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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 2002
Page
1
Four year old Juana Woodward showcases cheerleading ability during a local Dodge City event. Community organizers highlight youth participation and early sport involvement in the rural Kansas town.
Drought shrinks yields across Kansas lowering corn to about 400000 bushels and sorghum and soybeans also fall. Elevator plans to import corn from Iowa aim to avoid layoffs while aiding five local feedlots. Officials warn groceries won’t spike despite farmers’ losses.
Connie McKenna, a hospital cook, faces loss of employer health insurance after termination. She explains COBRA allows her to keep the current plan by paying full premiums, with coverage lasting up to 18 months for most former employees and 36 months for dependents. The cost of her cancer treatment and tests highlights the program’s role as a safety net.
Finney County Economic Development Corp members backed pursuing the FedEx ground and air distribution center at Garden City Regional Airport despite substantial financial risk. The vote 5-1 with one abstention urged the city commission to continue recruitment and consider incentives including a 20 percent city risk over the lease period with pre negotiated lease renewal to recover costs. Steve O Brate opposed and Dennis Smith abstained.
The Finney County Economic Development Corp endorsed offering sales tax incentives to businesses building in Garden City. In a 6-1 vote members approved a recommendation to provide incentives to attract new infrastructure, aiming to grow the sales tax base, position the city as a regional hub, create jobs, expand the property tax base, and extend infrastructure to underserved areas.
Dana Leonard, former Sublette mayor and Builders Plus Concrete comptroller, faces charges in Haskell County for criminal use of a firearm and a civil embezzlement suit in Finney County. Residents recall a diligent public worker and express sympathy as details emerge.
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