Districts Hope for Enrollment Rebound After Jobs Loss
Garden City USD 457 plans a rebound as population edges toward pre disaster levels after the ConAgra plant fire killed 2,300 jobs and trimmed about 200 students from 2000 enrollment. Healy USD 468 also eyes growth from Prairie Fire BioEnergy start up and local opportunities. Greeley County USD 200 fronts housing and development work to attract residents as it seeks a tipping point after years of decline.
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Garden City
Usd 457
Rick Atha
ConAgra
David Crase
Atha
John LaFave
Healy Usd 468
Prairie Fire BioEnergy Cooperative
Healy
LaFave
Greeley County
Christy Hopkins
Northwest Kansas Housing Inc
Bill Wilson
Cimarron
Copeland
Deerfield
Dighton
Holcomb
Hugoton
Ingalls
Lakin
Scott
Montezuma
Moscow
Satanta
Scott County
Stanton County
Sublette
Ulysses
Syracuse
Farmers not having trouble securing ag credit in Kansas
In Kansas the 10th District sees rising farm loan demand for operating funds amid input cost increases while overall credit conditions tighten only modestly. Farm loan delinquency in Kansas stands at a 13 year low of 2.5 percent as lenders report no sharp changes and government loan volume declines mainly in the guarantee program due to solid crop yields and prices.
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Federal Reserve Bank
10Th
Federal Reserve District
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency
Arlyn Stiebe
Stiebe
Kansas Agency
Garden City voters weigh 97.5 million bond for new high school
City officials and educators present the plan to fund a larger high school north of Mary Street and east of Campus Drive with 37 percent state funding. The proposal would also convert Garfield Elementary into an early childhood center and reconfigure grade splits. Officials caution on mill rate increases and urge community input before the November 4 vote.
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Harness
Mary Street
Campus Drive
Garfield
Abe Hubert
Deerfield High School
USD 457
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Dodge City
Salina
Hays
Holcomb
Liberal
John Doll
Doll
Reynaldo Mesa
Garden City
Mesa
Crase
Congress restarts talks on financial rescue plan
The article outlines renewed negotiations as Republicans press for changes to the Bush plan. John Boehner demands no upfront government money and threatens opposition if the plan remains unchanged. Democrats stay confident the legislation will pass, with Harry Reid and Barney Frank urging bipartisan action.
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Washington Mutual Inc
U.S
Treasury
House
John Boehner
Nancy Pelosi
Boehner
Harry Reid
D-Nev
House Financial Services
Barney Frank
Bush
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