Special javelin helps Merz set meet record
A track meet saw Merz break the meet record aided by a new javelin. Officials note improvements in throwing events and record times across the day.
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 2001
Page
1
Weather outlook with scattered showers and storms
Today is partly cloudy with a chance of light showers in north central and northeast regions. Highs reach 75 to 80. Tonight remains partly cloudy with lows in the 50s. Wednesday brings a slight chance of thunderstorms in the northwest, followed by more storms in the north and west Wednesday night, otherwise partly cloudy with 50s to near 60 for overnight lows.
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Gctelegram.com
Thelegram
Dow Jones slips to 10,838.55 after evening drop
At 11 p.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 10,838.55, down 96.65 from this morning's opening, reflecting a late decline in the market.
Kansas House approves school finance bill in record vote
In Topeka the Kansas House backed a major school finance bill after a lengthy debate. The measure details how more than 2.26 billion dollars will be distributed to public schools, passing 70 to 51 minutes after the Senate approved it 30 to 9. The accord ends 10 days of negotiations.
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Topeka
House
Bill Graves
Senate
Kansas House Debates School Finance After Late Session
Rep Bill Reardon D Kansas City, the House education negotiator, said the House did not discuss school finance until 11 15 p m on the session s final day. Legislators adjourned at 12 49 a m Senate Democrats opposed the bill saying it didn t go for Lee School Page AS.
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Chambers
Bill Reardon
Kansas City
House
Senate
Democrats
Legislature approves modest $50 per pupil aid increase
Local officials decry the $50 per pupil increase to 3870 as insufficient to meet rising costs. USD 457 financial officer Kathleen Whitley says inflation outpaces the funding, leaving districts in a difficult position. Vernon Dietz and Bill Hall condemn the plan as one of the poorest efforts, with enrollment decline also unaddressed.
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Kathleen Whitley
USD 457
Whitley
Vernon Dietz
Lakin
Bill Hall
Ulysses
Hall
Legislature OKs final budget without gas tax increase
The Kansas Legislature adjourned after approving a 206 million dollar short term plan to close the year budget gap without raising the motor fuels tax. The plan keeps a one cent gasoline tax scheduled for July 2003 and leaves fiscal 2003 revenue concerns to the governor next year.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Bill Graves
Senate Ways and
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Nightmare visit highlights rare B-25 at Garden City airport
The Axis Nightmare B-25 Mitchell from Springfield Illinois landed at Garden City Regional Airport Monday evening to meet Miss Mitchell en route to Fresno California for a Doolittle Raiders reunion. About 200 locals and aviation groups attended while owner Donald George noted only 38 of 10 000 B-25s remain flyable. Pilot Greg Vallejo said the Fresno trip costs about 10000 in fuel funded by sponsorships from Central Plains Aviation and Chevron with Garden City Chamber of Commerce assisting.
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Garden City Regional Airport
Springfield
Ill
Fresno
Calif
Garden City
Miss Mitchell
Central Plains Aviation
Chevron
Vallero
Committee weighs new school mentoring program in district
The USD 457 Board of Education debated adding a Youth Friends mentoring program at Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center and Garden City High School. The district has partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County for two years to provide mentors for elementary and intermediate students.
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Youth Friends
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Garden City High School
Gas prices top $2 a gallon in major markets
Chicago and California drivers face record pump costs as summer travel nears. The rising prices spark fears of pushing to $3 a gallon after Memorial Day, with motorists accusing sellers of price gouging as U.S. averages climb.
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U.S
Chicago
California
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