Flu like unofficial epidemic grips area hospitals
Emergency rooms treat 15 to 20 flu cases daily at St. Catherine Hospital with patients across all ages. Five flu related deaths reported in Wichita. Hospitals statewide note a surge around Christmas, with some hospitalizations but no confirmed flu deaths. Advice emphasizes fluids, fever and cough care, avoidance of aspirin for children, and monitoring symptoms.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Dean Zerr
Zerr
Zero
Sandra Cameron
Kearny County Hospital
Lakin
Scott County Hospital
Scott City
Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital
Ulysses
Roger Pearson
Christmas Farewell Day With City Tree Pickup
Otero and city crew members gather to collect holiday trees for a recycling project. The effort marks a seasonal farewell as they sort and transport the trees to a community recycling site.
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Otero
Daniel Otero
Parkwood Drive
Weather may stall Lakin switch over plan
Weather could delay Lakin's switch from Wheatland Electric to its new natural gas and diesel generators scheduled to go online at 10 30 p m. MST for 45 minutes to an hour tonight. If storms worsen, the change will be postponed again.
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Tim Unruh
Lakin
Don Voeller
Voeller
Wheatland
Kansas
Jim Jarboe
Kearny County
Verda Dietz
Lakin High School
Jarboe
Linder and Associates
Wichita
Environmental Protection Agency
City Power Department
St. Francis
Meade
Hugoton
Johnson
Ashland
New Year's baby index at St. Catherine
Page 3 reports the arrival of a New Year baby at St. Catherine Hospital. Nearby pages note Panama closing some radio stations. Census seeks the homeless on Page 6. A bloodmobile visit is planned for the Senior Center on Page 7. GCHS girls open basketball season against Moore on Page 9. Gus Garden comments on retaliation in Garden says if the truth hurts.
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St. Catherine
Panama
Census
Bloodmobile
GCHS
Moore
Garden
Gus Garden
Ornelas plan for special ed
The Victor Ornelas Elementary School will gain a 6,680 square foot special education addition funded from remaining bond issue money. The plan adds two classrooms a therapy area a conference room a kitchen storage space a ramp a speech room and handicapped bathrooms with 15,000 in new equipment. The board split on approving the project amid bond concerns with two members opposing and one suggesting busing Valentine students if needed to meet state compliance goals.
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Sarah Kessinger
Victor Ornelas
Vanderweide
Architecture Plus
Victor Ornel
Nola Fields
Fields
Valentine
Holcomb
Ornelas
State Education Department
Garden City
Grace Donecker
Bob Harrington
Donecker
Rita Mills
Harrington
Gerald Moseman
Edwards unveils highway program in Kansas five-year plan
Transportation Secretary Horace Edwards announced a five year Kansas highway plan totaling 2.65 billion dollars with 1.7 billion to be spent through 1994. It calls resurfacing 6500 miles and rebuilding 1200 miles plus 130 bridges funded by higher sales tax and fuel and registration fees. The package excludes 600 million in local system enhancements.
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Topeka
Horace Edwards
Kansas
Department of Transportation
Cherokee County
Wichita
Missouri
Pittsburg
Augusta
Edwards
Statehouse
Plans outline major western Kansas highway projects
No plans listed for Garden City. Western Kansas will see several costly road reconstructions over the next five years. Major items include 16.9 miles of U S 54 at 11.9 million dollars and 6.5 miles of U S 54 at 11.9 million. Interstate 70 near Thomas County also 11.9 million for 8.6 miles. U S 183 from Phillipsburg to the Nebraska line 11.6 million. Kansas 154 from Dodge City southeast in Ford County 10.4 million. U S 183 from Phillipsburg north to U S 36 10.2 million.
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Kansas
Kiowa-Pratt County
Goddard
Thomas County
Phillipsburg
Nebraska
Dodge City
Ford County
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Brad Nading
Trier
Lundy City
Ornelas Plan
Edwards Unveils Highway Program
Arkansas City
Sedan
Armato
Fort Scott
KDOT
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