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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 2001
Page
3
Finney County undersheriff Mike Warren says four Jenson Builders employees Alan Howard Terry Moreland Matthew Barker and L S Thedford were overcome by carbon monoxide while pouring cement at Holcomb IBP plant. They were taken to St Catherine Hospital and released within hours.
Garden City Community College hosts homecoming activities tonight with a men's basketball game at 8 p.m. The king and queen will be crowned at halftime around 9 15. Candidates include Queen Maria Carton Rocky Gilford Airyn Kloempken Shauna Pierce Robyn Priest and King Amir Abdur Rahim Jaime Banda Leo Cangiani Chris Jackson Josh Truman.
Garden City Fire Chief Allen Shelton reports a basement fire at Tony Mondragon’s residence 1603 Vincant St caused by a candle on a heater. Occupants were away. damage minimal aside from smoke. He notes three candle fires in 30 days and urges supervision at all times, especially with children present.
Finney County Undersheriff John Andrews reported more than 638 dollars in alcohol and items stolen from Club 45 at 5930 E Mansfield Road. Thieves took 26 cases of beer liquor a 19 inch television and 50 dollars in quarters around 430 am. No suspects named. owners suspect a patron remained after closing.
A residence on Hillcrest Street was burglarized between Thursday afternoon and today, resulting in a $3,850 loss. The thief removed a 32 inch television, a VCR, $1,500 in women’s jewelry, and $1,400 in men’s jewelry from Gilbert Amaya’s home at 4755 Hillcrest St. No arrests have been reported.
The Garden City Telegram states its policy to correct errors and advises readers to call 275-8500 if they notice a mistake in the publication. The notice emphasizes accountability and reader feedback.
Grain prices at the Garden City Co op show Wheat at 2.04, Soybeans at 4.21, with Mile and 3.35 appearing as figures. This brief market note lists commodity quotes in an unclear OCR fragment. The key entities are Garden City Co op, Wheat, Soybeans, and the numeric prices.
Finney County Commission set to discuss EMS overages of about 38 thousand dollars amid receipts 80 thousand above plan. EMS director Bob Prewitt cites move to Mary Street facility and extra county events as key causes. Additional costs came from new locks, computer system moves, utilities, and phone bills. Bid openings, a closed session on non elected personnel, and Sewer District No. 3 update also on the agenda.
Lakin Middle School's first year tech lab teaches students to edit and produce news and commercials while exploring aerodynamics. Seventh and eighth graders take 22 modules, with video production recently added, using digital cameras and chroma key to create a news cast PSA and a commercial.
Garden City and much of southern and western Kansas communities start using 620 area code today with permissive dialing through November 3. Calls may use 620 or 316. The change aims to ease digit dialing and allow businesses to update stationary and contact info. Alltel offers reprogramming help and nine informational fairs. Further questions can reach kansas code hotline 1 800 869 5868.
Outside TOPEKA Kansas partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures are forecast by the National Weather Service. Highs near 40 in the northeast and north central regions and 45 to 50 elsewhere. Tonight lows 15 to 20 north and 20s south. Sunday similar with highs 40 north central northeast and 45 to 50 elsewhere. Overnight and early week dry with a chance of rain by Wednesday. Road condition hotline 1 800 585 7623.
Weather records show a record low minus 13 on this date in 1996 and a record high of 76 in 1934. Last year the high was 56 and the low 18. YTD precipitation is 1.23 inches versus 0.66 a year ago, with the February average at 0.78 inches, per Southwest Kansas Research Extension Center.
The weather report for Garden City calls for partly cloudy conditions today with a high in the mid 40s and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight remains partly cloudy with a low in the lower 20s. Sunday will stay partly cloudy with a high in the mid 40s and Sunday night a low 15 to 25.
Zoo director Dan Baffa says a female Asiatic black bear living at Lee Richardson Zoo for over 30 years is deteriorating. Staff give extra heat and aim to keep her comfortable while aging is the likely cause, with the possibility she may not move to a new exhibit.
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