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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 2005
Page
1
Evacuations begin along Texas coast as Hurricane Rita strengthens into a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds threatening Galveston and New Orleans. Mandatory evacuations ordered amid memories of Katrina and shifting preparedness as residents rush to safety and pack belongings.
In New Orleans residents face a fresh evacuation as Rita approaches. The Army Corps of Engineers works to patch the fractured levee system while forecasters warn of potential flooding after Katrina. Residents like Darryl Robichaux recount losses and tough choices to stay or flee once more.
Grant County officials hosted the 43rd annual Home Products Dinner at the Ulysses Civic Center drawing about 1,800 attendees from a town of 8,000. Admission buttons raised nearly $9,000 for the Grant County Scholarship Foundation as politicians and locals mingled to highlight rural Western Kansas.
Garden City USD 457 reports 7420 students this fall down from 7596 last year, amid a long-term decline since 2001. Most loss came at Buffalo Jones and Charles O Stones centers while Jennie Barker Elementary increased. High school enrollment held steady with minor gains, but Hispanic student numbers drop notably from freshmen to seniors.
Army sergeant Terry J Dreiling who earned the Bronze Star for saving a fellow soldier told Deerfield High School students about his wartime experiences. The 1988 Deerfield graduate discussed his Army career with his niece Cortney Norton and her English class, noting his family and community support.
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