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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 2001
Page
3
Beginning today all roads in side Lee Richardson Zoo will close for repairs in front of the elephant exhibit through Sunday close of business. Pedestrian traffic remains open. The annual Tumbleweed Festival runs Saturday and Sunday on the west zoo side, blocked off and with a festival admission. Zoo walk-through remains free.
EMPORIA AP A man linked to a deadly apartment explosion hours after which a woman and her child died has been added to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation most wanted list. Ethan Maurice Griffin is sought as a potential witness to the July 29 blast at Eastgate Plaza and faces burglary and theft charges in Lyon County.
Rep. Bob Tomlinson of Roeland Park says he will announce a candidacy for Kansas insurance commissioner next year. He has opposed coverage mandates, arguing they raise costs, and may face GOP nomination competition from Sandy Praeger and Walker Hendrix. Democrat Kathleen Sebelius has named a campaign treasurer.
AP report from Junction City says fire heavily damaged Zion United Church of Christ, likely sparked by lightning. The pastor, living nearby, heard a loud boom before discovery. Fire Chief Mike Younkin noted the congregation area was "pretty well destroyed" with the roof burned off and debris inside. The church sits west of downtown near a middle school that remained undamaged.
In Hays Kansas lawyers contest whether the horizontal gaze nystagmus field test is scientifically valid as evidence in a drunken driving case against Andrea L Coberly 28. If deemed reliable the test could shape future Kansas cases and speed up appellate review across the state and beyond.
The Sports Car Club of America will move its 60 000 member operations from Denver to Topeka next year, with a 20 000 square foot office between Forbes Field and Heartland Park Topeka. Construction costs around 2 million dollars and about 50 staff will work there. The move, supported by a 500000 incentive and 70000 from Go Topeka, cements Kansas as a motorsports hub alongside NHRA drag races and the World of Outlaws at Heartland Park. The board voted unanimously, citing quality of life and growth prospects. Governor Graves welcomed the decision.
The 10th annual Tumbleweed Festival arrives at Lee Richardson Zoo with music and pup Peteers. Kansas Professional Rodeo finals run Friday through Sunday with mutton busting and a 1 30 p m Sunday show. 130 contestants from five states compete for the title. Also on tap are ad hoc golf, airport raceway, Shadow Canyon concert, Berachah Ministries from Louisburg MO, Kearny County Health Fair, retirement reception for Phyllis Kistler, and a Lakin church ice cream social with Fiddlers and the Pickers.
Holcomb moves to install new tornado sirens with battery choices and local electrical work at the next council meeting. The council funded two sirens, approved a $110000 Nunn Drive paving project, and set indigent attorney pay to 200 per case. The Sept 12 meeting time is 7 p.m. at the Holcomb Fire Station.
Kenneth Goff, an 18 year old Baldwin High School alum, was sentenced in Douglas County District Court to 100 hours of community service and ordered to pay restitution to Anthony McClintock for injuries from a May 24 fight in a metal shop class. Goff pleaded no contest to aggravated battery after striking McClintock with a broom handle and dispersing cleaning fluid.
U S Bankruptcy Judge Jerry Venters named two trustees to marshal assets of George L Young and Professional Business Services Inc in a Missouri cattle investment fraud case. Iowa has temporary receivership over Young’s assets, with involuntary bankruptcies led by First National Bank and U S Bank of Omaha and a separate petition by Overland Park investors. Trustees Erlene Krigel and Robert Pummill were appointed to halt transfers and prevent movement of cattle tied to the schemes across Iowa Missouri and potentially Kansas Nebraska.
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