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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 2001
Page
3
The Fellowship of Christian Cowboys sponsors a home made goodie sale this weekend. Baked goods coffee and other items will be sold from 10 a.m. until everything is gone Saturday along downtown Main Street.
A Christmas story hour features Santa and a puppet show titled The Christmas Inspector at 11 a.m. Monday. Children are asked to bring a canned good for Emmaus House Christmas food boxes and may call 272-3680 for more information.
Kansas State University alumnus James L. Sharp of Dodge City left a $5 million bequest to the University of Kansas Endowment, aimed at KU after feeling slighted by KSU alumni. The gift, made through Sharp's estate after his 1999 death at 88, ranks among KU Endowment's three largest gifts.
Holcomb City Council will wait until January to begin plans to use flyash from Sunflower Electric to strengthen lagoon walls and floors. City engineer Paul Nixon says tests and soil work, plus three monitoring wells, may cost about 5 000 dollars, with total project cost near 1 million dollars.
Fort Hays State University will offer 19 graduate level courses at Garden City Community College this spring funded by a $1 million U S Department of Education grant. US Rep Jerry Moran supported the grant and said the federal role in bringing leading edge technology nationwide is vital. The program uses an interactive television network to transmit classes from FHSU to GCCC and five other area colleges, with GCCC hosting three distance learning classrooms in the vocational building. FHSU plans to offer upper level classes at GCCC next fall and eventually a bachelor’s degree via the network.
The Finney County Critical Incident Stress Team formed in 1998 to help EMS firefighters police and hospital staff cope with traumatic duty. Sponsored by St. Catherine Hospital the 26 member group travels across southwest Kansas offering peer debriefings education and confidential support after distressing incidents. It normalizes stress reduces burnout and promotes healthy living and coping strategies for emergency personnel.
A 22 year old Garden City man, Jacinto Martinez of 2925 Schulman Ave, was arrested by the Finney County Sheriff's Office on charges of first degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. The warrant came from the Omaha Police Department after a Dec 7 robbery and shooting left a 31 year old Omaha man dead and two others injured. Three men tied to the Omaha robbery and shooting were arrested Friday. Enrique Ramirez, Paul Hernandez, and Samson Aldaco, with Hernandez and Aldaco facing methamphetamine possession charges.
Leadership Garden City launches the Every Voice program with a six-session schedule beginning January 30 2002 including five full days and a half day, plus a follow up day six months later. To join call the chamber office for an information sheet and submit by Saturday at the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce office 1511 E Fulton Terrace.
Garden City hosts a 6 30 p m parade Sunday along South Main Street starting at the train station and ending at Stevens Park. Amy Carnahan Megan Frazier and Megan Price organized the event now with about 50 entries and a post parade ceremony featuring Christopher Lund and Santa Claus. Prizes for top floats, hot chocolate, canned goods donations to Salvation Army and Mexican-American Ministries are planned. Downtown merchants will welcome shoppers before and after the parade. The Lakin Recreation Commission also hosts a holiday event Friday and Saturday 6 to 8 p m with Santa photos admission 2.
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