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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 2000
Page
1
Voters on November 7 face a $33 million school bond for USD 457 to fund a second high school. Citizens weigh operational costs, per square foot expenses, salaries, utilities, and floor cleaning against property tax increases. Local comment appears on Pages A4-A5.
Police Chief James Hawkins unveiled a department restructuring to adjust command, add a civilian records and dispatch overseer, and trim overtime costs as Capt. Stan Wojdylak faces demotion to lieutenant and a likely resignation. The plan takes effect Sunday.
Garden City police reported Chief James Hawkins, 50, had a triple bypass in Wichita Friday morning. He left the operating room around 10 a.m. and doctors said the procedure went well. He is expected to leave intensive care within a day or so and return to duty in four to six weeks.
In a first time public comment session, four girls pleaded with Kansas Parole Board members to keep Jeffrey Meyers jailed for murdering Martin Esquivel in 1987 and shooting his brother Tim. The Garden City gathering at Finney County Courthouse featured Esquivel family members opposing Meyers’s parole as they described their long grief and fear.
Residents must set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday local time marking the switch to standard time. Arizona Hawaii portions of Indiana Puerto Rico Virgin Islands and American Samoa do not observe daylight time. Businesses plan an extra hour of service says Grain Bin Supper Club manager Patricia Lemons.
In Finney County 16120 residents are registered, up from 13000 last presidential election, county clerk Carol Brown said. Grant County added about 100 voters since last November, deputy clerk Sheila Brown noted, while Scott County totals rose to 3666 and Haskell County to 2333 since August. Local bond issues and sheriff races drive interest, though registration inflates due to a law change delaying removals. Clerks expect turnout to match the registration uptick as voters seek to have a say.
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