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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 2002
Page
1
Toto Barnett is set to pursue a film career as preparations begin for a move to Hollywood. The project signals a potential breakthrough for the performer as industry interest grows.
Chi Kim Thi Nguyen, 18, was found dead in a Best Western Red Baron Hotel room. Her family says she disappeared October 5 after leaving to pick up a school check and suspects a man she met online killed her, though they have no direct proof or contact with him.
Gibson's Discount Center plans to close the Garden City and Liberal locations along with four other stores outside Kansas. Secretary treasurer Darcy Morrison cited economy as the primary factor, with no firm closing dates yet. The Garden City site, opened in 1964 by the Chaffin family, marks part of a chain started in 1962 and later sold to G-Mark Inc. before its bankruptcy in 1999.
Wildlife experts warn that October through December brings more deer vehicle crashes in southwest Kansas. Finney County reported 40 deer crashes last year, down from 51 in 2000, while nationwide Kansas tallies reached 10,184 incidents with 418 injuries. Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. John Eichhorn notes deer can crash through windshields during the season.
Garden City police confirm the identity of a man suspected in the death of an 18 year old girl found Friday at the Best Western Red Baron hotel. Police have not released his name or hometown but say he communicated with Chi Kim Thi Nguyen in an online chat room for several months, Capt. Mike Utz said. See Suspect, Page AS
Democrat Kathleen Sebelius and Republican Tim Shallenburger presented rival plans on funding public schools at a Kansas Association of School Boards event. Sebelius urged raising overall education funding by 850 million dollars over years while lifting the 25 percent local option budget cap to 30 percent, and Shallenburger favored no lid on local spending if state funds meet constitutional standards. Critics warned that greater local sums could hurt poorer districts, while Sebelius warned parity erosion could invite lawsuits.
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