05 Dec 2002
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 2002
Page
1
Ava Howie and Maken Zie Flax rest after a hearty meal while Cherie Folk and Satants observe in a candid moment.
Max Liedtke, 58, and his wife Katherine, 62, died when their 2001 Ford van collided with a semi on US Highway 83 south of Thedford Nebraska. Ice on the road and no seat belts were factors. Jody Lee McGarvey of Leeds NC drove the semitrailer. he was uninjured. The Liedtkes had married in 2000 and were returning from a Nebraska job.
Newly elected State School Board member Connie Morris cancels several book signings across Kansas due to threats of picketing. She will sign in Hays on Thursday and Friday and Sunday, maintain a December 18 engagement in Lawrence, and has canceled or postponed appearances in Liberal, Topeka, Wichita, Salina, and Manhattan. Her memoir From the Darkness details a life of overcoming abuse and hardship.
Connie Morris of St. Francis accuses Garden City Mayor Tim Cruz of illegal immigration in an email to a Nevada anti immigration group. Cruz responds that the claim is false and notes he was born in Garden City in 1959 to American-born parents.
Garden City and The Home Depot near finalizing a deal guiding a 1.5 million sales tax reimbursement for a new store. If a Dodge City or Liberal store is built, the reimbursement would be forfeited, with an 80 mile limit and possible other locations in Ford and Seward counties. Mayor Tim Cruz seeks clarification before final approval.
Garden City sees rising costs in workers compensation and health insurance in 2002 while state cuts to transfers hit finances. A 1:30 p.m. public hearing at 301 N Eighth St reviews amendments to avoid mill levy changes for 2002 and 2003, with moves including switching drug plans and raising employee premium co-pays. The health insurance reserve sits red at 322 thousand, but a plan to transfer 500 thousand to the general fund aims to limit taxes, preserving a 1 million reserve target.
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