Tyson Fresh Meats wins United Way Corporate Citizen Award
Gerry Schultz United Way board president congratulates Paul Karkiainen Holcomb plant manager as Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. becomes the United Way’s first Corporate Citizen Award winner. Photo by Lamlee Josser and Garden City 76, 16 Pages 2 Sections.
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Gerry Schultz
United Way Board
Paul Karkiainen
Holcomb
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
United Way
Lamlee Josser
Garden City
Mo Jo plan endorsed to boost Kansas school funding
A coalition in Kansas brokered a school funding package dubbed Mo Jo would raise education spending by 160 million dollars to satisfy a court deadline. Senate committees backed the plan as House leaders resist, with debate expected and Speaker Mays blocking consideration amid judiciary amendments.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Kansas Supreme Court
Morton
Johnson Counties
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Doug Mays
Mays
R-Topeka
John Wratil
R-Leawood
Fatal Finney crash kills six in Scott City family
A Tuesday rural Finney County crash near Anderson and Lowe roads claimed the lives of Loreena Johnson and five passengers from Scott City including three children Brittany 11 Jennifer 10 and Sheldon 7 plus Gloria Hernandez Zuque 21 and her 2 year old son Manuel. The 1990 Chevy Lumina’s driver may have been Johnson. a Mack semitrailer driven by Eduardo Morales 38 Garden City struck the car at a stop sign. Morales survived in fair condition. The wreck prompted state highway patrol and sheriff responders to the scene.
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Scott City
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Kansas Highway Patrol
Sheriff’s Office
Garden City
Loreena Stephanie Johnson
Johnson
Brittany Redburn
Jennifer Redburn
Sheldon Redburn
Gloria Hernandez-Zuque
Manuel Hernandez
KHP
Hernandez-Zuque
Anderson Road
Eduardo P Morales
Lowe Road
RHP
Ron Knoefel
Harvest winds down as rain slicks area fields
Area farmers wrap up harvest with co op managers noting crop satisfaction. Tuesday night rain across parts of the area may stall finishers though Rain totals included .34 inches at Garden City station and up to .60 inches in Finney County Officials say the rain likely won’t halt harvest but could keep farmers out of fields today Weather also reached a high of 105 degrees Tuesday.
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Kansas State University Research and Extension
Garden City
Jeff Elliott
Finney County
Elliott
Harvest Weather Turns Hot Dry Helpful in 108 Degree Harvest
Following HMESUYS harvest, field conditions hit 108 degrees as dry, hot weather aids harvesting. Cropland Co op's Mike Schmidt in Ulysses says this season's harvest weather is more cooperative than last year, with prior rain helping crops and the current drought letting farmers move the crop. See Crops, Page AS.
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Mike Schmidt
Cropland Coop
Ulysses
Har
Garden City moves toward vote on quorum change
Garden City commissioners approved drafting an ordinance to raise the number needed for a quorum from three to four by a 4-1 vote. The measure, opposed by most the public, aims to restrict private talks about public business outside meetings. The plan awaits a July 12 vote. city attorneys note Open Meetings Act constraints.
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Garden City
Gary Fuller
Kansas
David Crase
Reynaldo Mesa
Democrats fault Bush speech on Iraq stay the course
Democrats in Congress criticized President Bush for tying the Iraq war to the Sept. 11 attacks and argued the administration lacks enough ground troops for a successful counterinsurgency. They urged patience with the public while Bush vowed to keep U.S. forces in Iraq as long as needed for peace after his Fort Bragg address.
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Bush
Iraq
U.S
New York
Fort Bragg
N.C
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