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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 2004
Page
1
Maddison Murphy tends a display of the first spring pansies, showcasing vivid petals and hopeful color after a long winter. The scene captures a quiet garden moment as bulbs awaken and blooms begin to brighten neighborhood plots.
Finney County residents packed the county commission meeting to oppose adding inoperable vehicles to the nuisance resolution. About 120 people filled the chamber in the largest turnout since 1998. Commissioners indicated no intent to proceed with the resolution amid objections.
Voters head to 22 polling places for a 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. vote on reauthorizing Finney County’s 1 mill property tax for buildings and maintenance for ten years. The fund, in place since 1974, supports the county attorney and public works offices, EMS building, mental health center expansion, and jail improvements, with about 370000 dollars raised annually.
Garden City reports its second armed bank robbery in a month at Commerce Bank, 512 N Seventh St, around 9:45 am. A white male about 6 feet tall wore a light colored dress with blue flowers and a brown wig, armed with a handgun, fled on foot with undisclosed cash. No injuries reported. four bank employees and one customer present. Police halted traffic, taped off Stevens Park area, and investigated with K-9 units. two other locations visited prior by the suspect yielded no crimes. Streets were to reopen later that day. bank decision on opening lay with bank management.
In a reversal National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will testify in public under oath before the Sept. 11 commission. Bush and Cheney will have a private session with all 10 commissioners. The White House won a pledge that no further public White House testimony would be sought and Rice's appearance won’t set a precedent. Commissioner Slade Gorton welcomed the plan and noted Rice’s public testimony could help the country.
Garden City Public Schools will again offer Project Effort next year in a reduced form. The Garden City YMCA will try to fill gaps, but even in the best case up to about 500 students and parents may be left seeking after school care. The program, started five years ago, was funded by two federal grants totaling nearly $6.5 million. remaining funds will support activities at Garden City High School, Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center, and Edith Scheuerman Elementary School, with capacities of about 1,000, 180, and 140 children respectively. The YMCA is considering three more sites at Jennie Wilson, Victor Ornelas, and Florence Wilson elementary schools.
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