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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 2003
Page
1
In Dodge City a pair of youngsters wait in the school superintendent’s office as a quiz bowl moment unfolds. The scene hints at a decision or understanding that seems to weigh on the children amid inquiries about the event.
Jim Douglass, former commissioner, finished fourth in the Garden City election with 1 125 votes (17 percent). Joan Perkins led with 1 456 votes (22 percent) and Gary Fuller followed at 1 327 votes (20 percent). Tommy Austin earned 1 211 votes (18 percent) for a two year term. Kraig Ransonette received 976 votes (15 percent). Incumbent Jim Wharton polled 537 votes (8 percent). Perkins and Fuller secure four year terms. Douglass weighs future options after the loss. Bramblers on the page note precinct results are on Page A5.
Incumbents Jeff Crist Gail Dunford Mike Utz and Bruce Reichmuth won re election to USD 457 Board of Education with Crist receiving 1982 votes 22 percent Reichmuth 1866 21 percent Dunford 1816 21 percent and Utz 1804 20 percent The four seats were up with opponents Ken Rishel and Conrad Rodriguez defeated Crist first joined the board in 1999 and will work with deputy superintendent Jim Lentz as superintendent beginning July.
American units of the 3rd Infantry Division and the First Marine Expeditionary Force pushed toward Baghdad and crossed the Tigris near Kut capturing a bridge. General Brooks said the Kut defense, including a key division, was destroyed as U.S. forces closed to 35 miles from Baghdad. A rescue mission freed Pfc. Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital with 11 bodies recovered.
Larry R. Ochs, 58, a Hamilton County farmer and former Syracuse City Councilman, was hooked to monitors at St. Catherine Hospital for a sleep study when he learned of Tuesday's general election results. Ochs won with 287 votes, 52 percent, over James Gordanier, who had 265 votes, 50 percent. He quipped about sleep and pledged to keep the city on an even keel.
Wichita County USD 467 failed a 10.6 million remodel bond 612 to 292 in Tuesday’s vote. Greg Fletcher, a local farmer, supported a modern high school but backed delaying the project due to cost. The plan would have funded part of an addition at the Seoti high school.
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