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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 2002
Page
1
Tyler Stutzman, age 1, cools off at the Big Pool on a sunny summer day. The photo captures a warm scene of a child playing in shallow water, with the surrounding family and park setting providing a cheerful backdrop.
The National Climatic Data Center reports June through August 2002 as the warmest summer since the 1930s with 73.9 degrees across the 48 contiguous states, drought affecting about half the country. Cold states were rare. rainfall was below average in 29 states while only Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa North Dakota Texas and Florida saw wetter conditions. Floods in Texas and Minnesota-North Dakota caused hundreds of millions in damages, while drought lingered months and years in several states. Water restrictions increased as farming suffered and wildfires rose, with the drought noted as among the worst in centuries.
About 125 students from OL. Mary School experienced the Fire Department's new Safehouse a trailer-sized classroom that simulates smoke and fire. The lesson showed how to crawl low in a house fire while the Garden City Builders Association donated the unit complete with a smoke machine and sound effects for tornado and thunderstorm simulations.
PERA-State treasurer candidate Sally Finney a Democrat argues for limiting agricultural loans to the poorest farmers. She cites drought and weak farm economy and notes a 40 percent debt-to-asset ratio as current qualification. Finney's mother former Gov. Joan Finney started a similar program during the 1980s crisis.
Three people in two cars were detained on Friday after authorities shut down Interstate 75 in South Florida while dogs and a search robot checked for explosives. A Calhoun Georgia caller reported alarming comments by men described as Middle Eastern. no explosives were found.
Kansas crops face sharp declines as drought curbs yields. The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service projects corn at 273 million bushels, down 30 percent from last year, with 2.6 million harvested acres from 3.2 million planted. Sorghum also falls to 148.8 million bushels, a 36 percent drop, though Kansas remains the top sorghum producer. Soybean outlook worsens from prior report.
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