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Garden City Telegram in Garden City, Kansas

15 Sep 2015

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Garden City Telegram

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Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

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Sep 15, 2015

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Longtime Finney County farmer Dean Gigot dies suddenly

Dean Gigot, 84, a cornerstone of Finney County farming and pioneer of center pivot irrigation, died Sunday at home after breakfast with his wife Betty Jo and friend Leland Crist. He helped build a family farming legacy noted by Fortune Magazine as the world’s largest corn grower in the late 1970s. His death leaves a wide circle of kin across Garden City, Holcomb, and Amarillo, Texas.

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Finney County Dean Gigot Gigot Stephenville Texas Betty Jo Gigot Circle Land and Cattle Corp Garden City Pierceville U.S. Army Clarence Gerald Terry Mike Jeff Kansas Fortune Magazine Gina Stillwell Holcomb Lisa Mason Marc Gigot Jacque Portillo Amarillo Darren Gigot Brad Geiger Highland Ranch Colo Lance Geiger St. Louis Jeff Gigot Marjorie van Camp Topeka Jennifer Priddy Betty Jo Leland Crist Crist Dean Mark Gigot
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Holcomb school board approves $13 million bond election

After a long discussion the Holcomb School Board unanimously backed a resolution to place a $13 million bond issue on the November ballot. The funds will finance a $14.5 million construction program with safety and security upgrades across all three schools, plus a new gym and activity center for the middle and high schools. The plan adds a 6.15 mills levy, costing a $100,000 home about $70.73 more in district taxes next year. $1.5 million would come from the district capital outlay fund and other improvements include parking, road work, secure entrances, storm shelters and upgraded HVAC systems.

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Holcomb Holcomb Elementary
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Prairie Ridge housing project gains RHID incentives approval

Gar den City USD 457 Board endorsed Prairie Ridge RHID tax incentives for a third housing phase. The plan would fund 32 two and three bedroom homes in two 16 unit buildings on North Campus Drive with 15 year tax revenue capture to reimburse infrastructure costs. City uses four growth tools including RHID and TIF to support public improvements.

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Prairie Ridge Garden City USD 457 Board of Education Ect Rural Housing Incentive District Program Campus Dr RHID North Campus Drive Matt Allen
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