Although Spring Hill council members voiced their support for the project, the city will not financially contribute to Miami County’s 223rd Street underpass. The council did not take formal action on the county’s request for approximately $750,000 for the project, however members reached a consensus that the city could not afford to fund a portion of the stalled underpass project.
"Given the current state… I don’t think it’s a good investment of the taxpayers’ dollars," city council member Stephen Ellis said.
Cancer survivors walk the first lap to kick off Relay for Life festitivities. This year’s theme was “Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back” and drew a record number of participants. Photo by Mark Taylor/The Gardner News
Mark Taylor
mtaylor@gardnernews.com
Hundreds of people walked the Wheatridge Middle School track July 13-14 in hopes of putting an end to cancer.
By the end of the 12-hour marathon, more than $81,000 was raised to benefit the American Cancer Society’s research for a cure.
More than 157,700 brochures hit Johnson County mailboxes this week. Their purpose, according to county officials, is to inform voters about the quarter-cent sales tax referendum on the Aug. 5 ballot.
But not everyone buys that story. Several citizens say the pamphlets attempt to advocate the quarter-cent sales tax, although the brochure never asks voters to approve the tax initiative.
A citizen-initiated petition to restrict industrial warehouse tax abatements to 30 percent for 10 years may be settled in court.
Gardner Alliance for Equitable Taxation has filed for a mandamus hearing just weeks after the Gardner City Council voted to take no action on the petition.
Leaders of the initiative said the city has 20 days to adopt the petition or challenge it in court.
A firework from one of the Roberts’ displays explodes over Gardner last year. File Photo
Amy Cunningham
acunningham@gardnernews.com
Relaxing backyard barbeques, watermelon and sparklers may bring back warm 4th of July memories but for the Don Roberts family Independence Day is no time for kicking back. It’s the busiest time of the year.
Roberts and his wife Shelby of Edgerton have turned a hobby into a contracting business that keeps them busy for half of the year. Currently the couple works shooting pyrotechnics for three different companies.
A photo taken inside the Spring Hill Grade School last summer reveals extensive damage to the building’s interior.
Danedri Thompson
newera@kc.rr.com
An in-depth structural analysis of the old Spring Hill Grade School revealed that the building needs $232,000 in repairs to make it structurally sound. Approximately 15 percent of the estimate is contingency money in case the repairs did not go quite as planned.
Rob Summer, analyst with Norton and Schmidt, told Spring Hill council members at a meeting on June 26 that the cost estimate does not include any extras like replacing doors and windows, redoing electrical and general finishing.
