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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 2011
Page
1
Gas prices in Garden City have begun to fall after lagging behind the state. AAA reports the average regular unleaded now around 3.739 per gallon, down about 12 cents since June 15, with station prices ranging from 3.599 to 3.719.
Lee Greathouse, a 50-year Finney County farmer, watches a wheat field south of Garden City stripped to stubble after a weekend hail and wind storm. He estimates 100 square miles of wheat lost across his 1,000 acres and 25 fields, marking the worst crop loss of his career. The storm damaged irrigation systems and even the horse barn roof, with multiple passes over the area.
Garden City High School sophomore Alex Diaz finished second in expository speaking at the National Forensics League national tournament in Dallas. Coach Russ Tidwell called the event the largest academic tournament in the world and Diaz the first GCHS speaker to reach finals twice and to be runner-up nationally. Winner was Claire Drews of Downers Grove South High School. Diaz plans to attend Wichita State University to study sociology.
The first time minorities form a U S baby majority signals a sweeping race change and a widening age gap with older white Americans. Preliminary census data show rising African American female headed households and a shift in marriage, foreshadowing a majority minority nation by midcentury.
Tonight mainly clear and breezy with a low of 63. Friday will be partly sunny with a high of 94 and a low of 68. Details on page A8.
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