Safe Kids Fitness Day Highlights Bicycle and Boating Safety
Dozens of youngsters and parents gathered at Finney County Fairgrounds for Safe Kids Fitness Day and Bike Rodeo. About 100 helmets were distributed with grants from the Kansas Safe Kids Coalition. Volunteers offered child seat checks and safety games, while displays included a fire truck, ambulance, and a boat to teach boating safety near Horse Thief reservoir.
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Valerie Rainman
Alex Garcia
Finney County
Finney County Fairgrounds
Safe Kids
Kansas Safe Kids Coalition
Donna Gerstner
Garden City Recreation Commission
Gerstner
Center For Children and Families
Kansas Children’s Service League
Kansas Wildlife and Parks (Department
Garden City
Couple marks 70 years as Perry and Omalee Garten
Perry Garten, 93, and Omalee Garten, turning 93 on May 8, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary May 11 in Garden City with family. The couple first met in Missouri when Perry was selling life insurance, beginning a lifelong partnership filled with memories and adventures.
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Perry L. Garten
Perry
Omalee
Garden City
Missouri
Garten
Perry Garten
Neighbors recalls first impressions in Archie area
Perry recalls meeting Omalee while teaching in Archie Missouri and living in Raymore while selling life insurance. He invited a former classmate who later joined him, and the next night he returned without his classmate or briefcase as their story begins. See Neighbors, Page A5.
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Archie
Raymore
Perry
Omalee
Western Kansas WWII veterans head to Washington on Honor Flight
Nearly 100 area World War II veterans depart Garden City for a two day Honor Flight to Washington D C aboard a 172 seat charter. Ninety two veterans and 79 guardians travel to visit National World War II memorials as fundraising efforts by local residents and veterans advocates culminate in nearly 100000 dollars needed for the trip.
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Garden City
Washington, D.C
Kansas
Honor Flight Committee
Tribune church milestone marks 125 years of service
The Tribune United Methodist Church celebrated 125 years of ministry with April 9 and 10 events themed Our Story to Tell. Former pastors Rev Larry Parrish and Rev Vernon Snider attended with spouses, joined by Rev Jim Edwards and family, and Rev Les Ellis and Rev Kendall Milestone as honored guests.
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Tribune United Methodist Church
Nadine Cheney
Julie Fisher
Larry Parrish
Mary
Vernon Snider
Shirley
Jim Edwards
Ruby
Emily Edwards Robertson
Germany
Les Ellis
Lois
Kendall
Weather Forecast Tonight and Tuesday Outlook
Tonight a breezy cloudy pattern with a low near 48 degrees. Tuesday turns cooler with partial sunshine high around 62 and a low near 37, details on page A8.
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Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie's Advice
Garden City
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Telegram
Lee Fair
Andrew Englet
Bo Jacobs
Rie Sisk
Yra
Capital
Shajia Ahmad Sahmad
Gctelegram
Tribune
The
Hutchinson News
Lee Milestone
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