Sunnyland opens as Garden City bed and breakfast
Sunnyland, the 1909 Queen Anne at 501 N Fifth St in Garden City, reopened as a bed and breakfast after major restoration. Owners Fred and Kathryn Askren say bookings are strong and plan to keep it open year round, balancing historic ambiance with modern comfort and safety upgrades.
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Sunnyland
N. Fifth St
Garden City
Fred
Kathryn Askren
David R. Menke
Finney County
William H. Foster
James C
Verna Burnette
John
Donna Andrews
Pierceville
Ron Cochran
Mary Ellen Cochran
Foster
Cochrans
Fred Askren
Kansas
Sunnyland Bed and Breakfast
Fifth St
Former Garden City youth welled lifeline from a recorder
Dean Angeles, once a peasant family child from Garden City, credited a plastic recorder with shaping a life in music. Now 59, he directs Loyola University’s Chamber and Symphony Orchestra in New Orleans and recently earned Gambit Weekly’s Classical Arts Lifetime Achievement Award alongside mentor Marvin Rabin.
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Garfield
Dean Angeles
Loyola University
Chamber and Symphony
New Orleans
Angeles
Garden City
Angelos
Garden City High School
Louisiana
Gambit Weekly
Marvin Rabin
Rabin
Wisconsin Youth Symphony
Greater Boston
Western Kansas Orchestra
Fort Hays State University
Lauren Crawford
Crawford
Dean
Doug Crotty
the Counts
Crotty
Jim Daugherty
Ron Smith
Scott Davis
Southwestern College
Winfield
Sunflower plant in Holcomb moves toward near plan
Sunflower Electric Power Corp outlines progress on a proposed $800 million 600 megawatt coal fired plant beside the current 300 megawatt facility in Holcomb. Financing, investors, permits, and buyers must align before construction could begin, with optimistic timing aiming for early next year pending final approvals and utility contracts amid market questions.
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Holcomb
Steve Miller
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
United Building Centers
E. Fulton St
Miller
Randy Jackson
ABC
UBC
Weyerhauser Corp
Jackson
Kansas
Kyle Nelson
Sunflower
Shanda Collins
Collins Design
Garden City
Ron Schreibvogel
R & T Schreibvogel Construction
Holcomb City
Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Water Resources
Leot
Renewable Energy Systems
A Page in History returns with April 2003 spotlight
The Telegram and the Finney County Historical Museum present the monthly series A Page in History. April 2003 selections feature local articles and photos from archival issues, illustrating a past year through period pieces and community memories.
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Finney County Historical Museum
The
Telegram
Historical Museum
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Gctelegram
Great Bend
American State
Pete Schartz and
Jerry Renk
American State Bank & Trust Company
Empell
Larned
Macksville
St. John
AD Subsidiary
GAN State Bancshares
Funnybone
Taylor Avenue
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