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Thursday, October 15, 2015 75 cents Volume 86, No. 247 1 section 12 pages
BOO!: Expect “spook-tacular” weekend fun. PaGE a3
TOO MuCh: Hutch overwhelms Lady Busters. PaGE a10
What’s Inside
Annie’s Advice . . a7Classified . . . . . . . a7Comics . . . . . . . . . a9Obituaries . . . . . . a2
Opinion . . . . . . . . a4 Police Blotter . . . a2State . . . . . . . . . . . a3Weather . . . . . . . . a8
Market Prices Weather ForecastGrain prices at the Garden City Co-op
Wheat ..........4.36Corn .............3.82
Milo..............3.29Soybeans......8.21
Schwieterman Inc. reported Chicago Live Cattle Futures:
Oct. Dec. Feb.High .......... 135.00 138.97 .... 140.92Low ........... 132.70 136.80 .... 138.80Stand ........ 133.75 137.30 .... 139.35
Today, sunny, warm, high 78, low 43.Friday, partly cloudy, cooler, high 66, low 43.
By MICHAEL [email protected]
For many of the residents who attended Tuesday’s Kan-sas Supreme Court special ses-sion in Garden City, watching the procedures the justices went through when listening to oral arguments and asking questions on three cases turned out to be
an educational experience.The court, which typically
holds sessions in Topeka, trav-els to other communities about twice per year to hear cases. On Tuesday night, for the first time in the 154-year history of the Kansas Supreme Court, justices heard cases in Garden City.
Cases heard Tuesday includ-ed a Sedgwick County case that
sought to resolve ownership in-terest in a family owned busi-ness after one family member died; an appeal of allowing a parked vehicle to be searched in a home’s driveway; and an ap-peal of a Reno County murder conviction.
The Justices met Wednesday morning to discuss the three cas-es before heading back to Tope-
ka.Supreme Court Public Infor-
mation Office Lisa Taylor said it could be several weeks before an opinion is issued about the cases, since any ruling could be used in other court proceedings.
Charles Lange, a Garden City resident who was one of a crowd of about 500 who attend-ed Tuesday’s session, said not
much surprised him about how the Supreme Court conducted business.
Lange said he brought his 10-year-old daughter, Kansas, to show her how the high court works. He was surprised no rul-ings were made in any of the cases.
Supreme Court process intrigues localsJames M. Dobson/Telegram
Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court Lawton Nuss mingles with guests attending the special session of the court Tuesday at Garden City High School.
By JONATHAN SHORMANThe Topeka Capital-Journal
A little-noticed court ruling rais-es the possibility Kansas may even-tually have to pay $42 million to a former Pizza Hut magnate over his challenge of a massive tax bill the state leveled against him years ago.
A sum that large could alter the state’s fiscal footing as Kansas con-tinues to face declining revenue es-timates.
Gene Bicknell has been engaged in a rolling battle with the state since it audited the taxes he paid from 2005 to 2008 and found that he owed $42 million based on his 2006 sale of NPC International – America’s largest holder of Pizza Hut franchises with hundreds of restaurants.
The Kansas Department of Rev-enue contends Kansas was Bick-nell’s primary residence at the time of the sale, but Bicknell has main-tained he was living in Florida.
Bicknell handed over the $42 mil-lion in 2013 but has been fighting to get the money back ever since. The Kansas Court of Tax Appeals, also known as COTA, determined Bick-nell was a Kansas resident, and he appealed the ruling.
In a September decision that has drawn little public attention, the Kansas Court of Appeals lambast-ed the tax appeals court’s earlier ruling, saying the lower court had blatantly ignored state regulations.
Kansas may owe man $42 million
By AUSTIN [email protected]
Fifty recipes that all included beef lined the windows where children picked up their lunches and dropped off their dishes Wednesday afternoon in the cafeteria at Victor Ornelas Elementary School.
A soft taco recipe, signed by a student
named Pike, calls for “beff,” tortillas, let-tuce, cheese and tomato, with apples and “cutecumber” on the side.
“I challenged them to a have a recipe contest,” said Debbie Frizzell, who man-ages the kitchen at Victor Ornelas. “It’s a way to get the kids involved, thinking about what they’re eating, making healthy choices.”
The recipe challenge is one way that USD 457 is celebrating National School Lunch Week, in collaboration with the
USD 457 celebrates National School Lunch Week.
Brad Nading/Telegram
Kindergarteners pick up trays of spaghetti and meatballs and head to the vegetable and fruit stations Oct. 6 during lunch at Gertrude Walker Elementary School.
See Supreme Court, Page A5
See Taxes, Page A5See Lunchtime, Page A5
Lunchtime fun
Today’s featured agency:
American Red CrossExecutive director: Nicole Bartmanaddress: 210 Fulton TerracePhone: (620) 276-2762Email: [email protected]: www.redcross.org/ksEmployees/volunteers: 118 volunteers/3 paid employeesMission: The American Red Cross pre-vents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generos-ity of donors.Number of people served: 7,574 indi-viduals served in 2015 in Finney County through the Red Cross’ health and safety services, communication services for Armed Forces families, disaster relief and community disaster education and com-munity services.united Way allocation: $28,000What the money is used for: It is used to support the programs delivered and the volunteers who serve the community.From the director: “Thanks to the gen-erosity of volunteers, donors and partners like the United Way, the Red Cross re-sponds to emergencies big and small. The United Way is a crucial part of volunteers bringing help and hope in their commu-nities.”
