp
Allis Chalm
Alcoas
Am Aurlin
Am Brands
Wy Am Brands
Am Motors
Amer T&t
ArkLaGass
AusRichild
Avco Corp
Beth Steel
Boeing
CBS
Chrysler
Comsat
ConocoInc
Contl Group
duPont EaglePc
Kodak
Echlin Mig
Emerson el SD
Esmark
Exxon
Firestone
FordMot
GaDynam
Gen Elec
Gen Mills
Gen Motors
GenTel&El
GaPaeil
Gerber
Goodrich
Goodyear Grace Co
Shard Greyhound
IBF
Gulf Oil
Haliburth
Hercules Inc
IBM
Litton Ind
Martin M
McDonn
Mobil Mobil
Monsanto Nabisco
NobleAss
Norton Sim
Okla GE
ONEOK
Pan Am
Panhep
Penney JC
Quaker Oat
RCA
RalstnPur
Revco DS
Reynold
Ny Bly
Timken Co
Elec
Dodge City
Kan
Western Kansas
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Commission
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Planning Commission
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Merrill
Schmalls
Dennis Lundgren
School Board
Pierceville-Plymell Plans
Prince Cenfer
Fire Department
Insurance Services Office
National Service Organization
Deane Wiley
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