Members of Gardner chapter of TOPS make resolutions, win awards
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sandy Husted Special to The Gardner News It is the time of year that many people make a New Year’s Resolution to go on a diet and lose weight. Karen Thomas, Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) chapter leader, gave a very fitting demonstration at the Dec. 27 meeting. Dressed in appropriate attire, she brewed up [...]
Pilots N Paws delivers pets to adoptive families
January 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Two of Josh Jakobe’s passions are flying his airplane and helping animals. Jakobe, who is originally from Gardner but now lives in Wellsville, gets to combine those passions through his involvement in Pilots N Paws, a non-profit organization that transports pets from kill shelters to adoptive families hundreds of miles away. Jakobe, [...]
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January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Governor wants taxpayers to keep more of their money
January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Martin Hawver Guest columnist We’ve all now seen Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to lower individual income tax rates and—as Brownback likes to put it—let Kansans keep more of their hard-earned money in their pockets instead of sending it to Topeka. Sounds pretty good for most Kansans, and the governor accomplishes that tax reduction by eliminating [...]
OUR VIEW: Gardner council dysfunction continues with KOMA violations
January 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
For anyone who regularly follows Gardner politics, it’s no surprise that members of the Gardner City Council twice violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe recently notified council members that they had violated the act – once, by discussing employee salaries in executive session and again in a series of [...]
Divided council vetoes purchases
January 20, 2012 By 6 Comments
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com City Council members vetoed two purchases – a new dump truck and a lightning protection system for the Hillsdale Water Treatment Plant – despite staff recommendations to make the purchases. After council members voted down the $67,735 dump truck purchase, Interim City Administrator Mike Press told council members that city staff doesn’t [...]
Chamber endorses school bond issue
January 20, 2012 By 8 Comments
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com The Gardner Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors offered its endorsement to the USD 231 school bond issue in late December. The group, comprised of business owners and leaders in Gardner and Edgerton, agreed to endorse the $72 million bond issue to build a new elementary school, a new middle school, [...]
Twitter may change how we communicate
January 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
Danedri Thompson columnist Will 140 characters change the world? I’m beginning to be a believer. If nothing else, Twitter may change the way we live in it. Of course, this is coming from an addict, and I find myself using the micro-blogging site for just about everything. Signing on to Twitter is like joining a [...]
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