Garnett adopts weed and grass ordinance with single notice
Garnett City Commission approved a new weed and grass ordinance allowing one notice per growing season before officials may cut vegetation over eight inches and bill the landowner. The rule also requires permits to grow grass for haying or grazing, with fines or relocation for unauthorised pastures.
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Wn Arnett
Garnett City
Garnett
Rick Doran
Anderson County News
Anderson County Economist and Morgan Research Group, Ltd
Garnett plans asphalt projects including Lake Garnett Road
Garnett City Commission outlined about 88000 for paving work this summer. The Garnett Kart Club will join with the city, contributing 10000 toward paving a portion of Lake Garnett Road ahead of a national four day enduro go kart race in June. Other projects include asphalt pads at Crystal Lake for camping sites costing 4536 and additional street paving around 38000. The panel also approved new informational signs for Highway 169 59 and scheduled spring cleaning April 21 25 with open burning April 19 27 weather permitting. Changes to curbside pick up limit construction and demolition waste and require shingles be discarded. Debris must be sorted into separate stacks with large appliances requiring Freon removed. Special pickup for large appliances available through city hall.
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Arnett
Garnett
Rick Doran
Killough Construction
Ottawa
Lake Road
Crystal Lake
Doran
City Hall
Gumbel to join CBS for prime time magazine show
Bryant Gumbel leaves NBC's Today after 15 years to headline a new CBS prime time magazine series, with a five year deal plus three annual specials and a syndicated program venture. ABC wooed him but CBS announced the move and clarified the program will not replace 48 Hours or 60 Minutes.
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EW York
Bryant Gumbel
NBC
CBS
Gumbel
ABC
CBS News
Andrew Heyward
CBS Evening News
Dan Rather
Network TV
Ethanol subsidy questioned over security and environment
A General Accounting Office report shows the ethanol tax break has cost the federal Highway Trust Fund 7.1 billion since 1979 with little impact on air pollution or energy security. Representative Bill Archer urges elimination, warning the subsidy would drain 2.4 billion more through 2000 and harms road and bridge funding.
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Ashington
Federal Highway Trust Fund
General Accounting Office
House Ways and Means
Bill Archer
R-Texas
Archer
Highway Trust Fund
Board keeps book on shelves in county high school
The Garnett Board of Education defeated a bid to remove the book Shad ow from Anderson County Junior/Senior High School by a 5-2 vote after a review committee recommended keeping it. Laurinda Pearson had requested removal citing graphic language. The meeting also approved a 1997-98 bus contract with Crabtree-Harmon about 7 percent higher than this year and a district insurance package at 61 114 dollars. Boil er replacement bids around 100000 were discussed for Garnett Elementary. Resignations were noted from Evan Shaffer Heidi Stohs and Brett Shaffer with new track coaches named.
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Arnett
Anderson County
Garnett Board of Education
Laurinda Pearson
Pearson
Crabtree-Harmon Company
Garnett Elementary
Evan Shaffer
Heidi Stohs
ACHS
Brett Shaffer
Steve Lyons
Anderson County community calendar items and events
Calendar listings indicate forensics tournament at Anderson County High School at 7 30 a m Saturday. Garnett Recreation sponsors a day long signup Friday for youth softball baseball and co ed softball with parental consent forms and fees. Tractor safety training in Iola Saturday 8 a m Riverside Park fair building open to ages 14 18. Red Cross chili supper bake sale March 18 United Methodist Garnett 4 30 7 30 p m. Hospital Board Trustees meeting 7 p m March 18 Long Term Care basement. Bake sale in Greeley March 22 9 a m to noon for Red Cross. Rural Water District 2 meets 7 30 p m March 17 City Hall Westphalia. Music league event rescheduled for March 18. K State singers concert 7 30 p m Thursday at Garnett High School auditorium.
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Garnett Recreation Department
City All
Anderson County
Iola
Riverside Park
Anderson County Extension Office
American Red Cross
United Methodist Church
Garnett
Anderson Count Hospital Board of Trustees
Greeley
Greeley City Hall
Rural Water District No. 2
City Hall
Westphalia
Garnett Area
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