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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 2003
Page
1
Total voters reach 12,015 with 12 percent turnout. Jim Wharton, listed as incumbent, advances among the top six for the April 1 election. Three seats remain open, signaling a contested local race heading into the polls.
Jim Douglass led Juana Perkins by two votes in Garden City Commission primary results. With 742 to 740, both advance to the April 1 general along with Gary Fuller, Tommy Austin, and others. Incumbent Jim Wharton and several others were also listed. Starr and Brougher exit April ballot.
Garden City commissioners on Tuesday approved spreading the higher March electricity cost caused by routine Sunflower Electric Power Corp maintenance. Sunflower, a coal fired utility, will buy power from another supplier yet to be chosen, raising the city’s April bill.
Public Utilities Director Joel Mahnken warned that placing the entire charge on the May bill would add about 20 to the average utility customer. Commissioners approved a plan to spread the cost across March April May and possibly June bills, estimating a typical user at 500 kilowatt hours would pay 2.50 on March and April, with the May bill covering the remainder if costs stay within estimates. The city must gauge costs until Sunflower buys external power, making the final charge uncertain.
Dentists finalize plans for a three day free dental clinic in Garden City at the Finney County Exhibition Building. The mobile clinic runs 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, offering fillings sealants removals and cleanings to about 2000 people and featuring volunteers from Texas and Virginia with a Thursday briefing and a visit from Governor Kathleen Sebelius.
The USD 494 Local Option Budget increase was defeated 443 to 391 as Hamilton County voters rejected raising the LOB from 17.28 to 25 percent. Board President Kent Eddy and residents weighed tax impact, district spending worries, and drought effects on the economy.
In Tuesday's primary 57 percent turnout elected to determine Syracuse's next mayor. Garret Shamburg, four term incumbent, earned only 6 percent with 33 votes amid a misdemeanor domestic battery case and six month anger management diversion. Larry R. Ochs led with 202 votes (33 percent) and James Gordani er followed with 28 percent. The two advance to the April 1 general election.
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