Three more West Nile cases confirmed
Health officials confirm three additional West Nile virus cases, raising local totals. In a separate note, a resident reports furniture misplaced on Mansfield Road, with no injuries tied to the incident.
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 2003
Page
1
Health officials confirm three additional West Nile virus cases, raising local totals. In a separate note, a resident reports furniture misplaced on Mansfield Road, with no injuries tied to the incident.
Wichita County Health Center Administrator Vicki Berning partners with Docs Who Care to staff the 13 bed hospital and 22 bed long term unit. Dr Jeff Alpert and Dr Jason Stuerman rotate two week shifts from Denver and New York City, seeking stable schedules and a home in the town.
Guerrillas hit a U S convoy with a remote bomb near Khaldiyah wounding two soldiers and a three year old. In Fallujah a patrol opened fire on a wedding, killing a 14 year old. An oil pipeline near Kirkuk to Beiji exploded, raising sabotage concerns in the Sunni Triangle.
The 32nd Annual Oktoberfest runs with Marketfest downtown. Knights of Columbus will host beer tasting and bierocks at 6 p.m. Friday at 205 N Eighth St, with Country Fever at 8 p.m. Tickets are 10 dollars. Saturday events run 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. along Eighth Street between Fulton and Chestnut, including inflatables, Poppa the Clown, Party of Four, and K 9 demos. Food includes bierocks and bratwurst from 1.25 to 6.50 dollars. kids plate 3.8, adult plate 6.5.
Crews from the New Jersey Air National Guard ferried eight KC 135R tankers to Forbes Field in Kansas ahead of Hurricane Isabel. Three three man flight crews and support staff will stay in Kansas until the storm passes, with additional crews in Milwaukee. Aircraft worth millions of dollars and their crews will rest with families or be housed in Topeka hotels as the storm approaches the East Coast. Capt. Charles Tai noted the rush was to protect assets and ensure readiness.
Hurricane Isabel bears toward the Carolina coast with a NW track at 14 mph. At 5 a.m. EDT Thursday the storm shows sustained winds near 105 mph, threatening coastal communities and prompting watches and evacuations along the forecast path.
The eyewall of weakened Hurricane Isabel moved ashore along the southern Outer Banks packing 100 mph winds and 33 foot seas as rain and waves battered the coast. Power outages topped 400,000 customers across Virginia and North Carolina, prompting a federal disaster-declaration request from North Carolina Governor Easley and heavy flood warnings.
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