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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 2002
Page
1
Eileen Cox from Lakin notes Blackie Cox performing at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs as a lighthearted local feature with a vivid cameo from Lakin.
In western Kansas fields drought keeps alfalfa uncut allowing alfalfa caterpillars to become yellow butterflies. Entomologist Phil Slederbeck notes dry conditions favor the surge with 50 to 100 males per female, causing defoliation and prompting field treatments until a hard freeze ends the outbreak.
Finney County joins five other Kansas counties in printing Spanish and English ballots for the November general election. The bilingual ballots aim to help Spanish-preferring citizens participate, with officials noting that first time voters may be more likely to vote if language barriers are reduced. The 1975 voting rights law and 2000 census prompted the measure, making 30 states require bilingual ballots in at least some counties.
A four day Garden City hearing before the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Water Resources weighed Wheatland Electric Cooperative bid to change three water rights totaling 16 184 acre feet and shift about 9 000 acre feet from industrial and agricultural use to municipal use The landowners contested claiming potential harm to nearby rights while Wheatland argued no harm Evidence centered on proposed relocation of 2 170 acre feet from Wheatland property to the Sunflower Electric plant near Holcomb and the anticipated need for a reverse osmosis plant Decision rests with Division Chief Engineer David Pope and could affect downstream users and nearby wells
Boeing workers in Wichita vote on striking as machinists extend work past contract expiry at midnight. Union mediation prompts resumed negotiations while employees risk layoffs and seek severance, bonuses, and job security amid a tense atmosphere at the Kansas plant.
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