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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 2005
Page
3
The Lee Richardson Zoo will close on Sunday for Christmas and January 1 for New Year’s Day. Regular hours resume 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the rest of the week. Admission remains free for pedestrians and vehicles through February. The Finnup Center for Conservation Education will be closed Monday and January 2.
Erick De Paz, 25, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping a minor girl from her Wyandotte County home on February 27. The girl was located March 3 in Stratford, Texas, with De Paz and two juveniles. his father, Hector De Paz, 57, received four years for involvement in the case.
Bennie J. Herrings, 44, a former Wichita resident, pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing the Capitol Federal Savings Olathe branch on May 18. He admitted taking $144,000, forcing 10 employees and one customer to strip, and attempting to hijack a plane at a nearby airport. He said he planned to use the money to start a jazz supper club and faces sentencing March 20. Herrings described a personal crisis and said he did not intend to hurt hostages but would have killed himself if he failed.
A Finney County jury found Ernesto Corpus Jr. not guilty of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy after a two day trial. The verdict followed testimony from the alleged victim and Corpus Jr. and highlighted disputed evidence and a lack of certain police actions.
Governor Kathleen Sebelius mailed 2500 letters to families of Kansas National Guard members deployed overseas to thank them for sacrifices. More than 1200 guardsmen are abroad, with about 800 from the 891st Engineer Battalion returning from Iraq. Sebelius’ gesture is the first of its kind in 25 years, praised by Maj. Gen. Ted Bunting for supporting soldiers and families.
Koch Industries announces a major leadership shakeup as it nears closing on its 13.2 billion Georgia-Pacific acquisition. Joseph Moeller will become Georgia-Pacific CEO, with Bill Caffey as operations and compliance head. Dave Robertson will become Koch COO. Brad Razook rises to Flint Hills Resources president and CEO. Georgia-Pacific keeps its name, remains headquartered in Atlanta as Koch subsidiary.
Kansas health officials report 269 confirmed and 266 probable whooping cough cases this year, with Finney County reporting one confirmed and one probable. The surge, likely due to under five years cycle and reporting improvements, leads to recommendations for teens and adults in contact with infants to get vaccines.
Timothy Miller, veteran KU faculty member, named acting chair of the Department of Religious Studies through June after former chair Paul Mirecki stepped down amid controversy over an Intelligent Design course. Interim dean Barbara Romzek announced the move. Mirecki apologized for remarks and said he was attacked later.
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