Holcomb railroad crossing to close for construction
The Holcomb crossing will close from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and on April 26 and 27 for railroad work by BNSF Railway. Crews will install new rail during the closure period.
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 2010
Page
3
The Holcomb crossing will close from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and on April 26 and 27 for railroad work by BNSF Railway. Crews will install new rail during the closure period.
A musical variety program featuring Katie Prewitt and Friends will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Garden Valley Retirement Village, 1505 E Spruce St. The public is invited at no charge.
The Byrd Prewitt Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsors a genealogy workshop on Saturday in Ulysses with Carol Cochran a DAR genealogical consultant and Pat Carpenter a candidate for Registrar General NSCAR. It runs 9 30 a m to 3 p m at the Grant County Library 215 E Grant St Ulysses. Materials cost 5. Reservations via Lynda Fort at 620 356 2570.
Southwest Kansans have online DNA training May 10 to June 7 and multiple on site CNA courses in Lakin Scott City and Garden City with varied evenings May 24 to July 30. A CMA course runs June 2 to July 22 in Lakin. Completion enables Kansas certification exams for nursing homes or health facilities. Call Wells at 276-9561 or sarah.wells gcccks.edu for orientations. Capacity is first come, first served. Miles of Smiles hosts seventh annual Women s Day Out May 8 at Fiesta Courtyard. For Women s Day Out, call 260-9997.
In the 1st Congressional District race Tim Huelskamp heads with about 530 582 in cash on hand and 78 452 in expenditures. Rob Wasinger reports about 213 435 cash on hand after 102 042 spent. Also listed are Barnett Mann Jilka Boldra Cobb Shadwick and Moran with various balances and loans.
The article notes a global wheat glut pushing prices down from 2008 highs, with Australia and Russia boosting harvests and US supply at a 22 year high. In central Kansas winter wheat acreage fell to the lowest in nearly a century as farmers switch crops or delay planting due to weather and price concerns.
Former astronaut Fred Haise and James Lovell revisited the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey at the Kansas Cosmosphere to mark 40 years since the splashdown in the Pacific. They recalled the mission’s crisis, mission control’s improvised carbon dioxide scrubber fix, and the team’s determination to bring the crew home safely.
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