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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2005
Page
1
Picture This artist Tori Medina led a turn painting a child mural during the Spring Fling 2005 in Leoti down at the Seoti ile Downs airport, delighting local kids with a hands on art moment.
David Passante reports live coverage from Hays as Dennis Rader known as the BTK serial killer confesses to ten Wichita area murders. Rader pleads guilty to all ten counts, detailing the killings to captivated audiences.
Dennis Rader, 60, of Park City, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of first degree murder in Wichita. He described the killings in a matter-of-fact voice, admitting crimes spanning 1974 to 1991. No plea deal was reported and he waived a jury trial.
TOPEKA AP Nothing emerged from a House debate on education funding as GOP leaders let members waste a day in session before a Kansas Supreme Court deadline. Rep. Tom Sawyer said it was a waste of time as a voice vote failed to grant first-round approval to a 106 million plan amid disdain for a 2002 consultant study.
The state faced a court directed funding increase after a $852 million poll and a costly consultant plan. The House rejected the consultants with a 116 to 0 vote, approving no changes at an annual $1 billion cost. The court mandated $143 million more by July 1 and warned of up to $600 million more if a valid cost study appears later. Rep Peggy Long Mast criticized the move as appeasing the court.
Bruce Dunlap age 26 becomes case manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters after teaching English in Taiwan for a year and serving with the National Guard in Italy. He graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 2002 with a recreation degree and ran track and cross country before a knee injury paused his athletic career.
Bruce Dunlap, a case manager for Big Brothers and Big Sisters, works with children Tuesday at the East Garden Village Adult Learning Center. He reflects on his path before joining BBBS, noting he previously lacked a real job.
Fourteen year old Patricia Heiman buried a Finney County 4 H time capsule in 1976. In 2005 she returned to the extension office near the fairgrounds to recall what was placed inside the six inch PVC pipe. Extension agent Michael Ouart and 4 H’er Benny Ray Todd joined the dig. Todd described burying the capsule with concrete and moving it in 1978 during improvements.
Finney County Attorney John Wheeler and Garden City official Gary Fuller discuss how rumors or third party calls could, if intentionally organized, breach the Kansas Open Meetings Act. They stress citizens may freely talk with officials, while organized schemes may violate the law. PMID Merriam notes further details on page AS.
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