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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 2004
Page
1
Former Kansas governor Mike Hayden now secretary of Kansas Wildlife and Parks tours the Finney Game Refuge bison herd. Photo credit Debra Bolton Garden City. Hamm wins all around gold at Hamm Falls event, earning top honors in U.S. gymnastics.
Greeley County Sheriff Brad Clark plans to step down Sept. 8 to become police chief in Grandview Plaza. He notes a 10 percent county pay raise for sheriff’s staff, approved by the commission, is insufficient without better balance with insurance costs.
Two months after record highs dairy prices are easing as the new school year begins. Kansas and Missouri districts plan to avoid large increases in half-pint milk charges for students for now, though officials warn prices may trigger lunch and extra milk price hikes next year. Garden City nutrition chief Tracy Johnson notes meals have stayed flat due to many students on free or reduced-price lunches. More than half of the district’s students qualify.
Three Garden City High School graduates Karly Bangle Sarah Hinde and Tara Washburn return to their hometown to start teaching at Victor Ornelas Elementary School joining ten other new district teachers from Finney County Hinde 23 said she is in her comfort zone after student teaching and substitute work in the district with fourth graders and noted a light culture shock upon arrival
Thousands of Garden City students and parents braved cool rain for the first back to school day. The district will release enrollment estimates early next week and final numbers in late September. Sixth graders at Charles O Stones Intermediate Center like Luis Fausto and Andy Souvanna enjoy a sense of authority as hall monitors while starting the new year. Souvanna calls it cool. Fausto admits lingering homesickness despite summer visits and a trip to Oceans of Fun.
Planning wraps for two weekend events in Garden City. Nine hot air balloons will launch at 7 a.m. Aug 28 from Finney County Fairgrounds with tethered rides 10 or less and a long flight option for 200. Balloons from five states, a Saturday Balloon Glow at 8:30 p.m., and a possible third launch Sunday if weather allows across from the Tumbleweed Festival at the Lee Richardson Zoo.
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