Garden City News

Garden City educators voted this week to approve the 2009-10 teacher contract, with 174 teachers voting for the contract and 118 teachers voting against it.

Garden City Recreation Commission Superintendent John Washington and others who use and work at the facility always have known they would need a larger space for people to work out.

Results of a study looking for errors in information used to argue that hundreds of properties in Finney County should be added to the flood plain is back, and the study found several errors that local officials hope will lead to a decrease in the number of properties in the flood plain.

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott and Wichita counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Garden City.

On Tuesday morning the Garden City USD 457 Board of Education will hold a short meeting to pay bills and consider approving a series of agreements, a grant from the state and several other items on the agenda.

A number of southwest Kansas area basketball players were named to the 2009 Kansas Basketball Coaches Association all-state teams.

The challenge in sticking up a sign, monument or other object for passersby to read on their way in or out of town is that the city has a short time span a ' a matter of seconds a ' to make an impression, according to Nathan Preheim and Nick Bowden, with Olsson Associates.

Harley Foulks, Garden City, was inducted into the Kansas Cooperative Hall of Fame recently during the Kansas Farmers Service Association and Kansas Co-op Council's annual dinner in Hutchinson.

Garden City Downtown Vision Director Beverly Schmitz Glass walked away from Tuesday's City Commission meeting with encouragement from commissioners to continue working toward the entity possibly being housed one day with the Finney County Economic Development Corp.

While the details still need to be worked out, such as a timeline for work, the city of Garden City is moving forward with an addition to the Finnup Center for Conservation Education.

Lying on a Colorado Rockies blanket, 9-month-old Kade Davis takes the hand he's been chewing on and rubs his slobbery fingers along one of his feet, playing with his toes.

Lewis Motors in Garden City will continue selling Nissans, but the dealership won't be selling General Motors models Chevrolet or Cadillac for much longer, dealership owner Jim Lewis said.

While the city of Garden City currently is showing a small increase of about $1.8 million in planned general fund expenditures -- partially funded through property tax -- City Finance Director Melinda Hitz and other city staff say they are confident they can keep the city's mill levy stable for 2010.

Summer brings many outdoor activities, county fairs and festivals. But the moisture in the air and hotter temperatures also bring an unwelcome guest: the mosquito.

A man has been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery of a Garden City store.

By KATIE MARTIRE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Local band, Bipolar Echo dominated the Battle of the Bands contest held in Garden City, Kan., being proclaimed the Mosaic Battle of the Bands.

The 2009 Summer Strings Camp has been scheduled for July 14-16, and Coordinator Doug Beyer is hoping to double participation with a total of 50 young musicians.

Rural communities understand the constant struggle to create economic opportunities for our workers and their families.

A Garden City man was injured Friday afternoon in Hodgeman County, after his semitrailer caught fire in a crash.

Living in Garden City, Javier De La Rosa had to grow up fast. He learned English in school and became a leader in his Mexican-American family, reading bills to his Spanish-speaking parents, interpreting at doctors visits and serving as "a mediator between the outside world and my parents." But the Garden City High School graduate and future ...