Praeger to Speak in Garden City on Insurance Post
State Senator Sandy Praeger from Lawrence will visit Garden City Thursday to promote her 2002 Insurance Commissioner candidacy. She will speak at the Wheat Lands Hotel Convention Center from 2 to 3 p.m. local time.
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Sen. Praeger
Garden City
Sandy Praeger
R Lawrence
Praeger
Wheat Lands Hotel Convention Center
White Woman Basin group to perform in Scott City
The White Woman Basin Chapter of the Old Time Fiddlers Pickers and Singers will perform from 2 to 4 30 p m Sunday at the VIP Building 300 Church St Scott City. The public is invited to attend at no charge.
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White Woman Basin
Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers
Church St
Scott City
Garden City Class of 1951 Plans Get-Together
The Garden City High School Class of 1951 will host an informal gathering Thursday at 7 p.m. in the terrace area of the Plaza Hotel Garden City before departing Friday for Branson Missouri to celebrate the 50th reunion.
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Garden City
Terrace
Plaza Hotel
Branson
Kansas braces for West Nile virus arrival
Kansas prepares as West Nile virus nears from Missouri after five dead crows tested positive in St Louis. Officials warn transmission risk grows regional with birds and mosquitoes as health departments partner with KU and Kansas State to monitor dead birds and test samples at the National Wildlife Health Center.
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Jim Suhr
Associated Press
Missouri
Kansas
Townsend Peterson
University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center
St. Louis
Arkansas
West Nile
America
Kansas City
Springfield
Howard Pue
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Louisiana
Gail Hansen
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
New York
District of Columbia
Kansas Health Department
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Peterson's Museum
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National Wildlife Health Center
Madison
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Gardens City USD 457 Eyes Bond Debt Refinancing
USD 457 board moves to advertise for bids to refinance 6.855 million in bonds issued 1994 for school expansions. With interest rates near 3 percent, potential savings up to 375 thousand. Bids due 4:30 p.m. Nov 5, board to decide outcome that evening.
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Garden City
USD 457 Board of Education
USD 457
Milt Pippenger
Bernadine Sitts and
Charles Stones
Buffalo Jones Elementary School
Kathleen Whitley
Vernon Dietz
Economic development board to finalize 2002 budget soon
Finney County Economic Development Corp board weighs 2001 spendings and 2002 income totaling 135 981 while considering carryover and potential funding cuts. They review advertising and image campaigns and debate whether carryover should be reduced or repurposed for recruitment efforts.
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Economic Development Board
Finney County Economic Development Corp
George Hopkins
Economic Development Corporation
Carol Meyer
City and County Fire Departments Earn 2000 Life Safety Award
Scott City and Scott County volunteer fire departments received the 2000 Life Safety Achievement Award for fire prevention efforts that reduced residential fire deaths. Fire chiefs and officials praised the volunteers for training, equipment, and on call service while noting a need for more volunteers and ongoing training.
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Scott City
Scott County Commission
Kansas
Gale Haag
Topeka
Junior Strecker
Scott City Fire Department
Scott County Fire Department
Strecker
Jack Frick
Vernon Storm
Storm
Scott County
Ken Hoover
Hoover
Housing Permits Rise in Garden City Area This Fall
Garden City and Finney County see a September surge with six new single family homes. Permits total $828,825 for Garden City that month and $291,350 in Finney County. The year-to-date counts reach 762 in City and 145 in county, with projects including KE Highway 50 remodels and plans for Kohl's AmericInn and Comfort Inn sites.
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Finney County
E. Weldon Road
Mansfield Road
Kent Hamlin
Kansas Highway 50
el Presidente
E. Grandview Drive
Holcomb
Nunn Drive
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