City eyes progress on fire department issues without union
Garden City officials and the Speake and city of Garden City intern Mandy Wagner push for changes by an improvement team. Meetings on Sept 29 and Oct 12 discussed uniforms residency rules and job postings but produced no actions. The team must report by March 1, 2006.
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Speake
City of
Garden City
Flentje
Austin Peters Group
Wichita
Kansas Association of Counties
Bob Halloran
J.R. Behan
Janie Perkins
Bob Wang
Halloran
Dailey
Wang
Kansas
Referendum in Iraq passes amid deadly attacks and fraud claims
After days of violence and dispute, Iraq's referendum proceeded despite a car bomb strike near Sulaimaniyah that killed 12 and wounded others. Officials reported no significant fraud in the electoral audit, though Sunni figures decried manipulation while militants intensified attacks in Kurdish regions.
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Dad
Hussein Ali Kamal
Associated Press
Farid Ayar
Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
Saleh al-Mutlaq
Duce
Iraq
Al-Arabiya TV
Peshmerga
Nantly
Sulaimaniyah
Taha Redha
Mullah Bakhtiyar
Jalal Talabani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party
Nasim al-Din Qader
Qader
Bakhtiyar
Baghdad
PUK Party
KDOT Highway Plans Delayed Amid Trust Questions
Robin questions state funding and project commitments while KDOT announces near completion of widening U.S. 50 east of Garden City to the regional airport. Hutchinson says road project will be completed in about two weeks with minor paving touchups and cleanup.
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Robin
KDOT
U.S. 50
Garden City
Garden City Regional Airport
Hutchinson
Heating costs strain Garden City school budget
Gard en City schools superintendent Rick Atha warns increasing heating bills will affect next year’s budget. He notes district investments in thermostats help only so much as outdoor temperatures fall and inflation drives costs beyond schools. Freight haulers will raise prices for diesel and gasoline, pushing up costs for food and textbooks and other consumables.
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Decker
Garden City
Rick Atha
Atha
Rosa Parks dies at 92 after civil rights legacy
Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her Montgomery bus seat on December 1 1955, triggering a 381 day bus boycott and launching the modern civil rights movement, died at age 92. Her years with Detroit, Conyers office service, and leadership through the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute are noted along with honors from Presidents and Congress.
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Montgomery
Parks
U.S
John Conyers
Rosa Parks
Detroit
Kwame Kilpatrick
U.S. Supreme Court
Alabama
Raymond
Conyers
Raymond Parks
Mrs. Parks
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