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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 2002
Page
1
Chad Ratliff is pictured hanging his legs over the ledge of the Little Labette Creek levy in Parsons. The image captures a tense moment near flood defenses with onlookers nearby and no report of injury at this time.
Lane County Sheriff Don Wilson takes the helm of the Kansas Sheriff Association guiding a 105 county federation. He oversees 720 square miles and champions training seminars for sheriffs and jailers while a lobbyist backs the Key Law bill in the legislature.
In Valley City area residents gathered for an American Legion event at Valley View Cemetery. An empty chair symbolized prisoners of war and missing in action as veterans from American Legion Post No. 9 Garden City and other groups heard names of those who died since last Memorial Day. Kansas Senator Steve Morris spoke, noting wars United States fought and predicting the long campaign ahead in the war on terrorism. The local honor guard gave a 21 gun salute as the service closed.
Five of six Schuh brothers planned a Memorial Day gathering in Waterville to honor their siblings who served in World War II. The Schuh lineage began with Albert and Carl Schuh, with five brothers serving aboard destroyers and landing craft, enduring typhoons and near misses from Japanese actions.
The death toll reached nine as rescuers hoisted a pickup with two bodies from the Arkansas River below the Interstate 40 bridge in Webbers Falls Oklahoma. Five women and four men were recovered by late Monday. River levels rose and rain constrained further searches as engineers prepared to release upstream reservoir water. An investigator cited tugboat crew accounts suggesting the pilot blacked out before the barge struck the bridge.
Wednesday brings mostly sunny skies with a high near 90. Partly cloudy Wednesday night, with lows in the upper 50s. A calm, warm midweek pattern expected across the area.
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