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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 2003
Page
3
Garden City Recreation Commission invites children 5 and up to join seven levels of All That Jazz classes taught by Cindy Stringer. Sessions run 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Jan 3 at 310 N. Sixth St. A minimum of 35 students is required by Tuesday. Fees range 15 to 20 dollars. call 276-1200 for details.
Joe Warren a Maple City farmer and cattle rancher died Tuesday at a Winfield hospital at 91. A Democrat, he was elected to the Kansas Senate in 1956 and served 32 years before retiring in 1988. Funeral set for Saturday at Rindt Erdman Funeral Home in Arkansas City.
Senator Derek Schmidt of Independence filed a bill to require the transportation secretary to create Governors of Kansas Hometown signs. Communities would request signs funded by private gifts, using a contest chosen logo, designating the governor’s hometown as where they lived when first elected. Thirty communities have produced 44 governors, with Wichita and Independence among notable origins.
A compiled roster shows Kansas governors and their birthplaces or home towns. Notable entries include Topeka names Arthur Capper and Joan Finney while Wichita, Lawrence, and other cities host multiple governors across 1861 to present. The source credits the Kansas Director and the Kansas Secretary of State site for details.
EMS staff like Skylar Swords and mobile intensive care physician Charlie Owings worked 24 hours on Christmas weekend amid a family schedule clash. Hastings workers and Dawn Keeley balanced late shopping and holiday duties while customers browsed. Families in Florida and local kin faced travel and time constraints as workers kept essential services moving and quiet offices allowed focus.
Kansas State Historical Society faced a 13 percent funding cut over two years and began charging admission in February. Attendance reportedly fell about 30 percent statewide, though revenue nearly doubled from donations. At Constitution Hall in Lecompton some visitors balk at the fee and leave, while the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka charges four dollars for adults and plans reinvestment into sites.
Garden City Public Works announces curbside tree collection from Jan. 5 to 8 for areas north of Kansas Avenue and various streets, with specific pickup days. Trees must be ornaments free and flocked trees are excluded. For questions call 276-1270.
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