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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 2002
Page
3
Finney County Public Library and Sequoyaha Cinema sponsor a contest for ages 15 and over to pick Oscar winners. Voting closes 6 p.m. March 23 with winners announced March 25 at the library. Twenty winners receive two movie passes. ties drawn. Sponsored by the library and Dickinson Theatres.
Gray County health officials report an adult and three children exposed to a rabid cat are receiving inoculations. The cat tested positive at Kansas State University Lab, and three cats including two pets were euthanized.
In Wichita, 17 year old Brandon Boone was found guilty by a Sedgwick County jury of first degree murder for the death of 58 year old Marcell Eads. He was also convicted of aggravated arson aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. Eads body was recovered from a burning home on June 29 with death by smoke inhalation.
A 4 year old boy was suffocated in Kansas City Kansas and his mother, 34, was arrested after EMS found him unconscious and dead at a local address. Police expect charges to be filed Friday morning. autopsy confirmed suffocation. The arrest marks the area’s fourth child death in two weeks.
A late winter storm nears Kansas bringing freezing temperatures and strong winds. The system from the Rockies with Gulf moisture may trigger storms and limited snow, while heavy fog covers parts of northwest and central Kansas. A southwest wind advisory expands statewide by evening. Road hotline 1-800-585-7623.
Holcomb USD 363 principals debated adding staff as class sizes rise, with a middle school showing 16 to 28 students per class across district schools. Budget shortfalls and possible state aid cuts threaten funding. Proposals include hiring more teachers while preserving electives and services, though space limits and upcoming freshmen pose challenges.
Residents have three weeks to enter the Pioneer Day theme contest honoring a local resident who embodies pioneer qualities. Emma Walker, 97, was last year’s honoree. she shared memories of migration, teaching, family business, and community involvement while recalling life in Johnson City and Stanton County.
National magazine Overdrive caricatures Gov. Bill Graves with devil horns beard and moustache under a caption. The piece follows Graves as he prepares to leave office in January to become president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, while critics press a cent diesel tax proposal to fund state needs. Don Brown defends the governor’s actions saying he serves Kansas and not the ATA. Separately a Kansas EMS funding bill moves from Senate to House. it preserves licensing fees and redirects part of an insurance levy to EMS, with one senator opposing.
Rep. Ward Loyd of Garden City challenged House members in a Thursday session to back a bond issue funding research facilities at state universities. He warned against moving the bill to tax committee where it could stall, saying the day demands statesmanship, not avoidance.
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