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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2001
Page
1
Tonight brings a slight thunderstorm chance in the north and partly cloudy skies in the south. Thursday turns cool with showers and thunderstorms east and south, highs 75 to 85. Friday remains dry with 50s in the north and west, lower 60s southeast, and highs in the 80s.
The Telegram announces that local news sports and editorials are available on its Internet site www gctelegram com. The notice directs readers to visit for current local coverage and updates.
Visitors reflect on dangerous thrills as Beef Empire Days winds down. Riders Cody Buoch James Palacio and Trish Hutchison praise the PRCA Rodeo and the carnival attractions near the Ottaway Amusements midway while the Ferris wheels make final turns.
Holcomb USD 363 faces renewed debate as a Tenth Circuit ruling in Earls v Tecumseh questions suspicionless drug testing. The district began athlete drug testing two years ago with random selections and tests for nicotine alcohol and marijuana. Attorneys say the decision constrains their approach and may prompt policy changes.
In southern Kansas, initial wheat deliveries to Barber and Sumner county elevators indicate improved quality and stronger yields. Sumner reports 101,000 bushels near Caldwell and 4,500 around Wellington. Barber totals 50,000 on Saturday and 250,000 on Sunday. General manager Alan Meyers expects 500,000 bushels to be cut soon, with yields averaging mid forties and test weights in the 55 to 62 pound range.
Holcomb faces expensive sewer lagoon repairs as council debates building a new cell and reconstructing the three old ones within years. City engineer cites erosion and heavy use and half the waste evaporated yearly. Options include deep injection wells irrigation and river crossing, with potential sewer rate increases.
In Herington Kansas retirees at Barb's Place Cafe express fatigue over the towns association with Timothy McVeigh and his execution. They note prayers for the condemned man while reflecting on the Murrah Building bombing and the impact on their community. McVeigh was executed in Terre Haute Indiana for 1995 deaths.
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