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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 2003
Page
1
From Friedberg Germany Mariah and McKayla Culbertson join their siblings and relatives in the United States to notify their deployed father in Iraq. The photo shows the girls sending a message and highlighting family bonds across continents. Joyce Unruh Garden City.
At a board meeting, GCEA president Roni Knight urged backing for teachers amid a failed mediation and a 3 percent district salary offer. The union seeks a 4.5 percent package, with frozen teachers like Carlee Vieux lacking movement on the pay ladder.
Secretary Deb Miller outlined a four lane upgradeable expressway for U.S. 50 west of Garden City. The plan adds interchanges at U.S. 50 and 83 and Big Lowe Road, closes several cross streets, and seeks a final local vote in 1–2 months with Garden City and Finney County deciding within 30 days after.
Kansas lawmakers heard that the indigent defense system could collapse if pay does not improve. Pat Scalia, director of the Board of Indigent Defense Services, urged raising the hourly rate to 80 dollars to avoid resignations and a potential lawsuit. Western Kansas defenders report earnings of 50 dollars per hour with high overhead, and the ABA suggests 150 felony cases per attorney annually.
The Garden City Recreation Commission recommended naming the Kenneth Henderson soccer field for Martin Esquivel, a local leader in establishing soccer as a household sport. The measure goes to the city commission for final approval after a board meeting with about 15 attendees, including Esquivel’s family. Esquivel was killed following an altercation on January 22, 1987, on VFW Road north of Mary Street.
President Bush said American forces will remain in Iraq as the country forms an interim government next year. He pledged, we’re staying, and argued troops are needed to maintain border security and counter insurgents while Iraq moves forward politically. Bush met with five influential Iraqi women including Songul Chapouk and warned terrorists won’t force a U.S. pullout.
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