Scott City nears tax abatement through revitalization plan
Scott City closer to tax abatement as district leaders back an interlocal revitalization plan with Scott City and USD 466. Public hearing showed mixed comments from local business owners Anita Rose and Beth Andrasek who urged growth while officials affirmed the plan to attract new businesses and assist homeowners. The Scott City Council and USD 466 board previously endorsed the proposal, with final signing pending a public hearing.
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Anita Rose
Ribbons & Roses
S. Main
USD 466
Ber
Scott County
John Reeder
USD 466 Board of Education
Reeder
Elephants Moki and Chana to Move to Jacksonville Zoo
Lee Richardson Zoo will transfer female elephants Moki and Chana to the Jacksonville Zoo in Florida to breed with a male elephant under AZA guidelines. Missy and Kimba will arrive in Garden City during a two month gap. renovations to the elephant barn, funded by Friends of the Zoo, will expand stalls to meet AZA standards.
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M’sichana
Moki
Chana
Lee Richardson Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Jacksonville
Fla
Kathy Sexson
American Zoo and Aquarium Association
Garden City Zoo
Missy
Kimba
Sexson
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United States Department of Agriculture
Lee Richardson
Pablo Holguin
Health resources reach southwest Kansas students
Seventeen area agencies including five schools and three libraries will receive a set of resources to encourage physical activity and healthy eating. The program stems from Healthy Kids Challenge and Pioneer Health Network and supports a three year Kansas Kids CAN grant across sixteen counties.
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Johnson City
Hamilton County
Pioneer Health Network
Kansas Kids C.A.N
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Healthy Kids Challenge
Vickie James
Flores hearing on hold to determine competency
A Garden City man, Jose Delacruz-Flores, 64, is accused of first degree murder in the July 15 death of his ex-girlfriend Irma Davalos-Garcia and of attempted murder for shooting at another woman. Judge Robert Frederick ordered a competency evaluation, delaying a preliminary hearing.
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Garden City
Jose Delacruz-Flores
Santa Fe St
Irma Davalos-Garcia
Delacruz-Flores
Davalos-Garcia
Surtgs Enriquez
Robert Frederick
Delacruz- Flores
David Belling
Western Regional Public Defender’s Office
Wheat prices push farmers to plant more winter wheat
Beloit farmer Michael Jordan works a drought stressed sunflower field while planning to plant 883 acres of winter wheat this season. He aims to increase wheat plantings about 10 percent amid high futures prices and a short 2006 winter crop, with Kansas growers broadly raising acreage.
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United States
State of Kansas
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Jim
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