20 Jun 2002
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 2002
Page
1
A small marsupial, lone and vulnerable, seeks companionship as caretakers describe its plight. The orphaned opossum wanders near urban edges, drawing attention from local residents who offer aid and hope for a new companion.
Finney County farmers report harvest underway with grain trucks on scales at Garden City Co op and Syracuse Irsik and Doll elevator. Test weights run 59 to 61 pounds per bushel with yields down 5 to 25 bushels per acre. Several hundred acres were damaged by hail, cutting overall production while northeast Finney County areas push ahead.
Harvest offices in Greeley and Haskell counties close as this year’s wheat harvest underperforms. Farmers turn to custom cutters who arrange crews to harvest grain, while Tribune and Sublette offices never opened due to poor outlook and funding cuts. Some workers report few job seekers, others anticipate movement to wheat-rich areas.
Darwin Casebeer in Hugoton describes a disastrous wheat season. After losing 80 percent of his crop to drought and wind, his remaining stand is severely stunted and yields are improbably low. Farmers across southwest Kansas report 10 to 40 bushels per acre dryland, with irrigated wheat largely unharvested and insurance claims rising.
Topeka businessman Ken Daniel criticizes the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry for favoring big business during the 2002 legislative session and vows that small firms like Midway Wholesale suffer. NFIB official Jim Edwards defends the chamber as balancing the economy amid tough choices.
Kansas state Sen. David Adkins said having an attorney general who is a practicing lawyer matters for handling complex litigation. He contrasted his own ongoing legal practice with opponent Phill Kline, citing ongoing water disputes and current cases Kansas faces. Adkins spoke in Garden City during a state tour discussing bioterrorism and agri terrorism with law enforcement officials.
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