Inside New Improved LEC Rededicated Community Club
The Local Education Center hosts a refreshed program as the LEC community club marks its rededication with new activities and events. Leaders invite residents to join ongoing workshops, speaker series, and social gatherings at the center.
Market Report Dow Dips From Opening At 11 A.M.
At 11 a.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 10,265.47, down 33.93 points from this morning's opening. The broad market showed mixed activity with utilities and industrials fluctuating as investors weighed early trade data.
Weather outlook hints storms north and east
Tonight shows a chance of thunderstorms in the north and east, with mostly clear skies in the southwest. Lows range from 65 to 70 on the west and 70 to 75 in the east. Wednesday brings a morning thunderstorm risk in the northeast and northwest, otherwise partly sunny and hot.
Families bury drowning victims in church service
In Syracuse AP two families mourn three children and a woman killed in a Colorado boating accident July 3. Over 400 relatives attended a funeral Mass at St Raphael Catholic Church for 6 month old Jonathon Avila and his grandmother Angela Lara Avila, along with Sonia and Vanessa Cano. Authorities say the boat operator Jose Avila drunk and unbelted and faces vehicular homicide and child abuse charges. he was jailed in Colorado and escorted to the service in Syracuse. The Cano family plans to return Sonia and Vanessa’s bodies to Chihuahua Mexico.
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Syracuse
Colorado
St. Raphael Catholic
Jose Alejandro Avila
Lydia Gonzalez Avila
Jonathon
Alejandro Cano
Flor Violeta Cano
Sonia
Vanessa
John Martin Reservoir
Angela Lara Avila
Michael Helms
Helms
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Lydia Gonzalez
Mexico
Sonia Cano
Ladder Creek
Tribune
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Heat Bakes Garden City Electric Crew At Work On Third Street
Garden City apprentice Mike Quinonez and coworkers string overhead lines as heat warnings keep temperatures near 100 plus. National Weather Service issued a statewide heat advisory through next weekend as crews push through 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. shifts with brief cooling breaks.
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Mike Quinonez
Garden City
Quinonez
City of
National Weather Service
Alan Young
Young
Garden City USD 457 OKs 2001 2002 budget with hike
New board members Gail Dunford Rocky Welton and Dr Harold Perkins joined the Garden City Board of Education Monday night as Kathleen Whitley outlined the proposed 2001-2002 budget totaling 37,010,358 with over 3.8 million in spending increases and a levy about 3 mills lower than last year. Bruce Reichmuth was elected president and Mike Utz vice president as changes reflect higher per pupil spending 3870 up from 3820 and transportation and At Risk funding adjustments.
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Rocky Welton
Harold Perkins
Garden City Board of Education
Kathleen Whitley
Whitley
State of
Kansas
Bruce Reichmuth
Mike Utz
Finney County approves smaller 2002 budget and tax levy
Finney County commissioners reduce the 2002 general fund budget by about 400000, ending with 13.1 million instead of 13.5 million. The proposed mill levy would be about 33.6 mills, compared with 34.7 if all requests were funded, with homeowner taxes for a 100000 value around 386.50 under the lower levy, and about 399 under full requests. The levy history shows rises from 32.08 in 2000 to 35.693 in 2001.
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Finney County
Garden City Community College
Hearings planned on immigrants and driver's licenses
Kansas lawmakers will study a year old law requiring proof of U S residency for driver licenses The summer hearings follow a failed bid to modify the rule Wichita Democrat Rep Tom Klein says working immigrants should not be barred from driving even if undocumented He expects crowds from Kansas City Wichita and southwest Kansas to back change See Immigrants, Page AS
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S
Wichita
Tom Klein
Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas Highway Patrol
Klein
Highway Patrol
Peterson
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