Garden City Telegram (Newspaper) - April 5, 2007, Garden City, Kansas What's inside Five U.S. soldiers killed in 118 Picture This Matthew Blood hanging on the monkey Photo contributed by Tessa Garden Busters split with Butler at B1 THURSDAY April 5,2007 THE GARDEN CITY Telegram Volume 78, No. 81 16 Pages 2 Sections 50 CENTS Tri-State plant plans pushed back Delay could mean fewer jobs come in to By EMILY BEHLMANN The construction of a third power plant at Sunflower Electric Power Holcomb station will be delayed as a result of a change in the needs of Sunflower partner Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. That delay will mean there will be jobs resulting from the project's Sunflower spokesman Steve Miller said this a generation and transmission had planned to construct one of three proposed 700-megawatt units at existing 360-megawatt Holcomb Tri-State has determined that it needs additional energy for its customers before 2013, the expected date when the first of the two planned plants would be commercially Miller Tri-State is therefore pursuing 300-megawatts of gas generation to serve immediate Miller Once it has this it won't need the electricity from the Sunflower plant as soon as Tri-State officials could not be reached for comment this Miller said while there will be fewer jobs because of the delay there could be jobs available for a longer period of time as the third plant moves The delay also could put con- struction on hold beyond the 96-month window the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment would allow for plant construction following the issue of a Miller If this were the Tri-State would need to submit a new application to the See Page A5 Brad City employees Johnny and Art toss a palet into the bed of a front With Old loader Wednesday as Jim Brungardt waits to toss a high chair in the 2300 block of Seventh St. The work is part of the city-wide clean up taking place this Computer virus disables county temporarily By SCOTT BERSHOF Finney County and Garden City government office computer systems were shut down last week and part of this week after a computer virus entered the system from an unkown The county first experienced problems on Thursday said County Administrator Pete and staff was able to get all systems back up and running by Tuesday and created a disruption for Olson A computer virus is a program that enters a computer usually without the knowledge of the operator and can have mild effects or can be destructive and can wipe out the computer's memory Although the virus shut down the county's entire computer the two departments that encountered significant problems were the attorney's office and the treasurer's which deals with motor vehicle Olson motor vehicle department wasn't able to communicate with the state Olson With all computers the attorney's office was able to do said county attorney virtually shut down our Wheeler couldn't even file any We had them done but we were unable to file Because the department didn't have any major cases until the middle of the no serious See Page A5 7 v Sailors return home to Britain ROYAL MARINE BASE England - Fifteen Royal Navy sailors and marines held captive by Iran returned home today to a nation relieved at their freedom but also outraged that they were used by propaganda Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that no deal had been cut for their release and he called for continued international pressure on the hard-line Iranian The open champagne and changed into fresh uniforms on the flight After landing at they smiled and stood at attention before being whisked by helicopter to the Royal Marines base at southwest of They are expected to be debriefed on their 13-day ordeal and reunited with family members at the which is 210 miles southwest of WORLD NEWS Wednesday's announcement by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Britons had been released was a breakthrough in a crisis that had raised oil prices and escalated fears of military conflict in the volatile The move to release the sailors suggested that Iran's hard-line leadership decided it had shown its strength but did not want to push the standoff too Iran did not get the main thing it sought - a public apology for entering Iranian which said its crew was in Iraqi waters when insists it never offered a quid pro instead relying on quiet diplo- Associated Press See Page A5 Royal Navy sailors Simon second from and Kaye second from and two unidentified Royal Marines prepare to board a military helicopter after arriving at London's Heathrow Airport today after being released from The 15 British sailors and marines returned home after 13 days in DIGHTON NEWS Credit union a possibility in Dighton By STEPHANIE FARLEY DIGHTON - A group of area businessmen and others are hoping to start a credit union in Dighton to give residents and current and future business owners in the Lane County and the area another financial institution to turn Allen president and chief lending officer for the proposed credit Pioneer State Credit said he hoped to get the credit union started to serve area customers not satisfied with the way their banking and finances were being Bretz said the group has applied for a state credit union charter through the Kansas Department of Credit A credit union is a not-for-profit financial owned by its according to the The states that a credit which doesn't pay income is operated by its who serve as in the union and work together to provide financial management and borrowing or lending for other See Page A5 POLICE DEPARTMENT Student could face charges in alleged By SCOTT BERSHOF A 12-year-old student may face charges in connection with a case in which a foreign substance consistent with fecal matter was found in peas at Abe Hubert Middle School in according to the Garden City Police After almost a the Garden City Police Department filed an affidavit that will be forwarded to the Finney County Attorney's office requesting a complaint be filed for either 33-counts of criminal threat or one count of criminal threat against the boy who is a student at the school stemming from the 7 said Garden City police Capt. Food contamination falls under the charge of criminal threat under state See Page A5 Inside Annie's AB Sports Opinion A3 TV Listings Check us out online at Inspiring Minds realized a long time ago that a belief which does not spring from a conviction in the emotions is no belief at - Evelyn American author Friday's weather plenty of of 28. mostly High of 35, low of 24. Details on Page 0672472000507
