Weekend Rollup Highlights Local Activities Across Town
A broad wrap up of weekend happenings covers arts, sports, and community events. Local clubs, venues, and organizations showcase performances, matches, and gatherings with notable names and places referenced.
Weather Outlook with Clear, Mild Weekend Skies
Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows ranging from the 30s in the west to the upper 40s in the southeast. Friday brings mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Friday night turns mostly clear as west lows dip into the mid-30s and southeast into the upper 40s.
Telegram Local News Snapshot
The Telegram notes local news access via the website www.gctelegram.com offering local news sports and editorials for readers seeking online updates.
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Dow Jones at 1127.16 up 54.38 from morning open
At 11 a.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 9127.16, rising by 54.38 points from the morning opening.
Anthrax found at Kansas City postal facility
Preliminary tests showed traces of anthrax at the Stamp Fulfillment Services Center in northeast Kansas City. No employees are ill and there is no apparent risk to the public. about 50 workers started antibiotics as a precaution while 200 staff were contacted for interviews and further testing at the CDC.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
Stamp Fulfillment Services Center
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
City
Rex Archer
Archer
City Health Department
Brentwood
Washington, D.C
Gary Stone
Kansas cold weather rule protects utility service in winter
The Kansas Corporation Commission enforces a cold weather rule from November 1 to March 31 that prevents electric and natural gas disconnections when forecasts stay above 35 degrees for 24 hours. Utilities must offer a 12 month payment plan and contact customers 24 hours before any shutoff.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Rosemary Foreman
Reservists Could Exceed 50000 in Terrorism War
General Franks said reservists may reach over fifty thousand as US special forces recruit anti Taliban groups while jets strike a Taliban garrison at Taloqan. The day saw the fiercest bombing yet along the front line blocking the northern alliance from Kabul.
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Washington
Afghanistan
Tommy Franks
Northern Alliance
Taloqan
Kabul
Pentagon
Kansas KSBE leaders call for higher teacher pay and better standards
Val DeFever and Sonny Rundell of the Kansas State Board of Education spoke at the Garden City Rotary Club urging higher teacher salaries and stronger recruitment to raise academic standards. They set three year targets for reading up 5 percent writing up 7 percent and math science social studies up 10 percent, noting 94 percent of teachers work in their field. Increase in qualified teachers is essential to reach these goals.
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Val DeFever
I.B
Sonny” Rundell
Kansas State Board of Education
Garden City
Rotary Club
Plaza Hotel
KSBE
DeFever
Kansas
GCHS Imposes TEAM Truancy Plan To Cut Absences
Garden City High School launches the Truancy Education and Mentoring TEAM program after rising truancy. Last year 660 students were truant. this year 330 have been deemed truant. Officer Brian Dinkel cites early contact to reduce days missed as law requires ages seven to eighteen be enrolled. The six month program aims to curb unexcused absences through targeted interventions.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
Brian Dinkel
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