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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 2005
Page
1
Picture This shows cousins Colton Snodgrass and Dustin Snodgrass with Tevin Briscoe at St Mary Church for Briscoe's first holy communion. Volume 76, No. 92 lists 16 pages in 2 sections.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany elected pope in the Vatican's first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Pope Benedict XVI as white smoke announced the decision. Crowds cheered in St. Peter's Square while Vatican Radio noted the quick four to five ballots.
Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill creating a trust fund to aid southwest Kansas counties facing declining oil and gas reserves. The measure, expanded to cover counties with oil wells, followed a veto last year over cost and university-system amendments. Stevens County Commissioner Dave Bozone called it one of the most important bills for future gas field declines.
The Garden City USD 457 Board approves a policy banning digital devices with cameras, after months of discussion. The rule allows regular cell phones off during school hours and at events, with confiscation and possible suspension or expulsion for privacy violations.
Finney County commissioners approved higher county employee pay grades to remain competitive with peers in other counties and cities. HR coordinator Deb Hays called the new scale aggressive and noted tenured staff previously frozen at top pay levels may still receive bonuses based on evaluation while some long‑time workers exceed new scales.
Finney County moves toward an integrated state criminal justice information system joining four counties Riley Leavenworth and Pottawatomie. The district attorney’s office will begin using the prosecutors software on May 16 enabling online charges search by race gender and offense plus tracking payments for diversion restitution and witness fees.
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