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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 2002
Page
3
The Garden City Recreation Commission offers Line Dancing led by Florence Romesburg from 6:15 to 7:30 pm starting Sept 10 for 14 weeks at 35 dollars. Couples Country Dance runs 7:45 to 9:15 pm for six weeks at 40 dollars per couple, beginning Sept 10. Call 276 1200 for details.
Garden City Recreation launches Community Theatre fall Youth Music and Theatre Performance classes starting Sept 9 for various ages. Music focus includes songs and singing technique, theatre covers stage basics puppetry and masks. Eight week sessions cost 25 dollars with Arts Angels Patrons scholarships available. Contact Mark Hays at 276-1200 for details.
Bank of America will convert its Wichita call center into a mortgage loan processing center. It will start with about 200 workers mid October, expand to 400 by year end, and reach 600 eventually. In June 575 call center workers were announced for layoff, with about 375 already laid off and some moving to higher paying roles in the new center.
CLATHE AP A man whose murder conviction was overturned by the Kansas Supreme Court will face a second jury trial in November Rodney Wayne Henry 28 is set for November 18 in the 1998 Lenexa motel murder of Claire Marie Monti 32 of Holland Pa The businesswoman was beaten and strangled Henry was convicted in May 2000 of first degree murder rape and aggravated sodomy and sentenced to life in prison The state Supreme Court ruled the trial was compromised by the mother of Monti testifying and by prosecutor comments about her testimony
KDHE holds a yearly permit process to allow a wastewater treatment facility at ConAgra Beef Co to operate. The permit does not authorize plant operation but is the first step toward reactivating the system. Public comment runs until Sept. 21.
In Lakin the Beymer Aquatic Center serves year round with indoor and outdoor pools funded by a $1 million donation in memory of Barbara Campbell Beymer. The facility hosts lap swimmers, Red Cross classes, lifeguard courses, and teen activities while the Beymer family remains connected to the Dolphin swim team through generations.
Kansas agencies spent 85400 to police a Statehouse rally by National Socialist Movement. About 340 state and local officers were on duty with 98 troopers and 42 Capitol police from the Highway Patrol, plus 39 KBI agents and 41 Shawnee County officers.
Westar Energy plans to sell its 42.5 percent stake in ONEOK to raise cash to reduce a 3.25 billion debt. ONEOK rejected the bid, saying such a sale could trigger federal regulation and a change in control. Westar hopes to find buyers by September and present a deal by Thanksgiving.
Holcomb City Council members discuss a joint project with Holcomb USD 363 for adding to Holcomb High School. The latest estimate shows a $13,000 cap, up from $11,000, raising city cost from $5,500 to $6,500 due to moving the vault and site work. Council tabled the issue, awaiting a better figure. In other business, City Attorney Heydman proposes higher court costs to offset overtime, a plan to add $50 per trial when guilty, with no charge if acquitted, and to seek ordinance changes.
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