Health official tours Rush County with Clepper and Stutzman
A health official visits Rush County accompanied by Tessa Clepper and her daughter Emily Stutzman to review community health programs and local facilities. The delegation discusses vaccination outreach, preventive care, and emergency preparedness with county leaders.
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Rush County
Tessa Clepper
Emily Stutzman
City OKs local bidder preference in new resolution
The Garden City Commission approved a revised local preference policy for public projects. It flags bids within 1 percent of the low on projects up to 250000 and within 0.5 percent on larger projects, letting nearby firms reduce bids to win. The measure defines local bidders as having a principal Finney County place of business.
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Garden City Commission
Bob Halloran
Commission
Randy Grisell
Finney County
Grisell
Reynaldo Mesa
Mesa
Janie Perkins
Perkins
Talley Trail funding advances 1.5 mile extension
City plans 1.5 mile Hike and Bike Talley Trail extension along Taylor Avenue and Forest Park Lake. KDOT approved about 572,600 funding with 80 percent federal share. local cost roughly 114,500, with funds expected in 2005 pending highway act authorization. See Project, Page AS.
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Steve Cottrell
Garden City Commission
Kansas Department of Transportation
Taylor Avenue
Forest Park Lake
11Th Street
Congress
Wheat tour shows promise as farmers praise crop this year
About 30 farmers examined 38 wheat varieties at the Southwest Research Extension Center farm east of Garden City. They noted the wheat looks better than last year, with a mild evening and a tour by trailer allowing closer view of trial plots including alfalfa and canola. Kansas State agronomist Merle Witt warned the crop faced dry conditions from late planting.
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Southwest Research Extension Center
Garden City
Finney County
Rodger Funk
Jim Hewes
Hewes
Merle Witt
Kansas State University Crops Agronomist
Southwest Kansas Research Extension Center
Bush tax plan to speed refunds and wage gains soon
President Bush will sign a 10 year 350 billion package of tax rebates lower rates and new breaks for businesses into law in a White House ceremony. The plan combined with a 984 billion debt limit increase aims to fund the cuts while IRS withholding tables adjust and child tax credits reach families by July. Senate leaders defend borrowing to drive economic growth despite record deficits.
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Washington
Bush
White House
East Room
Congress
Scott McClellan
Internal Revenue Service
Clinton
Senate
Bill Frist
Frist
R-Tenn
Western Kansas seeks California dairies for growth
Seward County economic director Colleen Towns promotes Liberal as dairy relocation hub for California producers facing rising land values and lease expirations. The Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance flags 60 dairies potentially moving, with 20 large operations already in the region and cow numbers possibly reaching 500 000 in a decade.
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Liberal
Kansas
California
Seward County
Colleen Towns
Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance
Towns
Alliance
Western
Carol Meyer
Garden City
Joint Economic Development Council
Seward
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Brad Nading
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