Budget woes threaten teen programs funding
Budget woes loom as cuts threaten local teen programs while Hazel the dog joins Halloween festivities, adding a light note to community concerns. Local groups warn funding gaps could hinder after school activities and youth initiatives this season.
Scott City’s 71-year-old tech guru keeps up with computers
Carroll Glanville volunteers at Scott County Hospital for Community Access Television Channel 87 known as the church channel. He helps neighbors learn computing from 1980s basics to modern devices, and the station airs public programming including Scott City Council recordings.
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Carrol Glanville
CATS
Community Access Television
Scott City
Glanville
Scott County Hospital
Channel 87
Church Channel
First Christian Church
United Methodist
First Baptist Church
Sunflower Electric
Holcomb
Garden City Community College
Sunflower
Possible RV park in the works near Ward’s Garden Center
Finney County planning commission approved rezoning about eight acres behind Ward’s Garden Center at 2703 N US 83 for an RV park to temporarily house visitors. Owner Mike Ward cites Sunflower Electric’s planned second power plant and a need for worker housing, with a buffer to reduce smell from nearby feedyard. County commissioners will review Dec 9 after planning signoff.
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Garden City
Taylor Avenue
Finney County Area Planning Commission
Ward
Garden Center
N. US. Highway 83
Finney County Commission
Planning Commission
Mike Ward
Area Planning Commission
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Stevens Park Christmas lights spark seasonal cheer in Garden City
Santa Claus led nearly 300 attendees at Stevens Park lighting ceremony as naked trees transformed into white striped candy canes. Mary Cronin of Pierceville and Shelley Stroup of Holcomb described the event as starting the holiday season with joy and festive music. Children enjoyed visiting Santa and local groups performed.
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Erica Nicholson
Step Dance School
Stevens Park
Santa Claus
Mary
Cronin
Pierceville
Shelley Stroup
Holcomb
Brooke
Stroup
Steps Dance School
Kenneth Henderson
Garden City High
Sebelius Faces Budget Gap and 2004 Political Test
Kansas Democrats hold the governorship as a budget shortfall grows to over 1 billion when fiscal 2004 revenues and expenditures are included. Sebelius, the sole statewide Democrat, confronts a GOP-dominated Legislature and a presidential year election that could turn into a referendum on her leadership if the budget isn’t resolved.
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Topeka
Statehouse
Kansas
Elecr
Kathleen Sebelius
House
Senate
Sebelius
Holden
Sawyer
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