Former Cimarron Resident Killed in Yemen Missionary Attack
An American missionary, Bill Koehn, formerly of Cimarron, and two other missionaries were killed by a gunman at a Baptist hospital in Jibla Yemen. The hospital treats over 40,000 patients yearly and offers free care to those unable to pay. A fourth missionary was wounded but expected to survive. The attacker, Abed Abdul Razak Kamel, hid a rifle under his robes to bypass security. The slain were Martha C. Myers of Alabama and Kathleen A. Gariety of Wisconsin, with Donald W. Caswell of Texas wounded. Koehn's sister described their dedication and plans to retire in 2003 in Texas.
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Baptist
Jibla
Koehn
Yemen
Martha C. Myers
Montgomery
Ala
Kathleen A. Gariety
Wauwatosa
Wis
Donald W. Caswell
Levelland
Texas
Abed Abdul Razak Kamel
Joanne
Marty
Bill
Joanne Koehn
Mission Field
the Baptist Hospital
Dave
Dave Koehn
Cimarron
Shepherd Center
City settles but faces renewed discrimination cases
In 2001-02 the city faced multiple discrimination suits including Banda and Stewart-Upchurch alleging gender bias. The city revised a grievance procedure after a captain’s demotion and paid Capt. Stan Wojdylak severance. Settlement with Banda avoids liability and mandates mediation and insurer input on future cases.
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Banda
Kansas Human Rights Commission
Stan Wojdylak
Wojdylak
Gether
James Hawkins
Halloran
Karl Stewart-Upchurch
Banda’s. Stewart-Upchurch
Police Department
Banda’s
Rebein
Stewart-Upchurch
Sebelius faces a tough promise with broad support
Gov elect Sebelius aims to harness a strong mandate to grow state programs beyond 1 billion over 18 months while pledging not to cut aid to public schools. She highlights GOP majorities of 80 45 in the House and 30 10 in the Senate as the Legislature convenes for 90 days. Sebelius cites deep ties with lawmakers and stresses timetable respect and open communication to push her agenda while noting education funding accounts for 52 percent of general fund revenue and voters favor keeping school aid intact.
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Sebelius
GOP
House
Senate
Tve
Blackout hits Garden City area causing multiple closures
Early morning outage named by Mahnken as unknown cause requiring a transformer swap. Sequoyah Theaters Westlake Ace Hardware Commerce Bank and other area businesses shut down as high voltage meters are serviced. Restoration could take one to four hours. The incident is not linked to the December 24 outage tied to a substation insulator on St. John’s Street during Christmas Eve snow.
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Sequoyah Theaters
Westlake Ace Hardware
Commerce Bank
Mahnken
Garden City
St. John’s Street
First baby of the year welcomed at St. Catherine Hospital
Irma Terrazas gave birth to a large newborn at St. Catherine Hospital with father and family nearby. The hospital noted Dec 30 and 31 produced several other births, but no Jan 1 baby, and 932 total births occurred in 2002. The family received gifts, and Irma remained in NBICU four hours after delivery awaiting discharge within 24 to 48 hours.
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Adalberto, Jr
Terrazas
Garden City
Irma
Adalberto
Lee Construction
Irma Terrazas
Bernal
St. Catherine
Roy Cessna
St. Catherine Hospital
NBICU
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Starlit Firm
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Stearns & Foster
Garnand Furniture Galleries
Furniture For Life
Maine
Ohio
John Gilligan
Kansas
Kansas Trial Lawyers Association
Potwin
Topeka
Ron Todd
St. Catherine Sibling
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