Garden City and Finney County observe Tuesday closures
City and county offices in Garden City and Holcomb close Tuesday for New Year. Banks and post offices, libraries, museums and the Telegram also suspend service. Wal-Mart branch closes Monday at 6 pm. No Tuesday edition of the newspaper will be published.
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Garden City City
Holcomb City
Finney County
Garden City
Commerce Bank
Wal-Mart
Commercial Federal Bank
Farm Credit of Garden City
First National Bank of Holcomb
Garden City State Bank
Landmark Federal Savings Bank
Security Savings Bank
Stock Growers State Bank
Memorial balloon travels 800 miles linking strangers
A Kansas family memorial balloon voyage began after Gage Switzer, an eight year old Hesston pupil, died when a tarp trapped him under a tractor. After his funeral, over 100 balloons were released and a Georgia man traced one to his five acre Greenville property, creating an unexpected cross state friendship.
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Pleasantview
Darlow
D.K. Freeman
Greenville
Blue Cross sale could yield uneven checks for Kansas firms
The proposed 321 million sale of Blue Cross to Anthem would distribute funds to 171 403 policyholders. Companies with more than 50 employees would receive about 100 000, while those with 50 or fewer get around 1000 or less. Don's Auto Center would receive 479.76 despite seven workers, triggering questions about fairness. The payout depends on a formula based on profitability claims history size and tenure with Blue Cross, approved by the state's Insurance Commissioner.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
Kansas
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Mike Grammer
Don’s Auto Center
Lawrence
Blue Cross
Graham Bailey
Don's Auto Center
Bailey
Anthem
Kansas’ Insurance Commissioner’s Office
Florists from Johnson City help decorate Rose Parade float
Denise Huse and Anna Hudgins from Expressions in Johnson City joined volunteers in Pasadena to decorate the American Society of Civil Engineers float for the 2002 Rose Parade. They worked five days, hung from a 20 foot scaffold to apply clover seed and other natural materials, volunteered without pay, and returned home to watch the parade with families.
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Johnson City
Empire State Building
Pasadena
Calif
Denise Huse
Expressions
American Society of Civil Engineers
Anna Hudgins
Huse
Phoenix Decorating
Phoenix
California
Hudgins
Rodeo Drive
Santa Monica Pier
Third Street
Lake Tahoe
Canada
Golden Gate Bridge
HGTV
Tuse
Migrant family roots and conAgra plant fire in Garden City
Juana Perkins, a former migrant child now a Garden City official, reflects on her family’s move in the early 1970s and a 1990s fire that left 2,300 out of work. Many migrants stayed, finding new jobs, schooling adapted, and community ties strengthened as unemployment and retail trends shifted.
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Juana
Janie” Perkins
Mexico
Garden City
Antonio Vargas
IBP
Perkins
ConAgra
Juana Perkins
Jim Herlihy
Liberal
Dodge City
Send
Milt Pippenger
Pippenger
Graves faces tough final Kansas year amid budget shortfall
In Topeka, Gov. Bill Graves confronts a $426 million fiscal 2003 shortfall as he nears the end of his eighth year. He plans partial tax increases to avoid deeper cuts, especially to education and social services, while critics question his focus and vision. Graves will leave office in January 2003 for a role with the American Trucking Associations.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Graves
Associated Press
Kansas
American Trucking Associations
National Industry Association
Carlos Mayans
Wichita
House
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
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Gabriel Ornelas
Walch Trucking
Holcomb
Iron Horse
U.S. Highway 50
Ornelas
Graham K
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