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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 2001
Page
1
A weather summary notes Dow Jones at 10 763 70 up 71 37 from morning. Forecast calls for sunny central and east with a slight Saturday thunderstorm chance southwest and windy conditions in the west. Highs expected 80 to 85 with Saturday night storms west and lows 45 to 60 across regions.
A brief Internet note from The Telegram directs readers to www.gctelegram.com for local news sports and editorials with updated content and site navigation.
Topeka legislators advanced a major water law overhaul creating private water banks, higher district fees and fines for over pumping. The plan, shaped by a House Senate conference committee, would let private banks lease water rights, require conservation, and allow flexible accounts for long term water use. The Equus Beds district could raise its fee cap from 60 to 65 cents per acre foot next year to fund education and monitoring for Hutchinson and nearby cities.
Local and area businesses report a booming 31 Show returning to Garden City with hotels at full occupancy. Finney County CVB notes hotels filled, some guests traveling to Dodge, Liberal, and even Lakin. Lodging at Holiday Inn Express and Ken Ark Motel reaches capacity as exhibitors and visitors boost restaurant and retail activity.
Up to 250 volunteers circulated through the fairgrounds to staff the 3R show. Don and Kimberly Areule led inside exhibitor tasks with long days of loading and unloading equipment. Millie Norman coordinated shuttle service with a bank staff offering several volunteers.
In Garden City USD 457 a statewide teacher shortage drives a multi state recruitment drive through Texas Colorado Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas Oklahoma and New Mexico as the district combats a steady 12 percent turnover among certified staff. Lentz notes Garden City sees employee mobility with overall city turnover around 25 to 30 percent and only a few teachers leaving voluntarily.
After more than four months in a Wichita hospital, Juan Acevedo remains in fair condition and has not been charged in the December 20 fatal shooting of his estranged wife Pearl Acevedo, then turning the gun on himself. The couple’s five children, ages 4 to 20, were at their east-side trailer during the incident.
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