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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 2003
Page
1
Sally Martin greets her parents Snookie and Guy Rorick in Johnson City during June events, photographed by Mary Guy, Garden City.
Kathleen Sebelius became Kansas 44th governor taking the oath on a clear winter morning amid a budget crisis officials call the worst since the Great Depression. About 1500 people attended as she delivered an inaugural address on the Statehouse steps with Broadcaster Bill Kurtis presiding. Sebelius is the 10th Democrat elected governor and the second woman to hold the office as a Republican-led Legislature looms.
Sandra Goytia, then 9 month old Joshua, was left briefly unattended in a kitchen where he toppled head first into a bucket of Pine Sol and water. He was pronounced dead at St Catherine Hospital. Police report details indicate the incident occurred at 10:17 a.m. Sunday at 516 West Thompson Street.
Crunch time arrives as Girl Scouts sharpen sales skills across Garden City and Dodge City events. Troops from multiple towns participate in cookie stacking munching and tossing contests with a scavenger hunt at Lee Richardson Zoo. Leaders emphasize safety and family participation while outlining rewards and troop funding goals.
Rita Herrera, mother of 14, asserts housewives deserve more credit. She tells the Garden City Telegraph she takes pride in raising her children and objects to the emphasis on careers over homemaking. Herrera emphasizes value of domestic work and family dedication.
Neighbors recall Herrera 68 born in Holcomb later in Garden City. She married in 1951 eloping with John. Children planned a church wedding for their 35th anniversary. With eight sons and six daughters now ages 31 to 48, they live across Kansas and into Colorado and Virginia. Herrera has 42 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren with five more on the way. She worked as a nurse's aide after John broke his back, becoming the main breadwinner at times while teaching her children to help each other.
At Little Creek and Norfolk bases four ships including the Ashland and Portland set sail with a combined 8,000 Marines. Families learned of departures only recently as the Navy prepares for a possible war with Iraq. Sailors expect varied lengths away from home.
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