Local business owners clash over Home Depot incentives
About 30 Garden City businessmen and women discussed a developer led plan to give the city 1.5 million dollars in sales tax subsidies to lure Home Depot. Critics warned the deal shifts tax receipts from existing retailers and questions whether subsidies benefit the community or only a corporation. Some attendees favored excluding press coverage. See Incentives, Page A5.
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Home Depot
Garden City
Appliance and Furniture Mart
Fleming St
Dan Crain
Appliance and
Furniture Mart
Garden City Commission
George Wharton
Wharton’s
Chamber (of Commerce
Finney County
Wharton
Wal-Mart
Target
Sears
Bilingual ballot debut reported at three ward polls
Early voting shows steady turnout as English questions precede Spanish translations at 13th Ward Bible Christian Church and 16th Ward First Southern Baptist Church. About 57 voters by 7:50 to 7:55 a.m. with interpreters on duty and Helen Bird supervising at 13th Ward. Aiming for a smooth day with proactive poll staffing and waiting voters.
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13Th Ward
Bible Christian Church
E. Mary St
First Southern Baptist Church
N. Third St
U.S. Justice Department
Helen Bird
Bird
Georgia Matthews Elementary School
E. Johnson St
Candidates to See If Hard Work Pays Off
TOPEKA AP Both Democrat Kathleen Sebelius and Republican Tim Shallenburger pledge no tax increases or public school aid cuts while promising greater government efficiency. Voters choose today who will handle Kansas financial problems in a costly race. Sebelius raised over 4 million, Shallenburger about 2 million in contributions with much going to TV ads.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Tim Shallenburger
Sebelius
Shallenburger
GOP
Van misses fanfare as Kalvesta woman wins $10 thousand
Ila Boone of rural Finney County finds a $10 000 Publisher's Clearing House prize in her mailbox after 23 teams failed to locate her rural Boone Road home. She had already won 90 at bingo that week and plans a Christmas for grandchildren as relatives express disbelief at the nonnegotiable check.
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la Boone
Kalvesta
Boone
Boone Road
Finney County
Ila Boone
Express
Gene Boone
Todd Sloane
Publisher’s Clearinghouse
Long Island, N.Y
Deputy back on the job after fatal shooting in Garden City
Finney County Deputy Jerry Quint, who fatally shot 53 year old Encarnacion Nevarez during a July incident, has returned to work at the end of September after internal and state investigations found no policy violations. The Nevarez family, including wife Maria Guadalupe Nevarez, was informed Quint is back patrolling. Miguel Nevarez, Encarnacion’s son, fled during the arrest and was tasered.
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Jerry Quint
Finney County
Garden City
Kevin Bascue
Quint
Encarnacion Nevarez
Bascue
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Finney County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Nevarez
Christina Nevarez
Inlaw
Maria Guadalupe Nevarez
Encarnacion
S. Farmland Road
Miguel Nevarez
Miguel
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Home Depot Group
Lee
Nancy Guzman
Edith Scheuerman
Guzman
GCHS
Annie
Inspiring Minds
Jim Morrison
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