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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 2008
Page
3
The Men's Merchant League kicks off at 5 45 p m today at Buffalo Dunes golf course with a men’s event. The Lady's League shotgun starts at 6 p m Thursday.
Meade State Park in Kansas hosts Kids Day this Saturday with Friday registration at the park office. Organizers expect over 1,000 attendees for free family activities including exotic animal bus rides, sand castle building, fishing, moon walk, crafts, and more. Registration available Friday daytime at the park office or after 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday morning after 8 a.m. at the visitor center. call (620) 873-2572 for details.
Parents of Garden City High School seniors are invited to a 7 p.m. May 7 meeting in the GCHS cafeteria to discuss commencement policies. The 121st GCHS senior class starts at 7 p.m. May 17 at Memorial Stadium, with live coverage on Buffalo Broadcasting System Channel 21. Bible Christian Academy hosts a Son Ride on May 10, registration at 8:30 a.m., bikes depart 10 a.m. from Bible Christian Church, route Garden City to Sublette and back. $25 per bike, $10 per passenger, free lunch. contact Josh Yarnall at 271-4818.
Gane City man LaVern Durst, who runs Morton Building stores in Colby and Garden City, won 15,488 dollars by matching all eight numbers on an 8-Spot Keno ticket. He previously won 7,500 dollars on a 7-Spot ticket and only realized the full result after checking at Reno Presto Convenience Store on 511 E. Kansas Ave.
Kinney Glass owners in Garden City report rising quotes for windows doors and windshields as stimulus checks arrive. Local shop owners say the extra money could boost sales while residents plan to pay debts and invest in education savings plans. Gasoline inflation and interest rates remain key concerns.
Kansas House Speaker Melvin Neufeld alleges Governor Kathleen Sebelius used trips and tickets to NCAA games to win support for coal plant bills. Sebelius and staff deny the charge, saying rides are common official travel and tickets went to others as well. Lawmakers eye a veto override amid heated debate over two Sunflower Electric plants near Holcomb.
Fifth grader Austin Ward competes in a Long Haul water bucket race at Charles O. Stone Intermediate Center with Lakin students during the Ark River Water Festival. Eneliese Alcantar reviews a Gooey Garbage station project created by CSIC sixth graders at the same event with video on gctelegram.com.
Garden City Regional Airport will receive a $2 million grant from the Airport Improvement Program to widen Taxiway A from 35 to 50 feet as phase two of the project. FAA funds cover 95 percent, with about $100,000 city match from a 2007 discretionary bond. Klaver Construction Co. bid $1,999,890.68 to perform the work, expected to start late May or June.
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