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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 2001
Page
5
Fire officials say fireworks use will be limited by weather and may be prohibited during hot dry conditions. City commissioners vote to allow specific firework types July 1 to 5, with enforcement challenges noted and prior year saw fewer fire calls in city limits.
Via Christi Regional Medical Center advises attending local fireworks shows for safety. Do not relight spent fuses or wear loose clothing. supervise children, use outdoors, keep a hose ready, wear eye protection, and avoid pocketing fireworks. Call 911 for burns and cool with water before covering the area.
Finney County commissioners enforce a 1989 resolution banning fireworks most of the year citing citizen hazard. Sales restricted to June 27 through July 5 and discharges July 3 through 5, with bans also at Fair grounds. Holcomb maintains a stricter rule prohibiting all fireworks including fireworks items since 1979. fines range from 10 to 25 dollars per violation and police will issue warnings or tickets for in-city offenses amid fire risk concerns.
Garden City residents see more snakes as summer warms. Steve Hamann of the animal shelter reports only three calls this year about snakes, including a seven foot pet python roaming a yard. He notes about three to seven removals yearly and no rattler calls in two years. Golfers at Southwind County Club recall snakes in rough roughly every two to three weeks, mostly prairie rattlers, prompting caution.
Kansas wheat quality shows improvement with 69 percent of samples rated No 1 and 29 percent No 2, despite 1 million acres abandoned. Test weights near 60 pounds per bushel and average protein 11.9 percent, while dockage edges up to 0.8 percent. Harvest progress varies by region with Dod ge City at 85 percent and Goodland 15 percent cut.
Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo an electrophysiology study to assess risk of persistent abnormal heart rhythms after two weeks of monitoring revealed four brief episodes of fast heartbeats. A pacemaker may be implanted. procedure not requiring general anesthesia, expected home by Saturday night and back to work Monday. Cheney described the test as routine and said his duties will not be affected. He noted President Bush strongly supported proceeding with the procedure.
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