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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 2002
Page
3
A Pierceville alumni and community reunion is set for August 31. Events start with a 9 a.m. continental breakfast at Wagher Hall, followed by a potluck lunch and sit down dinner. Outdoor activities are planned and Billy and Loretta Whitfield of Lakin perform in the evening.
Kansas lawmakers confront growing inmate numbers with 8,836 on record and 226 beds short. Officials push alternative sentencing for non-violent drug offenders to free space while weighing costs, community programs, and funding limits.
U S Senator Pat Roberts visited Lakin to honor Monte Canfield publisher of the Lakin Independent and discuss farm policy and national security. The Kearny County event at Beymer Aquatic Center highlighted decades of shared eastern Kansas newspaper roots and longstanding friendship.
The Holcomb Fire Department hosts a Circus fundraiser Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holcomb Recreation Center with a dunk tank three legged race and hot dog feed to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighter Lloyd Dinkel notes community outreach benefits and reduced fear of responders. The event features a Jaws of Life demonstration and a car cut apart. Donations from 25 local businesses fund non edible prizes. 236 hot dogs and 100 hamburgers planned. Admission is free and lunch runs noon to 1 p.m.
Connie Richmeier, director of the Finney County Conservation District, urged action in a Brown Bag Education Series talk on drought pressures and soil and water conservation. She traced early U.S. efforts from the Dust Bowl era to present groundwater protection goals and highlighted district programs and the Enviroscape model for public education.
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