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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 2002
Page
3
Holcomb residents woke to a power outage around 6 20 a m and restoration by 7 20 a m Wheatland Electric said the cause remains unknown affecting customers in Holcomb and western Finney County.
The first Plymell Reunion will be Saturday at Plymell Union Church for former students from 1950 to 1970 and their families. Parents, teachers, principals, custodians, cooks, bus drivers, and staff are invited. bring pictures. Supper is potluck with own table service, a covered dish, and dessert. drinks provided. For more information call Donna Lightner Kitch 2756878 Tim Stone 2752096 Ila Finch 2766572.
A 32 year old Kansas City man was killed when a mortar firework exploded in his face as he prepared to launch it from a ground base. Authorities said the device went off sooner than expected, causing severe head injuries.
Arkansas City man Brian M. Groves, 25, died after his Jeep ran off U S 77 and overturned six miles south of Winfield. He was flown to Via Christi St Francis where he died. He was the first fatality in the Independence Day counting period.
Gov Bill Graves issued a drought warning for six river basins in central and western Kansas, extending a May drought watch. The warning signals water shortage conditions and declining supplies in areas including the Cimarron Upper Arkansas western Smoky Hill Saline Solomon and Upper Republican basins and the Republican River drainage within the Kansas Lower Republican Basin.
AP reports moist unstable air over northwest Kansas will trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms into this evening. Western areas faced higher storm chances, with central and eastern sections less likely. Overnight lows range mid 60s west to upper 60s and low 70s elsewhere, with more rain possible Saturday especially in the west and a slight risk in central Kansas. Road condition hotline 1-800-585-7623.
Arturo Ponce, Latino AIDS Program coordinator with United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries, trained by the American Red Cross to become a nationally certified HIV educator, aims to expand education across 40 Kansas counties with two new part-time aides. He stresses prevention, in English and Spanish, through school, church, and community center outreach and distribution of safe-sex materials.
Garden City residents can drink city water without boil advisories as the annual water confidence report shows low arsenic and MTBE levels well below health risk thresholds. It notes high water hardness during peak use, to be mitigated by a new reverse osmosis plant near Wheatland Electric offices, blending hard well water with better supply.
A group of 18 Washburn University students traveling to China were at Los Angeles International Airport during the El Al counter shooting. Witness Jennie Johnson described the chaotic scene as crowds flooded out, while Bruce Wall recounted people diving under tables during the four minutes of gunfire. FBI identified the gunman as Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, 41, a California resident and former Egyptian immigrant who worked as a limousine driver. The group’s flight was delayed from 1:30 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. and they later boarded for China.
An investigative team examines the death of Alan Wayne Wyatt a 51 year old Ontario Oregon firefighter struck from behind by a tree while cutting fire damaged timber near Durango Colorado No spotter was present and no witnesses to the accident four colleagues rushed to aid before a five member inquiry began and was to deliver a preliminary report within 24 hours
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