Garden City to face budget hike as requests total three mills
Garden City commissioners, amid the 2003 budget start, anticipate requests equaling about 3 mills more than 2002's 30,931 mills. City Manager Bob Halloran suggests trimming about 1.5 mills, citing a 2002 gain of roughly $126,500 and a $200,000 state payment from a KDOT overpayment.
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Bob Halloran
Kansas Department of Transportation
East Mary Street
City Faces Full Bill for Jennie Barker Road Project
Finney County commissioners have not agreed to split the 1.3 million dollar reconstruction cost of Jennie Barker Road with Garden City. City officials feared the city might owe the entire amount if the county balks, as Tim Cruz questioned during the May retreat. City Manager Halloran confirmed the city could be obligated for the full sum.
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Jennie Barker
Garden City
Finney County
Tim Cruz
Cruz
Garden City Commission
Bob Halloran
Halloran
Scott City remembrance of World War II grave registration work
Weston Hardy Jr recounts his Army Graves Registration Unit duties in New Guinea and Manila during World War II. He identified soldiers, marked graves, logged wounds and causes of death, and sent personal effects to next of kin, noting the toll of war as daily Memorial Day.
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Scott City
Weston Hardy Jr
Hardy
Stewart Abel
South Pacific
Air Force
Army
New Guinea
Abel
Manila
GRU
Arkansas River habitat restoration plan eyed by Garden City
Garden City commissioners review a letter to gain Army Corps of Engineers approval to study a three mile restoration along the Arkansas River. The plan would cost about 5 million dollars with 1.2 million from local funds and aim to add trails and limited educational uses while protecting the Ark River Shiner habitat. The letter does not commit to final approval and allows pullout if costs or terms fail to win support.
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Garden City Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
Beef Empire Days founder Mary Hopkins dies at 85
Mary M. Hopkins 85 longtime Beef Empire Days life member director died Thursday at Garden Valley Retirement Home Garden City memory calls her a driving force in the feedlot and cattle industry She moved to Garden City in 1945 taught later became bookkeeper and office manager for Brookover Feedyard Hopkins started BED involvement and was lifetime BED director praised as a persuasive guiding presence by ex executive director Alan Fankhauser She was born July 10 1916 in Blaine Colorado and earlier taught in Colorado and Garden City
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Mary M. Hopkins
Beef Empire Days
Garden Valley
Garden City
Alan Fankhauser
BED
Brookover
Hopkins
Fankhauser
Mary
Sam Hands
BEC
Blaine, Colo
Felix and
Mamie Herbert Mundell
Colorado
Garden City Commission Meeting Notice
Garden City Administrative Center located at 301 N Eighth St hosts a city commission meeting at 1 p m on Tuesday. The session outlines proposed city governance items and public comment opportunities for residents and stakeholders.
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Eighth St
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