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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 2000
Page
1
Two people were decapitated in ethnic violence as a brutal incident overshadowed a campaign defeat for Holcomb against Heights. Police investigations focus on motives and regional tensions.
At 11 a.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 10,516.70, climbing 136.60 from this morning's open as traders watched early gains.
The forecast calls for tonight to be cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially in the west. Lows range from the mid-40s in the northwest to near 60 in the southeast. Saturday will be windy with likely rain and thunderstorms in the west and central, with a chance of showers in the east. Highs reach the mid-50s in the northwest to the upper 60s in the southeast.
Local news brief notes community events and sports results featured on The Telegram site. Includes community happenings and brief scores, with emphasis on local figures and place names.
A 50 year old Garden City police captain Wojdylak faces demotion to lieutenant effective Sunday after a dispute over a rank reduction. He plans to appeal the demotion and may resign, stating the chief warned him it would be shooting himself in the foot.
Garden City officials defend Capt Stan Wojdylak's October 20 demotion as job performance based though a third of the demotion letter references Sgt Michael Freeman who was recently demoted after an internal affairs investigation. Wojdylak says he supervised Freeman before his own demotion and helped recommend a rank reduction. Details remain private with no public disclosure on the triggering incident.
Garden City Police Chief James Hawkins had triple bypass heart surgery this morning and will be off duty four to six weeks to recover. Capt. Charlie Armentrout was named acting chief before Hawkins left for Wichita for tests and will remain in the role until Monday.
Finney County Economic Development Corp funded by Finney County and Garden City gave 1000 dollars to a bond committee promoting a 33 million high school project. State law allows information only. ads urging a vote violate regulations. Kansas AG office says Finney County Attorney Wheeler enforces locally. Wheeler is out until Wednesday. comments unavailable. Steve Dyer calls for review.
Microsoft disclosed that hackers breached its computer network and accessed source codes for Windows and other software. The FBI is investigating, with officials saying no tampering of the code was detected and consumer systems remain unaffected. The incident was discovered by Microsoft security staff and reported first by The Wall Street Journal.
Debbie McConnell described a wreck that killed her 4 year old daughter Casey and urged legislators to make seat belt use a primary offense. Hutchinson officer Gordon Smith and Lt John Eichkorn testified that current laws allow only secondary enforcement and urged a stronger rule to save lives.
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