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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 2002
Page
1
Kansas students posted a 21.6 composite on the ACT, higher than the national 20.8 average. State education commissioner Andy Tompkins cited strong English 21, Math 21.3, Reading 22.1, and Science 21.5 scores amid higher standards and funding pressures.
Garden City High School students scored above the national ACT average but below the state average for 2001-02. The GCHS average was 21.3 with 176 test takers, while the national average stood at 20.8 and the state at 21.6. Principal Kevin Burr notes progress in narrowing the state gap.
Kansas State University entomologist Jorge Ayala collects blood from poultry in Garden City to determine if West Nile virus is present locally. He notes chickens do not get ill or spread the virus and meat or eggs stay safe, with no confirmed cases west of Dodge City so far.
Kansas National Guard units Battery A of the 1st Battalion field artillery based in Garden City Battery C and headquarters battery in Wichita received alert orders for a possible mission. An alert is not a mobilization. Fort Riley officials expect all three batteries to arrive by Sept 6.
Garden City updates 44 school crossing signs replacing old yellow with black-on-yellow-green, adding 22 with lights and upgrading 20 already lit. New button-activated flashing crosswalks appear at Mary Street Henderson Drive and Campus Drive Pawnee Road, with a Fleming Mac streets corner sign. Project cost 184091 dollars, mostly funded by Kansas Department of Transportation.
Zachery Messer a 12 year old from 1706 Maggie Street was killed Tuesday evening when his bicycle rode into the path of a 1997 Chevy Tahoe driven by his uncle Wesley Sargent 25 of 1904 Labrador No 2 on Henderson Drive Messer was knocked from his bike and taken to St Catherine Hospital then Lifewatch to Via Christi St Francis in Wichita He died early today Police Captain Mike Utz said no citations were issued and the case remains under investigation Messer would have begun sixth grade Thursday at Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center The first day of school saw traffic slowed to 20 mph in the area with updated light reflective signs near Garden City schools
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