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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 2000
Page
3
Kansas and Missouri motorists face rising regular gasoline costs as Labor Day approaches. The AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report shows Wichita at 1.3897, Topeka at 1.4003, and Kansas City metro area at 1.4234 per gallon, with year over year and month over month comparisons.
The Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center receives its first 100000 installment from the Boeing Company Charitable Trust to build a gallery with over 500 artifacts. The exhibit will include the Apollo white room, Ron Evans space suit, Gene Cernan gloves, a Boeing lunar rover bumper, and Cernan checklist cuffs, with completion targeted for next summer.
Senator Janice Hardenburger a longtime Republican activist and local government ally died in Fairbury Nebraska four weeks after quitting her re election bid. She passed away at Jefferson Community Health Center. Gov Graves lamented the loss recalling their first meeting in 1986 during a secretary of state primary race.
A Topeka panel recommends Charles Marsh Jr. be rehired at the Kansas State School for the Deaf after finding no substantial evidence to uphold the State Board of Education’s April 5 termination over involvement in a student’s accidental death. The board had described the teachers’ conduct as inappropriate and dangerous.
The Finney County Sheriff’s Office corrected Thursday’s Telegram report stating the Garden City Police Department sought K-9 help. The sheriff’s office noted it used its own K-9 unit and did not involve the city department’s dogs.
Kansas endures a Labor Day weekend heat wave with temperatures in the triple digits across most counties. Forecasters project similar hot conditions into early next week as night lows dip into the 60s to mid 70s and daytime highs reach 90s to 105 in various regions. Road condition information via Motline 1-800-585-7623.
Project Effort, a USD 457 after school program in its second year, grew from 850 to 1359 participants across seven schools with two new sites. Funding comes from a three year 3.3 million federal grant, while coordinators stress danger of overflow waiting lists and aim to keep kids off streets during 3 to 7 p.m. hours.
A preliminary draft agreement would grant Seaboard Farms tax relief and school contributions in Doniphan County whileElwood annexes and rezones the site for a plant processing 16,000 hogs daily and employing 2,300 workers. The deal, signed in executive session, includes bonds, a sewer plant, tax exemptions, and possible school donations if enrollment rises. Opponents form a group to fight the project.
Petrus, 59, former Garden City businessman, purchases the Syracuse Journal from Jim and Linda Frantz who will keep the Senior Beacon and Ram Jet computer business. He aims to involve the community, feature a business of the week, and recruit clergy and students to cover sports as the office moves to 203 N Main St.
Gov. Bill Graves announced an incentive package worth nearly 100 million dollars to retain the Menninger Clinic in Kansas. The plan would join the clinic with the University of Kansas Medical Center to form a brain research center near Kansas City's campus, and fund a new psychiatric clinic in the Kansas City metropolitan area. He asked the Legislature to appropriate funds for the brain research center, while Menninger also reportedly received bids from UT Southwestern and Baylor College of Medicine.
Market grain prices listed for the Garden City Co op with today’s bids and offers. Local traders note steady demand from farmers and floor activity reflecting market conditions.
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