May 18, 2012

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December 2011 citations issued in Gardner

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Members of Gardner chapter of TOPS make resolutions, win awards

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

Josh Jakobe, Wellsville, is a volunteer pilot for Pilots N Paws, a non-profit organization that transports pets from kill shelters to adoptive families in other parts of the country.  Submitted photo

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, [...]

Around Town

Question: What is being done to the viaduct on Elm Street in downtown Gardner? Answer: The wooden structure that was built sometime in 1917 is in the process of being torn down.  Demolition started on Jan. 13 and was to be completed on Jan. 17. The bridge has been closed since 2005 when it was [...]

Governor wants taxpayers to keep more of their money

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

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

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

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

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 [...]