19 Dec 2002
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 2002
Page
1
City planning officials advance a proposal for a new RV park, outlining site, zoning steps, and potential impact. Developers aim to secure permits and community input while assessing infrastructure needs for the project. Local residents weigh benefits against environmental and traffic considerations.
Bailey Maddy Brooklyn Mitchell Lindsey and Monica enjoy choosing pumpkins for Halloween at a local farm. The group laughs as they compare shapes sizes and colors while surveying displays and planning their spooky carvings.
Garden City schools report widespread illness among students as stomach flu, strep throat, and bronchitis rise. Health Services Coordinator Polly Witt notes viral infections resist antibiotics while absences surge at several campuses. High school attendance falls from typical 200–225 to 400–425 daily. elementary offices report dozens absent, with Buffalo Jones and Jennie Barker among affected campuses.
The piece discusses holiday stress and depression as Christmas nears. Lindsey Beckwith and her son shop in a crowded toy aisle while two area counselors advise planning ahead and maintaining holiday spirit to reduce strain. Bernard Ashlock notes stress climbs from Thanksgiving toward Christmas and ties to finances.
The Finney County Appraiser’s Office will use an outside independent appraiser for the first time to value property in the county. The move stems from the burned ConAgra plant now owned by Swift and Company. See ConAgra, Page AS.
Wild, a Q97 FM morning host, dangled over fifty feet in a man lift to spur donations for the Finney County Salvation Army Red Kettle Fund. With under a week left and the campaign short of its goal, volunteers hope to boost giving as Capt Harold Frost and local supporters pushed for one last charge.
Garden City Police Captain Charlie Armentrout, 62, will retire December 31 ending 32 years in the force as its most tenured officer. He carried a sidearm through a career spanning drugs crime and even a polar bear incident at Lee Richardson Zoo. He joined in October 1970 when the department had 21 officers. now 63 sworn staff serve a town that has doubled in size and crime.
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