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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 2008
Page
1
Photo by Sue Messerly from Sublette shows Kenzie Messerly styling Jack Wood's hair. Volume 79 number 31 notes a 16 page paper with two sections and a 50 cent price.
Leoti voters rejected a $5 million bond issue sought to fund a new elementary school by 381 to 376 with 56 percent turnout. The defeat prompts calls for state inspection of the 84 year old R B Stewart Elementary due to termite damage and failing systems. Board member Carol Laws lamented the five vote margin as very disappointing. Superintendent Lee Tarrant said authorities will be asked to inspect and guide repairs following the failed third bond attempt.
In a brief electoral update, Obama leads in Kansas with a margin of 26 to 0 percent in early returns from 50 precincts, as preliminary results indicate a strong showing. The fragmented text suggests a news blip on initial vote counts.
Garden City District 39 caucus resulted with BARACK OBAMA receiving 64 percent from 107 votes and ANARY CLINTON 36 percent from 60 votes. The tally shows Obama leading in the district by a clear margin.
Barack Obama swept Kansas with 73 percent of the vote to Hillary Clinton’s 25 percent, securing 23 delegates to Clinton’s nine. About 37,000 voters participated at 50 caucus sites, prompting some to open secondary sites to handle overflow as supporters praised his call to engage new participants and referenced his 2004 DNC speech.
Locals braved a winter storm to attend Kansas Democratic caucuses with Garden City yielding 107 Obama votes and 60 for Clinton in District 39. Obama secured three of four district delegates and statewide 23 of 30 delegates, boosting his national tally to 26. Clinton had nine.
Kansas lawmakers heard that Holcomb coal fired power plants are needed to meet rising demand. Midwest Energy president Ernie Lehman urged legislation to guarantee a permit for Sunflower Electric Power and two cooperatives to build a 1 400 megawatt complex. The project would help replace expiring contracts and support wind energy by linking to the western grid, though wind firms did not testify in favor.
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