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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 2000
Page
3
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Monday from 12 30 to 7 p m and Tuesday from 8 a m to 2 p m The drive aims to collect 250 units Donations can be arranged by calling Alta at 1 800 Give Life.
The Garden City Family YMCA at 1224 Center St hosts a Christmas Festival from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is a warm clothing gift a toy or nonperishable food for the Salvation Army. Enjoy a dive-in movie games holiday treats and Christmas crafts. Call Laura at 275-1199 for details.
Metropolitan Life Foundation awards a Volunteer Ventures grant of 1000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County for a project led by Eric Haggerty to recruit volunteers for over 100 youth on waiting lists. The agency runs one to one, Face to Face, and school based mentoring programs serving area youths.
St Marys Catholic Church hosts the Our Lady of Guadalupe anniversary from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday with a noon procession meeting at Harold Long Park to St Dominic for 2 p.m. Mass. Activities continue at St Marys Center at 4 p.m. On Tuesday at 4 a.m. parishioners will sing Mananitas at St Marys followed by breakfast. Public invited to attend this yearly Hispanic community event.
The Garden City Telegram asks readers to call 275-8500 to report errors or corrections for the newspaper. The policy emphasizes correcting mistakes found in the Telegram.
Topeka area forecast calls for light snow in the southwest tonight and freezing drizzle in central sections. Lows near mid-20s to low 30s. Saturday brings more freezing drizzle or flurries in the southeast with highs mid-50s to low 40s. Northwest warming Sunday with rain northeast. Highs 40s north to 60s southeast, with lows 20s to upper 30s. Road condition hotline provided.
Police identified two 18 and 20 year old Wichita suspects in the deaths of four people found at a northeast Wichita home. Investigators said robbery was unlikely and noted multiple gunshot wounds with no signs of a struggle. Neighbors recalled hearing gunfire as authorities gathered at the scene.
A Garden City man, Victor Romero, will remain convicted of second degree murder for fatally shooting Jose Perez and wounding Armando Rincones during a party dispute. He faces over 18 years and faces fines up to 1.0 million across several charges with sentencing set for January 9.
Seaboard Farms Inc. says construction of a $140 million hog processing plant in Elwood could begin within two months after the City Council, in a 6-0 vote, rezoned the site from agricultural to industrial use. About 25 people attended a brief meeting after an executive session reviewing a 38-page city memo. State and federal permits remain needed for the plant expected to employ about 2,300 people and process 4 million pigs yearly.
Tonight a 20 percent chance of light snow. Cloudy with a low near 32. Saturday partly cloudy with highs 50 to 55 and a south wind 10 to 20 mph. Saturday night partly cloudy with a low in the 20s. Sunday partly cloudy with a high in the 60s.
Grain prices at the Garden City Co op show Wheat at 2.71Com 2.05 Mille 4 3.18 Soybeans 4.63 Edward Jones reports Dow Jones at 10,704.90 up 87.59 from this morning's opening price.
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