Garden City delays over bed tax talks with two boards
Garden City commissioners voiced frustration as the Lee Richardson Zoo Advisory Board and Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau failed to yield results from previous meetings about a possible transient guest tax. Oct. 21 joint session drew only three attendees amid communication gaps noted by City Manager Halloran.
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Garden City Commissioners
Lee Richardson Zoo Advisory Board
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Reynaldo Mesa
Tourism Bureau
Zoo Advisory Board
Garden City
Bob Kreuzter
Tatro Plumbing
Zoo
Dan Baffa
Bill Knight
Carol Meyer
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Bob Halloran
Baffa
Callie Remschner
Bureau
Big Pool upgrade gets discretionary bond funds
Garden City commissioners approve 350000 in discretionary bond funds for Big Pool improvements despite opposition from Commissioner Gary Fuller who argued the expenditure is too high without defined renovations. The resolution passed 3-1 with Mayor Reynaldo Mesa and Commissioners Whitham and Perkins voting yes.
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Garden City
Gary Fuller
Fuller
Tommy Austin
Reynaldo Mesa
Jeff Whitham
Janie Perkins
Halloween Spirit Shines At Local Pumpkin Day
Vince Martinez, 12, smooths a cut for a pumpkin mouth during a Project Effort carving day at Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center. Half the after school program carved Tuesday. the other half will carve today. Martinez, a Stones sixth grader, and an orange grain elevator in Scott City also evoke Halloween.
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Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center
Martinez
Stones
Two American soldiers die as Abrams tank destroyed in Iraq
Two American soldiers were killed when their Abrams tank was damaged by resistance fire near Balad, 45 miles north of Baghdad. The incident marks the first M1 Abrams loss since major combat ended May 1, while coalition reports show attacks on forces rising to about 33 daily in the past week.
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U.S
Bush
Department of Defense
William Darley
Senate panel reviews Head Start changes prompted by KC case
Midwestern senators press to avoid large changes to Head Start as pay disputes prompt scrutiny. The Senate education committee will consider a bill renewing the program while probing salaries including $814,142 in wages for Dwayne Crompton of KCMC Child Development Corp. and a $600 monthly Mercedes lease funded by Head Start. The legislation proposes a salary cap and added accountability, with senators Pat Roberts and Kit Bond at odds with the Bush administration and House Republicans on the issue.
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Washington
House
Senate Education Committee
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Kcmc Child Development Corp
Kansas City
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Crompton
Ben
HHS
San Antonio
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
Roberts
Sen
Kit Bond
Missouri
House Republicans
Scott City nurse named Finney County health administrator
Kristi Schmitt 42 will become Finney County health administrator December 1 at a $50,128 salary, replacing Cheryl Kottke who left in September. Schmitt is an advanced registered nurse practitioner at Mexican American Ministries Community Health Center in Garden City and previously a school nurse in Scott City. She plans to study department programs first to identify improvements while commuting from Scott City for now.
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Scott City
Kristi Schmitt
Schmitt
Cheryl Kottke
Lawton Fort Sill
Oklo
Kottke
Garden City
Aaron Rosin
Scott County Hospital
Fort Hays State University
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