Local residents honor pope in Kansas memorial Mass
Garden City Catholics gather at St. Dominic and St. Mary churches to bid farewell to Pope John Paul II hours before his burial. More than 100 attend as worshippers describe the pope’s global leadership and seek closure and peace through memorial Masses, with Western Kansas as a mourning venue.
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Multicultural festival showcases global cultures at Victor Ornelas
About 400 people attended Victor Ornelas Elementary School’s multicultural festival held with Garden City Community College’s Five-State Multicultural Conference. Third graders Trang Le and peers performed a Vietnamese umbrella dance as classes sang and danced, sharing cuisines from enchiladas to egg rolls and highlighting messages of unity and respect despite differences.
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Charles O. Stones
Garden City High School
Monica Pefia
Leonor Martinez
Victor Ornelas
Farewell in St Peter's Square for Pope John Paul II
Crowds fill St Peter's Square as presidents premiers and kings join pilgrims and prelates to bid an emotional farewell to Pope John Paul II. The plain cypress coffin bearing a cross and an M for the Virgin Mary is carried to the altar as wind lifts the Gospel pages. Pallbearers then carry the coffin back inside the basilica amid sustained applause from hundreds of thousands and dignitaries from 138 countries.
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Man Saves Teen From Jump Off Garden City Overpass
An 18 year old girl dangled from the US Highway 156 83 overpass when Robert DeLeon 40 of Garden City whose wife Delma and daughter were nearby spoke to her in Spanish and convinced her not to jump. He helped calm and talk with her until responders arrived, illustrating a daring rescue on a Thursday evening near Wal Mart.
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Parole hearing set for Diana Lumbrera in Garden City
Diana Lumbrera, 46, convicted in 1990 of first degree murder in Finney County for suffocating her son Jose Antonio with a teddy bear, is set for parole after 15 years in Topeka. Hearing in May with public comment sessions later this month.
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