Heat drives water use as temps soar across Garden City
Garden City officials report ongoing irrigation to maintain golf greens and cemetery grounds amid 100-degree heat. City manager Halloran notes not all fields are watered nightly, with some areas watered every third day. Local experts urge early morning watering and hand watering for stressed yards, while meteorologists forecast cooler air by early next week if a cold front arrives.
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Garden City
Bob Halloran
Halloran
Buffalo Dunes
Andy Liebelt
Liebelt
Mike Ward
Ward
N. U.S. Highway 83
Mahnken
Kansas
Tim Burke
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Four Corners
Southwest
Burke
Fort Riley seen as enduring Army jewel despite base worries
Fort Riley remains a key deployment hub with tank training acres and rapid troop reach. General Hardy notes soldiers may stay overseas longer as war needs dictate while base spending aims to secure the post for the future amid possible base closures. Seven projects totaling over 100 million dollars are underway as Congress weighs military funding.
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Bosnia
Abizaid
Hardy
Fort Riley
Iraq
Congress
United States Army
People of America
Regulation sought for Mexican matricula cards in national policy
House action proposes State Department regulation of Mexican matricula consular IDs used as identification. Districts and banks accept matriculas with other IDs, while critics note verification gaps. The measure would require issuing countries to keep accurate records and anti fraud controls and could halt visa issuance to violators.
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USD 457
Julie Ford
State Department
Ford
Security Savings Bank
Rosa Rivera
Security Savings
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Blake Waters
Rivera
Steven McCraw
FBI
Office of Intelligence
McCraw
White House
Rodriguez
D-San Antonio
Hostettler
Border gun clash raises tension near DMZ
South and North Korean soldiers briefly exchanged machine gun fire in the DMZ near Yonchon, with Seoul reporting no casualties. South Korean officials cautioned over whether the incident was intentional or accidental as diplomacy with the United States continues.
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Seoul
South Korea
Colin Powell
Dmz
North Korea
Lee Jihyun
Roh Moo-hyun
United Nations Command
Yonchon
Navy
Jeff Davis
Pentagon
Three hurt and one dead in head on highway crash
A head on collision on the highway north shoulder killed one man identified as Hille and injured his passenger Tyler Hille a 10 year old from Garden City. Cunningham and Hall were hospitalized in Wichita in critical and serious conditions. All three were wearing seat belts per the KHP report.
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Cles
Hille
Cunningham
Pratt
Tyler Hille
Garden City
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
St. Francis Campus
Wichita
Hall
Wesley
KHP
Abizaid Says Iraq War Entering Low-Intensity Phase
General Abizaid describes guerrilla like attacks as low intensity war amid ongoing Iraqi insurgency. He notes Baath cells and Ansar al Islam threaten US forces while long deployments loom for the 3rd Infantry Division with return dates targeted by September.
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Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Pentagon
Abizaid
Iraq
3Rd Infantry
U.S
Abc-Tv
Rumsfeld
Alizaid
Baghdad
Ansar al-Islam
Iran
al- Qaida
Osama bin Laden
Oklahoma National Guard
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Sara Kincaid
Suimmer
Citizens State Bank
A.P.Y
Main Street
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Frigidaire Refrigerator
Oki
Din
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