Garden City tightens bar distance rule and hires planner
Commissioners clash over how to measure distance from bars to schools and churches while approving a new planning director and changes to billing, mausoleum rules, and a Sunflower Electric contract renegotiation plan.
Highway project costs spark county city talks and tax fears
County officials outline how a 24.8 million plan grew to 54 million for a four lane expressway with overpasses and interchanges. Local funding remains 3.83 million, about 7 percent, with construction slated around 2007. Officials warn pulling funds could shift dollars to other state projects and raise property taxes. Local business owner expresses concern over lack of outreach and potential disruption to livelihoods.
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U.S. 83
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Iron Horse
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US. 50
Kansans prepare for election debates amid farm concerns
On campus at the University of Kansas Catherine Shafer plans to join Democrat and Republican friends for a watch party to hear candidates argue. Farmer Vance Ehmke in Lane County says debates must tackle farm issues, subsidies, and their impact on world markets and the WTO.
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University of Kansas
Catherine Shafer
Hutchinson
John Kerry
Shafer
Young Democrats
Lane County
Vance Ehmke
Ehmke
World Trade Organization
Misleading Money Myths Seminar Promises New Wealth Concepts
An educational seminar hosted by The Kansas Educational Institute features Bernie Rose Clark and Douglas R. Andrew author of Missed Fortune. Free in Garden City on October 5 2004 from 6 30 pm to 9 30 pm at 2001 Spruce with RSVP 620-276-0555.
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Kansas Educational Institute
Bernie Rose Clark
Douglas R. Andrew
Time Warner
Doug
Bernie
Spruce
Campus
Bernie Clark
Garden City
Students to clean graffiti in Garden City project begins
Garden City leaders and students plan a graffiti cleanup program as a community pride project. Becky Gomez and Jeanette Aldana of GCHS stress teens can change perceptions by taking ownership. The first removal is planned in about a month after Bernal returns from Russia.
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Becky Gomez
GCHS
Jeanette Aldana
Garden City
Aldana
Bernal
Russia
Abraham Lincoln
Jerry Moran
R-Hays
Body Walk educates students on nutrition at USD 45
Students experience an interactive Body Walk exhibit paid by the district to teach nutrition and anatomy. Tracy Johnson, USD 45% Director of Nutrition Services, says the program links to curriculum as the district shifts toward healthier snacks like peanuts and fruit bars. Kristen Heiman, an 11 year old Stones student, notes deeper understanding after the bones lesson, linking activity to health choices.
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Marcotte
USD
Tracy Johnson
State Department of Education
Johnson
Kristen Heiman
Stones
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