Garden City High School Orchestras to Host Free Concert
The Garden City High School orchestras will present a free concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the GCHS Auditorium at 2720 Buffalo Way Blvd. The performance features 141 students from the four orchestras performing a wide range of pieces for the public.
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Buffalo Way Blvd
Y Splash Classes Begin Monday at Garden City YMCA
The Garden City YMCA offers free Y Splash water safety classes next week for youth ages 3 to 14. Six sessions run Monday through Thursday with two time slots: 5 30 to 6 p m for ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 6 45 p m for ages 6 to 14. Call Keali Shelton at 620 275 1199 for more information.
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Garden City Ymca
Cal
Keali Shelton
City to consider creating downtown development fund
The Garden City Commission will discuss establishing a downtown development fund to support revitalization of the Central Business District. If approved, $250000 would be set aside annually to entice filling empty storefronts and renewing vacant properties and aging buildings. The meeting at 1 p.m. at City Administrative Center will also cover the Kansas Avenue Pathway bid, Traffic Advisory items, annexations, and Public Utilities Advisory Board appointments.
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Garden City
Eighth St
Kansas Avenue
Public Utilities Advisory Board
County sets hearing on tax abatement for Best Western Plus
Finney County Commission will hold a public hearing Monday at 8 30 a m at the County Administrative Center 311 N Ninth St on a tax abatement for Best Western Plus Emerald Inn Suites 2412 E Kansas Ave The plan envisions a 20 percent abatement for 10 years A post construction hearing on Oct 19 will set the property value and after the hearing the commission will consider a resolution for the abatement Also on the agenda are acceptance of an insurance dividend and routine board and administrator reports.
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Finney County Commission
Best Western Plus
Emerald Inn Suites
Kansas Ave
Ninth St
Strong Corn Harvest Underway In Southwest Kansas Area
Harvest accelerates with 4 million bushels received by Garden City Co-op across 20 elevators in cities like Garden City Ulysses Ingalls and Dighton. Local yields look higher than last year due to rains with test weight around 59.8. Weather shows scattered showers, while Plymell Elevator near Garden City reports near half done with 800000 bushels collected so far and potential doubling. Statewide USDA forecasts show Kansas corn at 555 million bushels, down slightly from last year.
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Garden City Co-op
Garden City
Jameson
Co-op
Ulysses
Dighton
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Stone
Kansas
US Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Court asks Kansas Supreme Court to lift school funding stay
Attorneys for Kansas school districts urge the state Supreme Court to lift the stay on a lower court ruling and release funds to public schools. They accuse the state of failing to meet constitutional funding obligations, while the attorney general contests the districts' claims and defends the status quo in Gannon v. Kansas.
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Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Alan Rupe
Derek Schmidt
Rupe
Schmidt
Shawnee County
State Supreme Court
Topeka
Sam Brownback
Gannon
Kansas State Department of Education
Supreme Court
Executive Branch
Monroy v. State
Moody’s
Standard & Poor’s
Moody's flags Kansas block grants as negative for schools
Moody's Investor Service in New York calls Kansas plan to cap state aid under Senate Bill 7 a negative development worth investor scrutiny. The report warns the format could saddle growing districts with higher costs if local revenues cannot offset slower state funding growth, as Brownback signed the policy into law in March.
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Moody’s Investor Service
New York
Sam Brownback
Moody’s
Rating Service
David Jacobson
Brownback
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