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De Soto FlexRide numbers surging with gas prices
By Elvyn Jones
July 21, 2008
Johnson County Transit planning manager Cody Christensen said the two-day-a-week local system had 161 riders had in June, nearly double the 88 recorded in the same month a year earlier

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USD 232 2008-2009 budget raises levy 2.5 mills
By Leann Sulzen
July 23, 2008
The De Soto Board of Education Monday approved 4-1 to publish the 2008-09 proposed budget that includes about $16 million more in expenditures than last year’s budget. Board member Bill Fletcher dissented; board members Randy Johnson and Jim Thomas were absent from the meeting. The board will have a budget hearing at its next meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 4.
Officer, sheriff battle for GOP votes
By Elvyn Jones
July 23, 2008
Ken Smith said he feels a tinge of pity for his opponent for the Republican nomination for Johnson County Sheriff.