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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 2001
Page
1
Margaret McCalmont 83 of Sublette died Wednesday January 3 2001 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. Haskell County Funeral Home Sublette will announce arrangements.
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Lucinda Komlofske Reber 70 died December 30 2000 at Baptist Health Medical Center Little Rock Arkansas. She was born September 12 1930 in Garden City daughter of Joe and Adeline Komlofske and married Tom Reber March 23 1952 in Wichita. Survived by four sons four daughters four brothers and ten grandchildren. Memorials to St. Jude's Children Hospital.
Vigil for James Patrick Pat Muench 45 will be 7 30 p m at Price and Sons Funeral Home Scott City A funeral Mass will be 10 30 a m Friday at St Joseph Catholic Church Scott City with Rev David Kraus officiating Burial will be in Scott County Cemetery Muench died Jan 3 2001 at Scott County Hospital He was born May 11 1955 in Scott City He was a lifelong resident and member of St Joseph Church He is survived by his mother Scott City a brother Mike Muench Hays two sisters Janet Fiegel Wichita and Jennifer Vondracek He was preceded in death by his father and a brother J D Muench Visitation ends at 7 30 tonight Memorials to the church or Park Lane Nursing Home care of the funeral home.
Clodaugh M. Strasser 90 died January 3 2001 in Garden City Kansas A funeral mass will be held February first at St Dominic Catholic Church with Revs Joseph Bahr and John Strasser officiating Burial in Valley View Cemetery She was born November 17 1910 in Lawton Oklahoma and lived in Garden City since 1929 She married Louis Strasser in 1935 and worked at Southwestern Bell 1929 1935 later homemaker Widow of Louis Strasser survived by a sister in law and several nieces and nephews Visitation through tonight and Friday noon Memorials to St Dominic School Endowment Fund.
Topeka announces longer hours at two unemployment centers Topeka and Kansas City from 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m to handle an unusually high volume of claims. Last week Kansans filed about 7300 claims as layoffs at GM in Kansas City and a Garden City beef plant fire increased demand. Normal hours are 8 to 5. The plan will be reevaluated after next week.
Dohagne says plans may include new contracts while awaiting ConAgra's rebuild. Inland Paperboard moves work to Dumas Texas Grand Island and Greeley. Garden City plant ships boxes to three other plants. AmeriCold reports long term layoffs possible as ConAgra scales back shipments.
Postmaster notice furnishes address correction to RO Box 958 Garden City Kansas 67846 and lists periodical and motor delivery charges. It details single copy price 50 cents weekday 75 cents Saturday, carrier 8.44 a month motor 9.18, and mail subscriptions 9.04 in Finney County 9.80 in Kansas 13.46 outside Kansas plus applicable taxes.
More than 500 ConAgra Beef Co. employees filed unemployment claims as the Garden City Job Service Career Center hosted unemployment information seminars. Sessions offered help with paperwork, Spanish and Vietnamese interpreters, and on-site recruitment from ConAgra plants in Dumas, Grand Island, and Greeley. HealthWare and United Way provided health insurance guidance while Mexican American Ministries assisted with enrollment steps.
Senator Brownback voiced support for rebuilding the ConAgra plant after the fire and urged a bigger, better reopening later. He praised relief workers, urged bipartisan cooperation, and cited Bush tax cuts, abolition of the marriage penalty, and a bold moonshot approach to curing cancer. He also endorsed Bush cabinet picks and emphasized the 107th Congress must reshape the Farm Bill and education policy.
United Agencies struggle to identify households in need and distribute donations from ConAgra. IBP plans $8,000 support to be shared among Emmaus House Salvation Army and others, while Salvation Army manages a 12,000 pound beef gift and seeks clearer distribution through cooperative planning.
A rendering plant blaze caused by decomposing bone fat and waste materials raised questions about spontaneous combustion. Fire crews fought for 18 hours with 43 total hours to fully extinguish hotspots. Investigators, ConAgra and insurers probe why heat built up that night, noting no detectors or sprinklers in the rendering area and no injuries reported.
Wednesday admissions include Cheryl Day Terressa Hindman and Roy Opie from Garden City and Debra Cassels Teri Powers from Dodge City. Dismissals list Debra Cassels from Dodge City and Rollo Brown from Kendall.
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