Tax protester to confront Garnett city panel
Garnett resident Joe McCarthy will speak at the city commission meeting to urge repealing the approved half cent sales tax set to begin January 1. He labels the loss as illegitimate, criticizes the process, and argues for alternative funding for library expansion and other projects.
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Anderson County
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Art Barn
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Walker Art Collection
Joyce Martin
Martin
Holiday Friends event draws 800-plus to depot
Prairie Spirit Trail Friends hosted a Christmas celebration December 5 at the Santa Fe Depot drawing 800 to 1,000 visitors. A 400-plus rider miniature train, outdoor and indoor train displays, cookies, music, and a Santa visit highlighted the event. Organizers say the train is already booked for 1999.
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Arnett
Friends of the
Friends
Joyce Martin
Gary Hoopes
Princeton
C.B. Harris
Doug Miller
Frank Martin
Paul Schuster
Bob Caron
Santa
Garnett Area
Departing Kansas leaders honored by legislature
In Topeka the Legislative Coordinating Council bid farewell to Speaker Tim Shallenburger and House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer as they depart before the 1999 session. Shallenburger is moving to state treasurer, while Sawyer lost the governor's race to Bill Graves. Senate President Dick Bond presented gold trimmed desk clocks with a funeral business quip and inscription recognizing their dedicated service to Kansas.
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Kan
Legislative Coordinating Council
Tim Shallenburger
House
Tom Sawyer
Shallenburger
Sawyer
Bill Graves
Senate
Dick Bond
LCC
Kansas
Citizens of
Weekly School and Community Event Schedule
Peer elt today with junior high girls basketball at Paola at 4:45 p.m. Parents as Teachers meeting at Irving Primary Center at 7 p.m. Westphalia winter program at 7:30 p.m. Friday features basketball vs Baldwin at ACJSHS at 5 p.m. Monday includes Greeley performance assembly at 2:30 p.m. and 9 12 band and choir winter concert at ACJSHS at 7 p.m. Tuesday has Greeley Site Council at 7 p.m. and Mount Ida winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12:30 p.m. Irving performance assembly and 2 p.m. classes dismissed for Christmas break.
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Westphalia
Baldwin
Acjshs
Greeley
Greeley Site
Mount Ida
Irving Performance Assembly
Kansas City Hospitals Seek Interventions in Tobacco Settlement
Kansas City and Jackson County move to join Missouri’s tobacco settlement case, risking delay of a 6.7 billion payout over 25 years and altering advertising curbs. City health-center costs and Medicaid issues could be affected, with hearings set on interventions and final settlement.
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T. Louis
Kansas City
Jackson County
St. Louis
Jay Nixon
Nixon
Galen Beaufort
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Beaufort
Attorney General
Jimmie Edwards
Edwards
Local government meetings and holiday office closure notice
Calendar item lists Anderson County Commission Monday at 9 a.m. Garnett City Commission Tuesday at 5 15 p.m. and December 24 noon closing for Christmas for city county and Garnett Area Chamber of Commerce offices.
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Aletha Buckle
Leota Wycoff
Ruby Schuster
Elsie Fraker
Susan Caron
Sandy Peine
Gloria Trumpp
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Anderson County Commission
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