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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 2002
Page
1
Kansas residents face higher sales cigarette and gasoline taxes as the new fiscal year begins July 1. Businesses like Beto Junction Travel Plaza, run by Kirk Williams, brace for added costs from rising insurance and payroll. Officials await reactions ahead of August primaries and November elections.
Kansas shoppers see statewide tax increases start today with the sales tax up to 5.3 percent and fuel taxes rising. Gasoline up 2 cents to 21, diesel to 23, and cigarette tax up 46 cents to 70 per pack with another 10 cent rise planned for January 1. Donna Culver of J-Mart notes little effect on business so far.
Rex Grothusen, a longtime Scott County farmer, is selling 2,800 acres and stepping away from production agriculture to explore other business opportunities while keeping his farm management operation and local natural gas sales. He plans a measured exit over time and may take a temporary summer job. His wife Karin supported the shift after a standout crop last season. The move marks a transition from farming to pursuing diverse interests beyond agriculture.
In dry Kansas summer conditions officials warn fireworks risk sparking fires. Hays Fire Capt. Haynes urges avoiding fireworks and attending the Wild West Festival. Local ordinances ban fireworks in Hays and rural Ellis County, while Ellis and Victoria allow sparklers and Roman candles. Dodge City Fire Chief Williamson cites wind and long firefighting experience as ongoing concerns.
Western Kansas resident Larry Stevenson displays a bagpipe figurine at home in Garden City. He has pursued Scottish heritage and bagpipes for most of his life, noting he often acts on his varied interests, including weaving blankets for his family during winter.
Stevenson learned bagpipes by self study and occasional lessons after spotting a Hereford ad twenty years ago. He plays for funerals and events, calls himself western Kansas’s only piper, and favors the Scottish Great Highlander. He owns kilts in various tartans, including a Stevenson custom tartan. See Neighbors, Page A5.
A weather brief notes Tuesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the lower 90s and south winds of 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday night will be clear with lows in the mid 60s.
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