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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 2002
Page
1
Jodi and Rowdy Cartwright pose beside a towering grasshopper statue north of Goodland in a playful local scene captured by photographers. The moment highlights local whimsy and community interest in roadside attractions.
National data show 24.2 percent of middle and high school teachers teach outside their trained subject. Garden City USD 457 has 2.56 percent of teachers teaching outside their area, Holcomb USD 363 reports none, and Scott City USD 466 has four of 84. Superintendent Daryl Prater calls it tragic to rely on uncertified tutors. See Teaching, Page AS.
Washington AP report notes that about one in four classes are taught by teachers who majored in a field different from their subject. The Education Trust says the problem is larger in schools serving poor and minority students. Craig Jerald urges administrators to fix out of field assignments as classes resume.
About 60 people attended a public comment portion of a Wheatland hearing on the water rights for a reverse osmosis plant. Property owners urged opposition to the application and stressed they should not be forgotten in the final decision.
A Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Water Resources hearing in Garden City this week considers changing three water rights held by Wheatland. Chief engineer David Pope will decide whether to alter the type of use and the location for two vested rights and one appropriation totaling three rights. About 30 people attended the proceeding so far.
United States Senator Pat Roberts vows quick action on a three billion drought relief bill for farmers and a rewrite of the 1996 farm policy. He criticizes the current farm bill as insufficient amid drought losses in Kansas and calls for a September passage while noting other GOP and Democratic proposals. He also discussed Iraq and Medicare issues and skepticism about Cuba sanctions.
GOP nominee Tim Shallenburger says he is not worried about incumbent Bill Graves's endorsement status after the August primary. Graves has not endorsed and skipped a unity breakfast, while Shallenburger and Kathleen Sebelius clash over a proposed halt to educating children of illegal immigrants.
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