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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 2002
Page
1
At 11 a.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 9805.76, down 97.28 from this morning's opening as traders monitored early market moves. The snippet notes a morning decline in the index with no further context or named entities.
The forecast shows evening showers possible in the east then mostly cloudy skies. Western areas expect mostly clear conditions with decreasing clouds toward the center. Overnight lows range from the lower 20s in the northwest to the upper 30s in the southeast. Wednesday brings partly to mostly sunny skies with highs in the 50s to lower 60s, then partly cloudy Wednesday night.
A brief local notice indicates The Telegram’s online portal at www gctelegram com hosts current local news sports and editorials encompassing community happenings and features from the Telegram staff.
Garden City USD 457 board members reviewed how current GCHS space is stretched by day to day use. Students sometimes attend class in the concession stand or on the Clifford Hope Auditorium stage due to schedule conflicts. Assistant Principal Shelly Schwatken showed diagrams detailing the current classroom situation at the main campus.
Garden City USD 457 trustees debated moving ninth graders back into the middle grades after concerns that ninth graders mingle poorly with seventh and eighth graders. The district had moved ninth graders to Garden City High School for the 1991 92 year to streamline college credit counting.
U S Senator Pat Roberts spoke in Dighton about farm bill stalemate and agro terrorism threats during a seven county swing. He warned hoof and mouth disease Karnal bunt and possible agro terror disruptions could devastate the economy and food supply. He criticized the Senate Farm Bill and favored the House version noting its lower subsidies and higher conservation spending.
U S Senator Sam Brownback will donate 5750 from Enron to Kansas City Habitat for Humanity. He said portions have already been sent and the remainder will follow within weeks. Brownback is under two Enron related investigations and awaits further information on Arthur Andersen contributions.
Several calls warned that Abe Hubert, Kenneth Henderson, and Garden City High School would blow up. USD 457 went into lockdown as Student Resource Officers searched buildings and kept students in classrooms. By about 9 a.m. most schools were cleared and normal activity resumed. Police pursue leads to identify the juvenile caller. A prior fake bomb threat case in Scott City was cited as context.
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