Airport funds mismanaged? Gard City faces uncollected revenues
City commissioners scrutinize why 87220 in rents and airport fees went uncollected in 2001 and for months after. New airport manager Gus Esquivel investigates incomplete files and imperfect financial controls, while Finance Director Melinda Hut seeks more warning of missteps. Esquivel vows to get the airport’s finances in order as commissioners demand accountability.
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Arden City
Garden City
Gus Esquivel
Esquivel
Melinda Hut
Andy Perry
Anniversary Voices Contrast Pain and Remembrance
Dee Ragusa, mother of firefighter Michael who died on Sept 11, resists heavy anniversary TV coverage. Neil Cavuto defends memorial programming. Dr Panagiotis Zavos defends human cloning on CNN amid ongoing bans by Congress and the U.N. General Assembly, with Britain and a few states prohibiting cloning.
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Dee Ragusa
Michael
Fox News Channel
Neil Cavuto
Panagiotis Zavos
CNN
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U.N. General Assembly
Great Britain
On This Day in History August 13 2002 Highlights
Today's highlight recalls events from 1961 Berlin border closure to stop refugees, 1521 Cortez capture of Mexico City, 1624 Richelieu named minister, 1846 Los Angeles flag raise, 1910 Nightingale death, 1932 Hitler rejection of vice chancellor post, and 1934 Li'l Abner debut by Al Capp.
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Cae
Berlin
East Germany
Hernando Cortez
Mexico City
Louis
Cardinal Richelieu
Los Angeles
Florence Nightingale
Modern Nursing
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Li’l Abner
al Capp
Rec Commission Debates Pool Handling and Relocation
Community buzz centers on whether to vote or comment by email or fax about the pool. Options include fixing its site, closing it, rebuilding elsewhere, or relocating. The Rec Commission cited location as a reason for not taking over management.
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Rec Commission
Time-out focuses Garden City bond decision
The USD 457 school board postponed a bond issue for a new freshman center at Garden City High School. The column urges a numbers review, attendance realities, and community engagement before resuming the vote, stressing trust, transparency, and open meetings to find a broad solution benefiting students and the future.
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USD 457
Garden City High School
Garden City Community College
GCHS
Rove’s 2004 path hinges on key battlegrounds and suburban women
The article analyzes how Bush’s 2000 victory relied on a narrow Florida win and a 2004 strategy emphasizing California and mega-states. It notes California’s tough electorate, Dick Riordan’s replacement by William Simon Jr, and Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Illinois as pivotal states. It highlights Taft and Pataki as centrist governors, while warning that several GOP nominees in crucial states lean right, risking suburban female support and future wins.
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White House
Bush
Supreme Court
Florida
al Gore
Southern
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Plains
California
Los Angeles
Dick Riordan
William Simon Jr
Gray Davis
Simon
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Bob Taft
Cleveland
George Pataki
Rove
Taft
Pataki
Texas
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Jim Ryan
Mike Fisher
Dick Posthumus
Washington
Fisher
Ryan
Joe Schwarz
Schwarz
Oakland County
Detroit
John McCain
Philadelphia
Chicago
A Whale of a Problem and a Turning Tide
In a Harvard Square menu tale, a whale steak sparks reflection on changing ethics toward animals. A Cape Cod pilot whale stranding draws volunteers, rescue efforts, and a human sense of loss as Thoreau’s America's past meets modern conservation debates. Ellen Goodman notes rising consumer appetite for preservation amid politics and industry.
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Cape Cod
Thoreau
America
Nantucket
Ford
California
White House
Administration
Iraq
Saddam
Senate
Pennsylvania Avenue
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