GCCC faculty approves three year contract deal
Garden City Community College faculty approved a three year negotiated agreement by a 24 to 17 vote. The contract covers 2003-04 to 2005-06, with total salary increases of 53 059 in 2003 04 about 2 percent, 75 000 in 2004 05 about 3 percent, and 100 000 in 2005 06 about 4 percent. A study committee will be formed within 30 days to develop a new salary schedule and clarify workload.
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Garden City Community College
Gccc Higher Education Association
Doris Meng
Gccc Board of Trustees
GCCC
Bill Hammond
Meng
Bease
Step
Carol Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Clayton Tatro
Violence rises as Iraq set to speed up transfer of sovereignty
Gunmen killed a U S civilian contractor and two soldiers in Baghdad and an Apache helicopter killed seven guerrillas preparing a rocket attack on a base. L Paul Bremer meets Iraq Governing Council to discuss a faster transfer while Rumsfeld warns sovereignty shifts will not hasten U S troop drawdown. CENTCOM to expand forward staff in Doha as insurgency persists.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Washington
U.S
L. Paul Bremer
Mahmoud Othman
Othman
Bremer
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Japan
Doha
Qatar
Central Command
Tampa
Fla
Wheatland Electric Plant to Pump Clean Water by December
Wheatland Electric Co op plans to start pumping cleaner water to Garden City faucets by December after six years of talks and two years of build. The 10 million project at 1820 W Kansas Ave is funded 7.5 million by Wheatland and 2.5 million by the city. An KDHE permit for the injection well remains.
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Garden City
Tric Co-op
Kansas Ave
Kansas Avenue
Wheatland Electric
Lynn Freese
Wheatland
KDHE
Freese
Sebelius Seeks Big Savings From Vehicle Cuts
Governor Kathleen Sebelius aims to cut the state fleet to save about 8.6 million dollars by buying far fewer new cars, trucks and vans and auctioning 739 vehicles. Senate President Dave Kerr questions the total and seeks an audit while mileage reimbursements rise to 36 cents per mile to push use of personal cars.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Senate
Dave Kerr
Sebelius
Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Flu season arrives early in southwest Kansas
The KDHE confirms an influenza related death this season in an age 45 to 64 person from southwest Kansas with no name or hometown released. An Influenza A case is also confirmed in the region. KDHE urges vaccination as protection begins two weeks after immunization.
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KDHE
Watson
Kansas
Megan Speer
Finney
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