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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 2008
Page
3
Garden City High School runs three lunch shifts to handle high student turnout in the cafeteria and courtyard. Freshmen and sophomores have closed lunch this year and must stay on campus during their period.
Families Together Inc and Russell Child Development Center host an early childhood conference for caregivers and service providers of children from birth to age 5 with special needs. The free event runs 9 am to 3 pm at the Clarion Inn Garden City with bilingual sessions and lunch included. Registration by Sept 8 at 276-6364.
Boeing shares dropped about 2 percent after Aviation Week cited unnamed sources saying the company is strongly considering not submitting a bid for the Air Force’s 35 billion airborne refueling tanker. The Air Force plans to re open bidding with tighter guidelines and a year end award target.
About 300 children attended the Garden City Family YMCA event featuring carnival games free swimming and prizes. Each child received a school supplies pencil box while inflatables tattoo stations and a cookie walk drew families including the Powers and Henry children and their parents.
In Kansas City Kansas Envision plant in Fairfax Industrial District workers like Patrick Bobino, legally blind, package trash can liners for a U.S. government contract. Plant manager Glenn Coy notes Envision bags are used on submarines and aircraft carriers and in government offices worldwide under the Javits Wagner O Day Act. A Wichita plant nearby employs 250 workers on bags towels and small assembly. The operation began 75 years ago to provide work for blind people.
Garden City Community College trustees set a 6 30 pm budget session to consider a about one mill local tax increase for 2008 09 raising the levy to 20 20 mills from 19 201. The plan includes use of reserves and canceled orders to limit the rise and fund a bridge program to fast track paramedic graduates into registered nursing.
Ninety nine? Nine sit-in participants plus the NAACP branch received apologies and city keys in Wichita marking the 50th anniversary of the Dockum Drugs sit-in. About 300 attended a Kansas African American Museum ceremony and a 500 strong downtown march.
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