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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 2006
Page
3
Spirit of the Plains CASA received a 2574 recognition grant from the Kansas Health Foundation. The nonprofit aids abused and neglected children in the 25th Judicial District juvenile division and will use the funds to educate families and foster families about alcohol and drug abuse effects on children.
Garden City's Big Pool will operate Saturdays and Sundays 1 to 7 p.m. through Labor Day September 4, with a final 1 to 7 p.m. open on the holiday. The pool briefly closed due to algae, requiring super-chlorination. A dog swim is planned for 4 p.m. Sunday.
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors host a 2006 new employee social from 5 30 to 7 p m September 12 at Garden City Community College Beth Tedrow Student Center Portico. Open to all new Finney County hires in the last 12 months for networking. Chamber asks businesses to contact by August 29 with eligible hires for a follow up invitation.
The Finney County Commission schedules an 8 30 a m Monday meeting at the County Administrative Building 311 N Ninth St with on agenda officials including Bob Prewitt EMS director and Kaleb Kentner community planning director. In Hays a 33 year old man pleaded no contest to second degree murder and assisting death by own action in the November death of Fort Hays State University student Angela May Goddard.
EPA plans a $66 million cleanup for Baxter Springs and Treece addressing chat mine tailings and wastes from the Tri State Mining District. The plan excludes a buyout that Treece residents have sought, according to EPA geologist Dave Drake.
A Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service forecast shows major row crops hit by scorching heat and drought. Corn production is projected at 393.8 million bushels, down 15 percent from last year, with 3.15 million acres harvested and yields at 125 bushels per acre. Sorghum and soybeans also drop, wheat down from peak harvest, and overall acreage and yields decline across the state's fields.
Holcomb USD 363 trustees plan a 39.74 mill budget for 2006-07, down 0.02 from last year, with a $5,894,573 general fund and $1,515,891 supplemental fund. Bonds and interest levy is 8,597 mills, down about two mills, while a district reallocation of voting districts is also on the agenda.
Holcomb USD 363 schedules a budget hearing at 7:30 p.m. and a public meeting at 8 p.m. in Holcomb High School room 123 to discuss district boundary options. An ad hoc committee may study re-aligning boundaries or creating two three-member districts with all members elected at large.
Garden City Police Department unveils a crime scene investigation vehicle funded by a 2005 city budget. Connie Bachman praises on site processing tools including crime scope luminol and a portable fingerprinting station. The unit frees officers and reduces chain of custody issues while serving major crime scenes and on site drug tests.
Michael J. Michaud of Clay Center pleaded guilty in federal court to shooting at an airplane and injuring a pilot during a manhunt in April 2005. Under a plea deal the 29 year old faces a 20 year sentence, with other federal charges dropped. A sentencing is set for November 10.
A 34-year-old man from Independence, Bryan P Smith, faces three counts of third degree assault after releasing three pit bulls into an Independence neighborhood on May 4. The dogs attacked three men, two while mowing, with prosecutors saying he intended to stir trouble. A neighbor testified Smith admitted plans to release the dogs and later watched them escape through an open window.
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