ConAgra fire cuts into kosher brisket supply for Passover
The ConAgra Garden City beef plant fire worsens a tight kosher meat supply already strained by Argentina’s foot and mouth outbreak. Industry sources warn of higher prices and limited brisket availability through Passover and beyond, with spot shortages reported in Atlanta and Los Angeles. Prices have risen about 15 percent, and wholesalers warn the decline in imports will affect summer supplies.
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Wharton Set for Garden City Mayoral Post Amid Tradition
The Garden City commission will swear in two new members Janie Perkins and Jeff Whitham plus a returning mayor Reynaldo Mesa and vice mayor. If tradition holds, Jim Wharton will become mayor with Mesa as vice mayor, though the Geyer Rule limits rookies from the top post. New terms: Mesa four years, Whitham four years, Perkins two years. The meeting Tuesday at 1 PM will saw old business, then switch to new business and leadership.
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Endowment auction roars in Garden City for scholarships
About 1,000 people browsed items from boots to dried flowers at Garden City Community College Endowment Association’s 23rd annual auction in the fairgrounds Exhibition Building. Proceeds go to student academic and technical scholarships as organizers chase a $100,000 goal, with final totals to be announced Saturday morning. Local residents bid, socialized, and enjoyed a motorcycle theme titled King of the Road Rally.
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Graves signs crop destruction crime bill in state
Gov. Bill Graves signed a new law making crop destruction a crime and authorizing penalties for trespassers harming field plants. The 91st session added this measure after activists targeted gene altered crop research plots, with Sen. Morris backing the bill citing research losses in other states.
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