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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 2009
Page
3
A Christmas Eve service begins at 6 36 p.m. Thursday featuring devotional time and Christmas carols at Garden Valley Retirement Village located at 1505 E Spruce St The public is encouraged to attend
Riley County nears completion of its first hospice care center in Manhattan a 12 bed facility named The Good Shepherd Hospice House chosen by a local couple who donated 500000. More than 580 donors contributed to Homecare Hospice in Manhattan which led the capital campaign. The center opens early February and will be the county s only hospice in Riley County current options are Topeka and Salina.
Wichita State University lowers its 2010 forecast to 1,650 jobs lost in the Wichita region, less than half of the 3,550 originally predicted. Center director Jeremy Hill cites a quicker national economic rebound as the reason for the revision.
Texas couple Joe and Jean Brandmeyer donate 10 million dollars to the University of Kansas Hospital to establish an endowed chair in radiation oncology and support the center’s bid for National Cancer Institute designation. The gift aims to boost federal grants, clinical trials, and research while continuing their patient resource work at the Bloch Cancer Care Pavilion.
Ford County Kansas opened a new jail in Dodge City as staff moved about 70 inmates from the old detention center this past week after more than two months of training. Jail administrator Capt. Ruth Diverbiss called the move a hard journey and expressed relief at completion.
Finney County commissioners heard Tourism Bureau director Lynn Schoonover report an 18 percent revenue rise for the 2009 fiscal year and discussed a 1 to 2 percent increase in the transient guest tax to fund priorities. Hotel owners and Chamber officials plan a follow up budget with hoteliers for a possible rise from 4 percent to 5 or 6 percent.
The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services seeks over 40 million to expand the Sexual Predator Treatment Program at Larned State Hospital. Lawmakers, amid a budget crisis, question the cost and whether funds could be better spent elsewhere. The plan includes a 90 bed expansion. current capacity and legal issues frame the debate.
In mid December a Wichita resident spotted a pair of bald eagles nesting on an island at Twin Lakes, marking the first documented within city boundaries. Wildlife biologists note the nest may be in early stages with no confirmed eggs, while observers describe a potentially private, secure location amid the lake complex.
A 27 year old woman from northeast Kansas with an underlying condition died from swine flu, marking the 23rd Kansan death from the virus. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed the October case and said the woman was not from Topeka or the Kansas City area. Swine flu has appeared in 91 of 105 counties since late April.
Garden City USD 457 board approves consent agenda totaling 6.45 million dollars and notes adequate balances. Renee Scott appointed hearing officer and committee member for 2009 10. New hires include David Hughes Lakin third grade Kevin Macomber Sault Ste Marie Mich Fe Quiambao Philippines. Supplemental contracts add Aaron Akers eighth grade coach Kenneth Henderson join Jack Van Treese as assistant coach. Transfer Frank Lucero from night custodian to head custodian Victor Ornelas Elementary.
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