Tough choices for budgets raise mill levies across districts
Area school leaders brace for 2009 amid rising expenses fuel salaries and insurance. Districts cut staff and streamline operations to stretch dollars while residents face higher local property taxes. Southwest Kansas counties including Finney Gray Stanton Haskell Hamilton Kearny Scott Greeley and Grant report mill levy increases as cities struggle with operating costs and road maintenance.
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Kansas
Finney Gray
Stanton
Haskell
Hamilton Kearny
Scott
Greeley
Grant
Bush signs bailout bill amid US financial crisis
President Bush signed a $700 billion government bailout after Congress approved the rescue plan by 263-171. The move aimed to ease a credit crunch and curb a tumbling economy amid record job losses and Wall Street volatility.
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Congress
Bush
Wall Street
Labor Department
John A. Boehner
Ohio
Treasury
Henry Paulson
Tottering Financial
House
Nancy Pelosi
D-Calif
Big Brother helps seventh grader enjoy summer fun
Andrew Hunter, 12, loves movies, the park, ice cream, and pool outings with his big brother Mark Nelsen, a Big Brothers and Big Sisters volunteer since 1986. Matched since May, they swim, wrestle, and share math dreams as Hunter plans to become a math teacher.
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Andrew Hunter
Mark Nelson
Nelsen
Hunter
Mark Nelsen
Georgia Matthews Elementary
United Way campaign raises over ninety thousand in city drive
Finney County United Way has raised 92626 this year with 18 department presentations in Garden City plus community outreach to support 21 area agencies. Executive Director Margaret Anderson notes donors Raymond Chappel and Tatro Plumbing each gave 500 and Drs. Lee Funds contributed 1000.
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Finney County
United Way
Garden City
Margaret Anderson
Raymond Chappel
Tatro
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Scott County
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Teley
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Josiah Steinbrecher
Wee Readers
Finney County Public Library
Jase Harezma
Donovan Ojeda
Lee Funds
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Uui
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Southwest Life
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