22 Dec 2003
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 2003
Page
1
Community volunteers line the streets of Garden City to illuminate the annual luminarias display. Residents stroll the glow filled lanes as vendors offer warm drinks and local bands perform on the square.
Kamie Hagey writes daily letters to Sgt. Roger Hagey of the US Army Reserves 467th Engineering Detachment based in Garden City. He is one of 16 soldiers deployed to Iraq in May, marking their seventh and a half year of marriage with multiple separations and a new family support group that hosted a holiday dinner at the Elks Lodge as mothers and children shared gifts and Santa's lap.
Public health officials and researchers urge replacing the 90 million egg-based system with monkey cell culture and reverse genetics to cut lead times. They cite today’s shortages, wasted months, and high flu mortality as motivation for faster, more precise vaccines.
DHS chief Tom Ridge said Americans should go about their business while urging vigilance after the terror alert rose to its second highest level. He called the threat the most significant since 9/11 and noted increased airport security as the public was advised not to cancel holiday plans.
The government raised the national threat level to orange amid holiday risk, the fifth orange alert since 2002. Coordinated security with federal state and local agencies or National Guard may curb access and alter venues. Officials urge vigilance and public reporting of suspicious activity.
Joe Petersen of Garden City reflects on a life in professional horse racing begun at 14 and ended about a year ago after move back home. He notes a cameo in Seabiscuit and recalls friends and the sport that shaped his family.
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