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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 2002
Page
1
GCHS riders rally as taking over good starts fuels a rally to beat Dodge. Strong early breaks set by standout players pace the comeback with key scores and rebounds driving the final margin. The team secures a win at home, showcasing depth and hustle.
At 11 a.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 9,961.37, rising 97.78 from this morning's opening level. The upbeat move reflects broad gains across key industrial and financial stocks as investors monitor market momentum.
Tonight a stormy northwest becomes mostly cloudy with clear skies elsewhere. Winds increase in the central region. Lows range from the lower 20s in the northwest to the upper 20s in the east. Thursday brings mostly cloudy conditions in the west and cloud increase in the east. A risk of sprinkles or light flurries develops late northwest and north central areas.
The Telegram updates readers with local news sports and editorials available on its website www gctelegram com. The online portal aggregates community stories scores and opinion pieces for residents seeking digital access to regional coverage.
Garden City voters will decide on April 2 whether to renew the half cent sales tax set to end in 2005. Commissioners approved ballot wording to keep the tax and potentially reduce the city mill levy after debt is paid. The tax funds street repairs and general city spending, with windfall potential to lower property taxes once debt is retired.
Kansas Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Carla Stovall visited Garden City after Liberal, amid backlash over her tobacco litigation contract. The 1996 suit against major tobacco firms yielded about 1.6 billion for Kansas, paid over 25 years to the Kansas Endowment for Youth Fund, with critics fearing future settlement taps.
Tom Simpson of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas brands insurance commissioner Kathleen Sebelius decision on the Indiana for profit merger as political. He says the ruling harms Kansans access to care while Sebelius maintains the investigation shows many Kansans could be priced out of the market under the Anthem Blue Cross plan.
After more than a year of planning and rewriting, Sunflower Electric Power Corp clears a permit hurdle for a second power plant. The Tuesday night hearing at the Finney County Administrative Center involved the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Federal Environmental Protection Agency requiring a hearing before any construction.
The Kansas hearing on Holcomb II picks up final steps as KDHE panels weigh a 660 MW coal boiler project, a backup boiler and cooling tower. Agreement on air emissions boosts prospects while factors like visibility remain under review ahead of a potential permit decision.
Attorney General Ashcroft urged Americans to stay on the highest alert as 17 men alleged to plan an attack were identified. The FBI, citing detainee interviews in Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan, linked ring leader Fawaz Yahya al Rabiei to al-Qaida. Bush aides noted possible Osama bin Laden ties.
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