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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 2002
Page
3
The 10th annual Gas Capital Rod Run takes place at Hugoton city park on Main Street August 24 and 25. Exhibitors receive a wooden dash plaque a event booklet and a goodie bag from local businesses. The top 20 exhibits win special plaques with door prizes a quilt drawing features 67 cars and entry begins at 8 am both days. For more information call 620 544 7958.
Pacific Intercultural Exchange seeks southwest Kansas families to host international students ages 15 to 18 for a semester or full school year. All students speak English, have spending money and health and accident insurance, and participate in a US or foreign placement. Contact (800) 631-1818.
Habitat for Humanity calls for volunteers to install trusses nail 2 by 4s on basement walls and roof at 2617 N Seventh St. Another crew is needed to sheetrock bathrooms and assemble sidewalk and porch forms at 901 Jenny Ave. Call 276-9324 or simply show up to help.
The White Woman Basin chapter of The Old Time Fiddlers Pickers and Singers will perform at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the VIP Building 300 Church St Scott City. The musical presentation is free. For more information call Lea Henderson at 276-7740.
The first meeting and audition for a December production of The Nutcracker is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the National Guard Armory. Steps Dance School of Garden City hosts. participation is voluntary for all ages and both genders. Parents urged to attend. contact Jaime Rishel at 275-8017 or visit stepsdanceschool.com.
Kansas reports a third equine West Nile case with a Rice County horse in stable condition likely to recover. Health officials say three dead birds also tested positive, found in Sedgwick, McPherson and Republic counties.
The State Board of Education approved a 372 million dollar funding request for elementary and secondary schools as governors and lawmakers face anticipated budget cuts. The measure, 8 in favor to 2 against, targets base state aid per pupil and adds funds for at risk students and health insurance amid revenue shortfalls threatening a 70 million dollar cut scenario.
Garden City Regional Airport seeks a new 11 inch thick concrete runway funded 90 percent by the federal government with a city share of 600000. Officials study delaying to 2004 to save more funds while bids are opened for a potential 2003 start and completion by November 2003.
Roman Catholic priest Rev. Dennis E. Schmitz of Marysville will plead guilty Sept. 5 to lewd fondling of a child ages 14 to 16 in Douglas County. He waives hearings in Nemaha County as well, is to be removed from the priesthood, and the archdiocese says he will not return to active ministry. The same victim, now 18, also sues Schmitz and the archdiocese in Douglas County.
Garden City July building activity reaches about 1.2 million, lifting January–July to roughly 30.2 million while 2001 totals stood around 17.2 million. Holcomb remains quiet and Finney County trails, with July value near 665 thousand and county year total about 4.9 million.
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